Crime & Safety
Smyrna Makes Arrest In 25-Year-Old Rape Case
Walter Waitus Bullard has been arrested in connection with an assault that happened in February 1994.

SMYRNA, GA -- Police have made an arrest in a 25-year-old rape case. On Feb. 7, 2019, a Smyrna police detective assigned to the department's Crimes against Women and Children Unit secured an arrest warrant for Walter Waitus Bullard of Smyrna.
Bullard is charged with rape; armed robbery; kidnapping; false imprisonment; and aggravated sodomy, all felonies.
The attack happened in February 1994. Police said the detective assigned to the case recently received a CODIS match from the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, which led to Bullard's arrest.
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Bullard is in the custody of the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office. Police have said no other information regarding the case will be released.
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