One morning last week, federal, state and local law enforcement officers raided the Atlanta area home of former NBA player Javaris Crittenton. He was one of more than a dozen people arrested and charged with drug trafficking in a series of raids in the metro. The suspects were indicted late last week on charges including […]

According to media reports, a 55-year-old man was flying his private plane to Atlanta when authorities boarded the craft during a stop. On board, officials said, were the man’s son, the man’s son-in-law, and 72 pounds of cocaine. A grand jury recently returned an indictment against the man on federal drug charges of possession and […]

About 40 miles north of Atlanta, law enforcement officials said they investigated a pair of Forsyth County residents for a month. In the end, police served two search warrants and and said they found 10 pounds of marijuana and more than $20,000 in cash from the residences of the man and woman. Now the two […]

About 240 miles southeast of Atlanta sits rural Pierce County, Georgia. Life is typically quieter and slower there. But the few local media outlets there have in recent days been jolted by news that a 55-year-old county sheriff’s deputy has been arrested on federal charges of involvement in drug trafficking. About a week ago, he […]