DeKalb County Schools officials released a statement after one of their employees was arrested on child pornography charges ...

The best criminal justice reporting tagged with "Dekalb County, Georgia," curated by The Marshall Project.

A new threat to democracy has emerged in Georgia, writes Rachel Marshall, citing passage of a law that creates a commission weakening the independence of community-elected prosecutors.

The mother of a DeKalb County man is pleading for justice after her 26-year-old son, Emile Fields-Marshall, was shot and killed last Friday. Police have arrested two suspects, but two gunmen ...

A Marshall County man accused of sexually abusing a child younger than 12-years-old has been arrested.

DEKALB COUNTY, Al. (WDEF) — A former DeKalb County school system employee has been arrested on various felony charges in Georgia. Michael Lance Brown has been accused of manufacturing, uploading, and ...

Lorraine Cochran-Johnson is the first Black woman CEO in Dekalb County. The newly elected CEO will give her first State of the County address.

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit, Georgia State Patrol, U.S. Marshall's, Atlanta Police Department and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit were involved in Jackson’s ...

A Georgia man is expected to be extradited to DeKalb County on capital murder charges in connection with a homicide in the early morning of April 11.

Georgia’s DeKalb County expects to receive $2 million from the Center for Tech and Civic Life, a nonprofit that offered grants in 2020.