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Andres Martinez Alcaraz: Cobb County Officer’s Sexual Assault Case, Prison Record and Hidden Disciplinary History
A former Cobb County DUI-task-force officer was indicted after a woman reported sexual assault during an on-duty encounter in May 2019. Original case files, vehicle-location data, prior complaints and a Georgia prison roster help reconstruct the case and the public accountability questions that followed.
October 2026 update: confirmed state prison roster
Georgia Department of Corrections’ April 2026 published roster lists Alcaraz, Andres Martinez, GDC ID 1003139833, at Long Unit, with false imprisonment as the listed offense, a May 26, 2022 date in the record, and projected dates in December 2027 and December 2028. The roster is a dated snapshot, not a live location check. The column context and any changes should be verified directly with GDC.
The 2019 indictment included sexual-assault counts and other charges; the GDC roster identifies false imprisonment as the offense shown in this specific roster. It does not, by itself, establish how each indicted count was resolved. A certified judgment and sentence are still needed for a complete count-by-count disposition.
May 17, 2019: what investigators alleged
According to the Cobb County Police Department account reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV, Alcaraz responded shortly after midnight to a suspicious-person call on Benson Poole Road. Investigators alleged that he placed a woman in his patrol vehicle, drove behind a building on South Cobb Drive and sexually assaulted her. Contemporary reporting says investigators examined the woman’s account alongside evidence developed in the criminal investigation. These allegations are presented as allegations; the precise criminal findings require the court’s final judgment.
The woman first reported the encounter to Smyrna police, according to contemporaneous coverage. Cobb police later located and interviewed her, opened criminal and internal investigations, and placed Alcaraz on administrative leave. He resigned June 30, 2019, and was arrested July 1. The case raised questions about how officers exercise custodial authority over vulnerable people during routine calls.
October 2019 indictment: the counts reported at the time
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a Cobb County grand jury indicted Alcaraz on two counts of sexual assault of an inmate or person in custody, two counts of making a false statement, five counts of violation of oath of office, one count of sodomy and one count of false imprisonment. An indictment is a formal accusation, not a verdict. The official 2026 prison roster supplies later incarceration evidence, but a certified disposition is necessary to connect each original count with the eventual judgment.
AJC · 2019 INDICTMENT ↗WSB-TV · ARREST REPORT ↗
Primary evidence: investigative case file and patrol vehicle data
SOS obtained and preserved a redacted scanned case file identified as 19-0012, as well as an image labeled AVL Data for Unit 6427. AVL means automatic vehicle location. Such records can help establish vehicle movement and timestamps when cross-checked with dispatch, patrol logs and other evidence. An image alone should not be used to infer an exact route or time without reviewing the original data.
OPEN REDACTED CASE FILE · 19-0012 ↗
The overlooked accountability trail: four complaints and one IA investigation
A January 19, 2024 Cobb County open-records response confirms the county identified four complaints and one Internal Affairs investigation responsive to SOS’s request. It names complaint files 1127, 1138, 1473 and 1586. The response says the previously reviewed records would be provided without additional charges and that video associated with complaint 1127 required a separate redaction request. These documents establish the existence of complaint records, not that every allegation was sustained.
READ COBB COUNTY OPEN-RECORDS RESPONSE ↗
Complaint 1586
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Complaint 1138
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Complaint 1473
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Complaint 1127
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Disciplinary records
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Original complaint-related audio
The original SOS archive contains six audio recordings grouped around Shantay Cloud, Annette Nokes and Lisa Liming. The filenames provide labels and some dates, but are not a substitute for verified transcripts. The recordings are presented without unsupported conclusions about their contents or the outcome of the associated complaints.
Photographs, booking images and historical screenshots
The original investigation included 28 images, including booking and prison screenshots, a vehicle-data graphic, complaint-related imagery and an extensive photographic archive. They are retained below as hotlinked source exhibits. Captions describe their archive role without assuming that every image depicts the 2019 incident.
OPEN THE ORIGINAL PHOTO & SCREENSHOT GALLERY (28 IMAGES)
Questions the records still raise
The documented files support further investigation into the timing of supervisory review, whether prior complaints identified recurring issues, what vehicle-location and camera records establish, and the complete disposition of the 2019 indictment. The original SOS article asked whether other DUI stops could have involved misconduct; without supporting complaints or evidence, no additional victims or incidents should be presumed.
Further reading and verification
AJC · POLICE CHIEF RESPONSE ↗AJC · BOND PROCEEDING ↗COBB COURIER · PRESS CONFERENCE ↗UNIVISION · SPANISH COVERAGE ↗
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Editorial update: October 9, 2026. Source records and images remain hosted on the legacy SOS media library. Court charges, administrative sanctions and prison-roster entries are distinct kinds of evidence. The woman’s identity is not disclosed here. This is independent journalism, not an official agency page.