Judge Adam Squiller sentenced 15 people for criminal offenses during hearings in DeKalb Superior Court I that took place Feb. 24-25.

Including the two deaths on Feb. 26, four inmates died at Coastal State Prison in February. Inmates Malik Ortiz and DeJarvis Walker both died the week of February 8th.

The victim told officers that 29-year-old Teryn Blakeney was responsible for the shooting before being taken to the hospital, where authorities say he later died.

Former DeKalb County sheriff Sidney Dorsey, who was convicted of ordering the death of the man he lost to for the position in ...

Former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey has died at age 86 while serving a life sentence for ordering the 2000 killing of Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown.

Derwin Brown was shot outside his home just days before he was to take office as the new DeKalb County sheriff.

The Augusta State Medical Prison inmate, who confessed to his 2000 crime in prison in 2007, died of natural causes at 86, the Georgia Department of Corrections says.

Sidney Dorsey, the former DeKalb County sheriff convicted of ordering the assassination of Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown, has died in state prison at age 86.

Two other co-defendants, Melvin Walker and David Ramsey, were initially acquitted in state court but were later found guilty ...