Crime

Car break-in suspects arrested in Ala.

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Thursday, December 5th, 2013, 10:36am

PELHAM, Ala. -- Investigators believe two men arrested in Alabama last month are responsible for multiple car break-ins in metro Atlanta.

Oscar Moses Badger, 37, and Bobby Hanna, 24, were arrested Nov. 14 in Pelham, Ala. Police said they were caught trying to break into a car in a daycare center parking lot. They led Alabama authorities on a brief chase, but were soon captured.

Cherokee County (Ga.) Sheriff's Lt. Jay Baker said investigators believe Badger and Hanna are behind at least six car break-ins at local parks and daycare centers in early November.

They may also be responsible for thefts in Gwinnett County and Peachtree City, Baker said.

Badger and Hanna are both from south Florida. At their time of their Alabama arrest, they were out of jail on bond for similar crimes in Pennsylvania and Texas. Because of this, they are being held on $2 million bond.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Monday, October 21st, 2013, 12:43pm

Man charged with DUI after almost hitting cops

ACWORTH, Ga. -- A Cartersville man was slapped with several charges after driving drunk and nearly hitting two Cherokee County sheriff's deputies last week.

Police said 55-year-old William Scott Bently was arrested in the early morning hours of Oct. 17.

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Bently drove over a concrete median on Highway 92 near Bells Ferry Road in Acworth. He began going east in the westbound lanes, almost hitting a car with two deputies inside, according to Cherokee County Sheriff's Lt. Jay Baker.

A wrecker driver witnessed the entire incident and quickly pulled his vehicle in front of Bently's car to prevent him from going further, Baker said.

Bently was charged with DUI, reckless driving, hit and run, and driving on the wrong side of the road. He was taken to the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center on $4,371 bond.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Thursday, October 17th, 2013, 5:47am

MARIETTA, Ga. -- Four defendants pleaded guilty in Cobb County Superior Court Wednesday to beating and stomping a former Marine to death last year.

Zachary Gamble, 34, was taken off life support on Apr. 8, 2012, two weeks after he was attacked in the parking lot of a Smyrna apartment complex.

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The men convicted of killing him are 38-year-old Arthur Batchelor of Acworth, 40-year-old Sean Hall of Mableton, 36-year-old Jason Hill of Woodstock and 37-year-old Tarell Secrest of Marietta.

All four pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault. They were each sentenced to 30 years, with 20 to be served in prison.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Wednesday, August 7th, 2013, 12:17pm

Man arrested for threatening to bomb Cobb courthouse

MARIETTA, Ga. -- An Acworth man has been arrested for calling in a fake bomb threat to the Cobb County courthouse.

Tommie Milan Boleman Jr., 45, was taken into custody Tuesday evening, nearly 12 hours after investigators say he made the false threat at the Cobb County Judicial Complex.

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Cobb County Sheriff Neil Warren said Boleman was arrested at a house on Fairwood Pointe in Acworth. The house is under foreclosure and scheduled to be sold on the courthouse steps Tuesday morning.

Boleman is not the owner of the home, Warren said. Investigators are working to determine his relationship to the owner.

After the threat was made, a bomb squad swept the judicial center, but found nothing explosive.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Wednesday, July 24th, 2013, 10:01am

Neighbor's 911 call leads to burglary suspects' arrest

WOODSTOCK, Ga. -- A quick-thinking neighbor helped Cherokee County Sheriff's deputies arrest two home invasion suspects Monday afternoon.

The burglary happened at a house in the Dockside Downs subdivision in Woodstock.

Cherokee County Sheriff's Lt. Jay Baker said a resident called 911 after watching a suspicious car pull into his neighbor's driveway. He was able to give dispatchers a vehicle description and tag number.

Deputies quickly caught up with the suspects' car on Countryside Lane. The passenger, 31-year-old Robert Jason Bennett, jumped out and began to run, but was captured and arrested.

The driver, 34-year-old Cardell Richardson, drove off, but police caught up with him again in the parking lot of Hopewell Baptist Church in Canton.

Both men were charged with burglary. Bennett also faces two counts of obstruction, while Richardson was charged with driving on a suspended license.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013, 12:04pm

MARIETTA, Ga. -- Several metro Atlanta residents have been sentenced in federal court for planning to peddle prescription drugs.

Kristen Noelle Goduto and 12 co-defendants all pleaded guilty to the charges against them.

"These defendants exhibited total disregard for how their pill peddling could destroy lives," U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said in a statement. "This prescription drug can be deadly when not taken under proper medical oversight. Such brazen forging of prescriptions should serve as a reminder that some in our society will go to any length for illicit gain."

"We will continue in our commitment to prosecute law-breakers and keep the citizens of this district safe," Yates added.

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Submitted by Julie Wolfe, 11Alive Reporter

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 12:33pm

Bank robbery, police chase suspect denied bond

ACWORTH, Ga. -- The woman accused of robbing a bank and leading police on a long chase had her first court appearance Tuesday morning.

Ancelly Green was denied bond. Her next hearing will be June 11.

Green was arrested Monday and booked into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.

Police say Green walked into a SunTrust bank in Acworth and threatened to detonate a bomb if the teller did not hand over money.

Investigators believe she got away with cash, but when officers tried to pull her over for a traffic violation, she began a 22-mile chase that ended when she lost control of her SUV and flipped on Interstate 75 in Buckhead.

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