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The Blotter
What Is The Blotter?
The Blotter was founded by Rodger Brown, a CL staff writer in the 1980s. Instructed to cover “the cops and the courts,” he came up with the idea to compile a curated selection of the odd, sad, offbeat crimes taken verbatim from police reports. The Blotter took off, becoming one of the paper’s most popular and enduring columns. Brown also illustrated each week’s listings with quirky, chiaroscuro renderings of criminals and cheats, victims and oddballs, shattered windows and animals meeting awful fates. Lauren Keating has been the Blotter Diva for the past 20 years with a great assist from Trey Butler's illustrations.
Archives
THE BLOTTER: New Year’s resolutions, Blotter-style
12/29/2023 10:16 AM
And other stories of life in the ATL
THE BLOTTER: Party ends with a bang (the whole shack shimmied!)
05/04/2021 7:40 AM
And other tales of life in the ATL
THE BLOTTER: ‘You’re a mean one, 2020’
12/07/2020 12:48 PM
And other stories of life in the ATL from the past year
Blotter: East Atlanta Protesters Deface Wrong Statue
09/28/2020 10:04 AM
News Brief included in the September 2020 Blotter
Blotter: Gwinnett Country Inmates Come to the Aid of the Deputy
09/28/2020 10:02 AM
News Brief included in the September 2020 Blotter
Botter: Nap Costs Coffee County Man his Freedom
09/28/2020 10:00 AM
News Brief included in the September 2020 Blotter
Blotter: Gwinnett County Maskless Shopping
09/28/2020 9:56 AM
News Brief included in the September 2020 Blotter
Blotter: Oakhurst Neighborhood Pro-Trump Harassment
09/28/2020 9:42 AM
Police Blotter September, 2020
Blotter: Henry County Teen Posts Online Porn into Virtual Class
09/27/2020 9:53 PM
Police Blotter Story - Henry County Police "over it"
THE BLOTTER: Animals in the street and roaming
06/30/2020 11:57 AM
And other tales of life in the ATL
THE BLOTTER: Twerking videos and pepper spray
07/05/2019 10:14 AM
And other tales of life in the ATL
THE BLOTTER: 'Beyonce’ in a pink lace nightgown
05/03/2019 12:11 PM
And other tales of life in the ATL
The Blotter: Misplaced Mercedes
11/13/2017 6:08 PM
And please unload your guns before using the bathroom
The Blotter: Atlanta Crime Oddities & Police Reports Archive