By: Crystal Ledford The murders of Glenn Turner and Randy Thompson by the late Lynn Turner, a Forsyth County native, will be featured on a TV show tonight. The Investigation Discovery network will air an episode of “Motives & Murders” focused on the Tu... »
By: Newsroom Staff The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is crediting the use of social media for helping crack a recent theft case. According to the sheriff’s office, two local women wanted for taking and using another person’s credit card turned themse... »
By: Jennifer Sami A 31-year-old Forsyth County man has been charged with sex crimes after authorities say he posed online as a female teenager to acquire graphic images of young boys. According to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, Brendan J. Spaar o... »
By: Jennifer Sami It’s official, Forsyth County will get a new Superior Court judge. The decision was finalized last week as Gov. Nathan Deal signed Senate Bill 356 into law to appoint a third judge to the Bell-Forsyth Circuit. District 27 state Sen. J... »
By: Alyssa LaRenzie A 20-year-old Buford man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a security guard in a 2010 armed robbery at a Forsyth County grocery store. Nakitta Holmes pleaded guilty Friday to one count each of malice murder, ag... »
By: Jennifer Sami Sentencing has been postponed for an Atlanta man found responsible for causing a fatal wreck last summer on Ga. 400. Last month, Walter Bell was found guilty of homicide by vehicle in the first degree, reckless driving, leaving the sc... »
By: Newsroom Staff Authorities are investigating a two-vehicle wreck in south Forsyth that claimed the life of a 20-year-old man. According to a Forsyth County Sheriff’s report, the collision occurred about 9 p.m. Friday at McFarland Parkway and Union ... »
By: Julie Arrington The property crimes unit of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office has been honored for its work in solving one of the largest jewelry heists in the state’s history.Atlanta Metropol Awards Chairman Samuel Patterson, chief of the Riverd... »
By: Jennifer Sami House Bill 850 didn’t make it out of the state Senate before the 2012 legislative session ended. But that’s OK with Forsyth County Probate Court Judge Lynwood “Woody” Jordan Jr., who helped author the bill, because the language still ... »
By: Julie Arrington A Forsyth County man has been charged in connection with a theft at a local pharmacy.Christopher Moran was arrested Monday and charged with burglary and fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance by theft, according to Cumming po... »
By: Julie Arrington Some two months after responding to a 911 call involving Sheriff Ted Paxton at a home in north Forsyth, the Forsyth County Fire Department conducted an internal investigation into how firefighters handled the situation.A report of t... »
By: Julie Arrington The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of its own.Ranger, who served as a member of the sheriff’s K9 unit for about six years, died Wednesday.According to a sheriff’s report, the 11-year-old German shepherd ... »
By: Julie Arrington A jury on Thursday held an Atlanta man responsible for causing a fatal hit-and-run wreck on Ga. 400 last summer. Walter Bell was found guilty of homicide by vehicle in the first degree, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an ac... »
By: Jennifer Sami Forsyth County is one step closer to getting a third Superior Court judge.The state House of Representatives voted 161-1 to approve a bill to add a new judgeship to the Bell-Forsyth judicial circuit.The measure was expected to clear t... »
By: Julie Arrington The attorney for an Atlanta man accused of causing a fatal hit-and-run wreck last summer said the case is a tragedy but that doesn’t make his client guilty.Walter Bell is on trial for the July 9 wreck on Ga. 400 that resulted in the... »
