One of three escaped DeKalb Jail inmates was serving life in prison for violent attacks targeting gay men

Stevenson Charles, one of three escaped inmates from the DeKalb County Jail, has a violent record of attacks on gay men as ...
FOX 5 Atlanta on MSN

DeKalb County Fire Chief Darnell Fullum selected as next director of public safety

DeKalb County Fire Chief Darnell Fullum has been appointed the county’s next Director of Public Safety, succeeding Jack ...
Decaturish

DeKalb County public safety director retiring Dec. 31

DeKalb County Public Safety Director Joseph Lumpkin will retire at the end of the year, the county announced Dec. 15. Lumpkin ...

3 Georgia inmates who escaped DeKalb County Jail captured in Florida, officials say

The three inmates, Stevenson Charles, Yusuf Minor, and Naod Yohannes, escaped from the DeKalb County Jail late Sunday night.
Chattanooga Times Free Press

DeKalb County in Georgia gets new tuberculosis clinic

This article was originally published by Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News. DeKalb County has the highest rate of tuberculosis ...
Atlanta News First on MSN

3 escaped DeKalb County inmates captured after they took Lyft to Florida, kidnapped driver

Details on the arrests will be released during an 11 a.m. news conference at the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office headquarters.
FOX 5 Atlanta

DeKalb County braces for possible SNAP suspension, expands local support

SNAP benefits for 1.6 million Georgians are set to end Nov. 1 unless Congress or the courts intervene. DeKalb County is mobilizing schools, nonprofits, and housing agencies to protect families from ...