Gwinnett County Police Department officials say violent crime was down in 2022, but they are taking steps to further reduce it by taking a new approach to tackle crimes that involve guns.
Gwinnett County police are calling for information on what happened to a Hispanic woman, Selena Garcia, who disappeared after going out with friends last fall.
Twenty-five people named in a 210-count indictment — for crimes ranging from racketeering to murder, gang activity and armed robbery — have been arrested by multiple law enforcement agencies, including agencies from Gwinnett County.
For the parents of Elijah DeWitt, the last five months have been what they call a “daily nightmare.”
It has been 30 years since the Gwinnett County Police Department first obtained the seal of approval from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, better known as CALEA, and department officials are celebrating the anniversary while also seeking public feedback.
A former Doraville police officer who is accused of killing 16-year-old Norcross resident Susana Morales is now facing additional accusations that he allegedly broke into a Snellville family's home in 2019 and committed burglary.
Gwinnett County Police Department officials, including Chief J.D. McClure will meet with Hispanic residents in the Norcross area on Thursday to address their concerns about recent crimes, including the kidnapping and murder of Susana Morales.
Gwinnett County police have arrested two people after an investigation into a fentanyl overdose case that involved a 16-year-old female victim.
More than a month after police arrested one suspect in the murder of a man who died after he was shot in the Norcross area last November, investigators are asking the public for information about another suspect.
A Gwinnett County Public Schools bus driver quit his job just over two weeks before police arrested him on child molestation and public indecency.
Gwinnett County police are investigating the death of a teen who was found dead on Paden Mill Trail in unincorporated Lawrenceville.
A 14-year-old Brookwood High School student was hit by a pick-up truck while leaving the school on Thursday, and Gwinnett County police are using the incident to urge pedestrians and drivers to practice safety on or along roadways.
A Suwanee man is facing several charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol, after he allegedly hit a Gwinnett County police officer's patrol car on Interstate 85 on Thursday night.
ATLANTA – Republicans in the General Assembly are making a renewed push for “mandatory minimum” sentences this year in the hopes of reducing crimes in Georgia. Such laws require judges to impose minimum sentences and often prohibit probation or other commutation of criminal sentences in an effort to deter criminal activity. But Democratic lawmakers and […]
A former Doraville police officer who had previously been accused of concealing the death of 16-year-old Norcross resident Susana Morales has now been formally accused of kidnapping and murdering her, Gwinnett County Police Chief J.D. McClure announced on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Gwinnett County commissioners recognized police K-9 Kai, told him he'd done a good job in his service to the county and said he could now kick back his paws, relax and enjoy retirement.
A federal judge sentenced a Buford man to six years in prison on Friday for his role in a Ponzi scheme involving cattle trading.
Eight people accused of being in the LOTTO gang have been indicted in Gwinnett County on sex-related human trafficking and gang participation charges, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced on Thursday.
A 13-year-old boy has been identified by Gwinnett County police as the teen who died after he was shot in the middle of a Norcross area street Tuesday night.
Doraville police officer charged with concealing death of missing Norcross teen, making false report
A Doraville police officer has been arrested in connection with the death of a 16-year-old Norcross teen whose body was found off State Route 316 last week.
ATLANTA – The state Senate passed legislation Monday that would impose mandatory minimum sentences for those found guilty of gang recruitment activities in Georgia. The bill would require judges to impose prison sentences of at least five years on those convicted of recruiting gang members. It would prevent those sentenced with the crime from having […]
Duluth police have arrested a man, who has been described as a "witch doctor," on charges that he allegedly raped a woman who went to him for a cleansing ritual last weekend.
Gwinnett police are defending their handling of the search for a 16-year-old Norcross youth who disappeared last summer and whose remains were found along State Route 316 on Monday.
A driver was killed Sunday night when the vehicle they were driving left a roadway and hit a mobile home in Buford, injuring the people inside, according to Gwinnett County police.
