News Nearby: Dog Fight Death; Child Porn Seized; Life Sentence for Murder

Friday's top stories, as reported by Patch and other news outlets: 

A 49-year-old Douglas County man died Friday while trying to break up an attack by his two dogs on another, smaller canine. 

The man's brother said the pit bulls were euthanized.

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Cherokee authorities say that the seizure of more than 100,000 electronic files of child pornography located on the computer desktop of a Woodstock man could be the largest ever in the history of the county. 

Richard Ensley, 37, is being held without bond. Videos and still photos found on Ensley's computers contained images of infants as well as teenage girls no more than 16 years old, according to the Cherokee Sheriff's Office.

The files were discovered as part of a routine operation to verify the addresses of Cherokee's registered sex offenders. 

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A Roswell man has been given a life sentence, plus 80 years, for the murder of his girlfriend. Calvin Myers, 40, pleaded guilty right before his sentencing Friday in Fulton County Superior Court to the 2009 stabbing and beating death of Minka Grogran, 40.

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A Ball Ground man has been charged with committing lewd acts in front of girls at a Bartow County Wal-Mart store.

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Atlanta Police are searching for a thief who stole a watch valued at $57,000 from a Lenox Square jewelry store.

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