Georgia Criminal Defense Blog

A 21-year-old man is facing Dacula theft charges in connection with burglaries in three portable classrooms in Gwinett, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports . Robert Franz Joseph II also faces similar theft charges in Hall County involving break-ins at more than a dozen school trailers in Flowery Branch.

Apparently, in most of the Gwinett incidents, Joseph allegedly stole projectors from the trailers, each worth about $1,000. In the Flowery Branch schools he is accused of stealing 16 laptop computers from 17 portable classrooms at C.W. Davis Middle School. Other schools police say Joseph struck include Collins Hill High School in Suwanee; Lanier Middle School in Buford and Creekland Middle School in Lawrenceville. Joseph is being held without bond on three counts of burglary and 45 counts of theft by receiving.

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Atlanta Flacons safety Daren Stone was arrested in downtown Atlanta and charged with driving under the influence, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports . Stone, who was arrested just before sunrise, was released later the same day after posting a $1,591 bond. Stone is the second member of the Falcons team to be arrested in the last one month. The team’s star linebacker, Micharl Boley, was arrested May 3 and charged with battery in a domestic violence case involving his wife.

Criminal charges involving celebrities, especially actors and sports personalities, always draw more attention in the media. At Conaway & Strickler we represent numerous clients – everyday people -- who are arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. In the state of Georgia, it is illegal to drive a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08 or more.

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Three College Park men, who were arrested after leading Cobb County police on a chase into Atlanta, have been charged in connection with the murder of a Mableton man that happened earlier in the day. According to a news article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the men who were accused of shooting and killing 37-year-old Quinton Antonio Denley were -- Donald Hatton, 23; Lincoln Boykins, 18; and Preston Whiting, 21.

Denley was reportedly shot once and killed during a robbery at a home. Later in the day Whiting is said to have got out of a vehicle driven by Hatton and fired several shots at a man walking down a road hitting him once in the lower abdomen. He did not suffer life-threatening injuries. All three men have been charged with felony murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery.

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A 56-year-old woman is facing Marietta DUI charges after she crashed her 2000 Toyota Avalon through the front window of a martial arts school when six children were in the middle of a class. According to a news report in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, none of the students at the Choi Kwang Do East Cobb martial arts school was injured in the crash.

Cherrie Hallen was reportedly in the parking lot at Parkaire Landing Shopping Center when she put her car into drive instead of reverse. She crashed into the school’s classroom after going through some bushes and two brick pillars. The students aged 6 to 11 were shocked, but managed to get out of the room.

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