Cobb Superior Court Judge Vic Reynolds called the case “tragic all the way around.” And it was all “because some girl started something up between two guys.”

A convicted felon will spend 30 years in prison after he accepted a plea for his involvement in a motel shooting, that killed a 9-month-old. Cobb County Superior Court judge Victor Reynolds sentenced Noah Martin to 40 years in prison, with 30 to serve in prison and 10 on probation.

The Southern Poverty Law Center said a Cobb County student was wrongfully expelled under a disruption rule after warning two friends about a shooting threat.

A Cobb County man faces felony charges after investigators say he shot his dog in the head and abandoned him at a local park last month.