Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The alleged abuse went on for more than one year.
Update, 5:52 p.m. Tuesday A Tucker man is accused of molesting a 5-year-old girl for more than a year, according to a Cobb County criminal warrant. Craig Alan Ellett was arrested just before 4 p.m. Friday on Interstate 20 and Flat Shoals Road on charges of aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation and cruelty to children in the first degree, according to online jail records. He is being held in the Cobb County Jail without bond. The latest incident occurred around noon Feb. 6 in the 800 block of Galleria Lane in Smyrna, records show. "Although the last incident of sodomy with the 5-year-old victim occurred in Cobb County," an officer wrote in the warrant, "the sexual abuse of the 5-year-old victim had been going on for about a year …
Friday, March 15, 2013
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The girl's parents told police that the suspect attended their church.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of sending explicit messages via cell phone last summer to a girl from Tucker. According to Gwinnett County Police, Jose Rocha-Mata of Norcross was arrested Feb. 7 on charges of child molestation, and terroristic threats and acts. Police are also looking into his immigration status. The parents of the 14-year-old girl reported to police that Rocha-Mata had sent multiple sexual text messages and a photo of his penis that were intended for their daughter, a student at Meadowcreek High School. The messages were in Spanish and sent to the girl via her mother's cell phone. The girl had been using the phone during the day and evening when the communication started. She didn't reply to the man and instead …
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Some of the top stories we covered this week.
In case you missed them, here are some of the stories we wrote about this week: Fire Victim Dies DeKalb School Board Appoints Michael Thurmond Interim Superintendent Sex Crimes Teacher Gets 30 Years Store Owner Beaten With Sledgehammer
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Almarcus Thomas will spend two thirds of his sentence in custody.
Almarcus Dewayne Thomas, the Tucker math teacher convicted of multiple sex crimes, was sentenced this week to 30 years, 20 of which he will spend behind bars. Thomas, 43, was arrested a year ago after the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit investigated him for alleged sexual activity with a 15-year-old female student at Tucker Middle School. He pleaded guilty to multiple counts, including child molestation, statutory rape, sexual battery and invasion of privacy. "These alleged crimes involve a man who preyed on a minor while in a position of authority and respect as an educator," DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said in a statement. "This plea reflects the acts of a monster who molested, abuse and took advantage of …
Monday, August 20, 2012
Patch's top 10 headlines of the day from throughout metro Atlanta for Monday, August 20, 2012.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Almarcus Dewayne Thomas appeared in court today on multiple charges against a minor child.
Updated at 4:20 p.m. March 1. Almarcus Dewayne Thomas appeared at a hearing this afternoon in DeKalb County Magistrates Court. He is charged with three counts each of statutory rape and aggravated child molestation, and one count each of sexual exploitation of a child, sexual assault against a person in custody and unlawful surveillance. Thomas, 42, of Lithonia, is a seventh grade teacher and leader of the mathematics department at Tucker Middle School. He was arrested yesterday and is being held in Dekalb County Jail. The alleged victim is a female student who lives on Fellowship Road, where some some of the incidents are said to have taken place. Others allegedly occurred on school property. Court documents said the incidents happened …
Ashley Crandle
11:48 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012
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