Emails obtained by 11Alive show a blunt exchange between DeKalb CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson and Sheriff Melody Maddox ...

A man who kidnapped a child, pulled a gun on high school students during a robbery and helped inmates escape will spend years ...

The DeKalb County Commission is considering approving a contract with Comprehensive Program Services to conduct a facility condition assessment of the county jail.

Warrant states the human trafficking ring was run from Fulton County Jail by inmate Jamel Ellis with help from Aziz Balamani. Balamani is aschool teacher.

DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson and Sheriff Melody Maddox had a testy email exchange after three inmates escaped ...

Dieu Doumdje was sentenced to 30 years, with at least 15 years in custody, for multiple crimes including kidnapping and theft.

The SUV was discovered nine hours later, but the baby wasn’t found until the next day in the back of an unrelated minivan.

Rana Schmidt remembers her daughter, Elissa Lindhorst, as having a creative soul with a special place in her heart for animals. Lindhorst loved every type of art — from painting to poetry. The 28-year ...

I-285 north was shut down Thursday afternoon in DeKalb County with a line of police vehicles blocking the interstate.

A Buncombe County Detention Facility detainee died over the weekend after he was found unresponsive in his cell, according to ...