The event was held weeks after the death of Nichols, with news about Memphis police officers being fired and charged with crimes stemming from the incident coming out since then.
The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office released its "Wanted In Gwinnett" list this week, and is looking for the following six individuals.
ATLANTA – Georgia lawmakers want to increase the sentence for gang recruitment activities as part of a tough-on-crime push under the Gold Dome this legislative session. A new state Senate bill would increase the penalties for recruiting someone to join a gang or participate in gang activity through mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines that judges would […]
A suspect who was in an hours-long standoff with Gwinnett County Police SWAT officers on Tuesday took their own life in the home that they were barricaded in, according to police officials.
Gwinnett County police are asking for people who were in the area where a Norcross teenager went missing last summer to come forward in case they have any information about what happened to her.
The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office said it is sending its condolences to the family of Tyre Nichols and will recognize the right of Gwinnettians who chose to peacefully protest — but it insists the events that led to Nichols death in Memphis, Tenn., do not represent all law enforcement.
A woman was arrested and accused by police of molesting a student while she worked as a teacher at a Cobb middle school.
Gwinnett police said they are investigating a homicide that appears to be domestic related after a shooting Sunday evening at a Norcross area apartment complex.
Two Duluth men are facing murder charges in the death of an Atlanta man who died earlier this month from wounds he sustained in a beating that occurred in December.
Gwinnett County Police SWAT officers and sheriff’s deputies arrested a man accused of killing a Lawrenceville man who died in November after he was shot at a home in the Norcross area.
The suspect in the death of a man who was shot last week at his Lilburn-area home has surrendered to law enforcement, according to Gwinnett County police.
A man was shot by a Snellville police officer early Monday morning at a local gas station after police said the department “received multiple calls of a man brandishing a firearm.”
Gwinnett County police are searching for a 19-year-old man who is wanted for a deadly shooting that happened in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The FBI announced on Thursday that they believe a former Gwinnett County resident and lab owner who allegedly violated his pre-trial release while facing fraud charges in New Orleans may be back in the Atlanta area, and they are asking for help to find him.
Gwinnett County police are looking for a motive after a man was stabbed to death at a Norcross area extended stay in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.
Gwinnett County police announced on Monday that they have identified and arrested a suspect in the death of a woman who was killed last month at a south Gwinnett used car dealership where she worked.
Two Snellville men are facing charges for shooting and beating a man who tried to enter their home — which he previously lived in — by mistake while he was experiencing a medical incident on Thursday.
Two Norcross residents have been arrested and charged with murder in the death of the Norcross man who was found dead near the doorway of his home last month.
Officials said the Gwinnett County Police DUI Task Force will perform a patrol detail on New Year's Eve, and the early morning hours of New Year's Day, to look for people who driving under the influence.
Gwinnett County police are looking for a woman accused of robbing one bank and trying to rob another one in mid-December.
The Northeast Atlanta Ballet, which is part of the Lilburn School of Ballet, was the target of a thief who emptied one of two trailers filled with the group's Nutcracker props and sets and stole a second one on Tuesday.
A DeKalb County Jail detention officer was fired on Tuesday, moments before Gwinnett County deputies arrested him on charges related to alleged shoplifting incidents at a Walmart store in Gwinnett.
Gwinnett County officials are warning residents to be wary of anyone who shows up at their door claiming to work for the county's water department — because that person is an imposter.
Gwinnett County police believe a road rage incident lead to the death of a man who was shot in the parking lot of a tavern in the Mountain Park area of south Gwinnett on Monday night.
Gwinnett County officials said the family of a corrections officer who was killed on his way to work last week is inviting Gwinnettians to line the route his funeral procession will take his burial on Tuesday.
A Dacula man has been arrested and charged in the murder of a Gwinnett County senior corrections officers who was killed in the parking lot of the county's corrections facility earlier this week.
Gwinnett police said a man was found dead near the entrance of his home in a Norcross area neighborhood Thursday night.
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