Wife charged in 2015 suicide now considered homicide
By: Gainesville Times BUFORD -- A Buford woman was indicted and charged last week in the 2015 shooting death of her husband, a case previously considered to be a suicide, police said. Liubov Volkova,...
View ArticleAlpharetta officer charged in crash on Lanier
By: Jim Dean LAKE LANIER – The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety has confirmed that one of their officers has been charged after being involved in a weekend boating incident on Lake Lanier that...
View ArticleFormer Cumming police officer indicted in federal court for fraud, accepting...
By: Kayla Robins CUMMING – A former officer with the Cumming Police Department was arraigned in a federal court after being charged with wire and computer fraud. Nathan VanBuren, 34, is accused of...
View ArticleCar wash manager, employee stop attempted carjacking with toddler inside vehicle
By: Gainesville Times GAINESVILLE — Landrell Payne said “everything started from a scream.” Payne, the manager at Xtreme Clean Auto Spa on Browns Bridge Road, and employee Melvin Hall looked around...
View ArticleCar break-in thieves target two neighborhoods in west Forsyth
By: Kayla Robins WEST FORSYTH -- Residents of two neighborhoods in west Forsyth started their Independence Day holiday weekend off by realizing they were the victims of an overnight car break-in spree....
View ArticleSearch on for south Forsyth carjacking suspect
By: Kayla Robins SOUTH FORSYTH -- Forsyth County Sheriff’s deputies are in search of a man suspected of stealing a vehicle during a robbery in south Forsyth late last week. The carjacking occurred when...
View ArticleSuspect identified in south Forsyth carjacking
By: Kayla Robins SOUTH FORSYTH – Local authorities have identified the suspect who remains at large after stealing a vehicle during a robbery in south Forsyth late last week. According to the Forsyth...
View ArticleAuthorities: Hall man charged with sexual exploitation of a child
By: FCN Regional Staff A Hall County man is accused of transmitting sexually explicit photographs on his cellphone and later tampering with evidence, according to authorities. Roman Fletcher Boychuck,...
View ArticleBelk employee dragged by theft suspect’s vehicle in Cumming
By: Kayla Robins CUMMING -- A woman is wanted in connection with a shoplifting incident in Cumming in which a store employee was dragged by her vehicle as he attempted to stop her escape. The suspect,...
View ArticleAuthorities seek Buford bank robbery suspect
By: FCN Regional Staff A man Friday demanded access to the vault of a Buford bank and left with a sum of money, according to authorities. Hall County Sheriff’s Office investigators and the FBI are...
View ArticleMan, 21, charged in fatal wreck in Cumming
By: Kayla Robins CUMMING -- A man has been charged in connection with a fatal wreck that occurred on Friday afternoon in Cumming. Jackson Martin, 21, of Cumming, was arrested for second-degree homicide...
View ArticleReward offered for arrest of south Forsyth carjacking suspect
By: Kayla Robins SOUTH FORSYTH -- A reward is being offered for any information leading to the arrest of a named suspected of stealing a vehicle during a robbery in south Forsyth earlier this month....
View ArticleSWAT responds to south Forsyth home over warrant
By: Kayla Robins SOUTH FORSYTH -- A large law enforcement presence, including a Forsyth County SWAT team, responded to a residence in south Forsyth after a man who was thought to have been armed...
View ArticleSouth Forsyth carjacking suspect turns self into police
By: Kayla Robins SOUTH FORSYTH -- he suspect named in a carjacking earlier this month turned himself in to Forsyth County authorities Wednesday night, during the same week Atlanta Crime Stoppers...
View ArticleTwo indicted for north Forsyth traffic stop that yielded meth, marijuana, money
By: Kayla Robins NORTH FORSYTH -- Two north Forsyth residents have been indicted for a handful of drug charges after deputies found 45 grams of suspected methamphetamine, 69 grams of suspected...
View ArticleMan faces child exploitation charges in Forsyth County Superior Court
By: Kayla Robins A man has been indicted in Forsyth County on charges related to online exploitation of a child. Seth Douglas McDonald was charged with six counts, including obscene internet contact...
View ArticleTeen charged for crashing car into Cumming home
By: Jim Dean CUMMING -- Josephine Jefferson credits a miracle for saving her grandchildren’s’ lives when a car drove through the back wall of her family’s home on Beacon Ridge at about 5 p.m. Saturday...
View ArticleAuthorities: Nude man asked to leave Lanier Islands, tries to hurt deputies
By: Gainesville Times HALL COUNTY -- A Jefferson man allegedly seen nude at Lake Lanier campgrounds is accused of attempting to hurt two deputies trying to detain him, according to authorities. Jeffery...
View ArticleAppointment marks first in Forsyth Juvenile Court
By: Isabel Hughes FORSYTH COUNTY -- While Forsyth County juveniles may not be any more delinquent than others in the state, with nearly a third of the population under the age of 18, the county’s...
View ArticleBicyclist seriously injured in crash near Cumming
By: Jim Dean CUMMING -- Officials on the scene of a Saturday afternoon crash on Canton Highway said a bicyclist was seriously injured when she was struck by a car. Firefighters said the woman had...
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