News Nearby: Convicted Murderer Sentenced in Cobb
The top headlines in Cobb and metro Atlanta for Monday, Oct. 1.
A Cobb Superior Court Judge has sentenced Waseem Daker to life in prison, plus 47 years, for a 17-year-old murder and stabbing case in East Cobb. Daker was convicted Friday of strangling Karmen Smith in 1995 and stabbing her son, then five years old, at their home. More details come from East Cobb Patch. Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley refused to toss a felony charge against Jessica Colotl, the Kennesaw State University graduate whose 2010 arrest for a minor traffic violation brought national attention to the issue of illegal immigrants in public colleges. Colotl completed a pretrial diversion program in February to avoid a conviction for lying to authorities about her address during that 2010 arrest. The program included …
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