Office of the DeKalb County Solicitor General- Robert D. James

The Solicitor's Blog

Busy Weekend!

We had a busy weekend here at the Solicitor-General's Office. Saturday morning, I participated in the 100 Black Men of DeKalb's Justice Day Program. I presented 20 middle school-aged boys the laws surrounding Theft by Shoplifting and Party to a Crime. Too often, young people are unaware of how a single decision can change the course of their lives. In this case, I presented a scenario where four teenagers went to a local shoe store. One teenager encouraged another to hide a jersey in his backpack, one served as lookout, and the fourth teenager refused to particpate. In the scenario, all four were arrested and the participants had to decide which of the teenagers, if any, were guilty of Theft by Shoplifting.

Saturday afternoon, members of my office and I participated in a Community Clean-up at Hidden Lake, the neighborhoods surrounding Bob Mathis Elementary.

Check out the links below for pictures I posted on my Facebook page.

Hidden Lake Clean-Up

100 Black Men of DeKalb Justice Day Program

What We Do

The Solicitor's Blog

The Solicitor-General prosecutes criminal misdemeanor offenses filed in the State Court of DeKalb County.

These cases include all misdemeanor warrants initiated in the DeKalb County Magistrate’s Office; all traffic citations issued by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, DeKalb County Board of Education Police, and the Georgia State Patrol; other citations issued by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, DeKalb County Park Rangers and DeKalb County Animal Control. Cases also arrive to the office via transfer from other courts and offices including the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office, the Municipal and Magistrate Courts.