Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Here are headlines from around the region for Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013.
United States Attorney Sally Yates held a news conference Tuesday afternoon to inform citizens about 10 metro Atlanta officers who were arrested this morning for their alleged involvement in protecting presumed cocaine traffickers. According to Yates, the 10 arrested officers consisted of "two DeKalb County officers, two Forest Park officers, one Atlanta police officer, one Stone Mountain officer, one MARTA officer, and one contracted Federal Protection worker." Read more on Cascade Patch. A southwest Atlanta woman was gunned down Monday around 5:30 p.m. inside of her car on Emerald Court near the Harland Terrace neighborhood. Atlanta Police believe the suspect is her husband, Dondrelle Moultrie, and was seen fleeing in a 2008 Teal …
Friday, February 8, 2013
Here are headlines from around the region for Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.
"The DeKalb County Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Atkinson have mutually agreed to end their relationship effective Friday, February 8, 2013. The Board and Dr. Atkinson each determined and believe that it is in the best interest of all concerned that there be a mutual separation and they wish each other well in all their future endeavors." Read more on North Druid Hills—Briarcliff Patch. After John McNeil was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a man at his Kennesaw home in 2005, supporters spent years fighting for his freedom. Tuesday, that years-long legal fight could come to an end, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. McNeil, whose wife died of breast cancer on Saturday, is scheduled to go …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Here are headlines from around the region for Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013.
Reports are coming in of a violent attack Wednesday night in Tucker which has left a convenience store owner badly injured and in hospital. "Mr. Patel was severely beaten with a sledgehammer," long-time customer Denise Pounds told Patch. "I went in to the store this morning and the day manager informed us of the tragedy. She is very upset. She said three black men came into the store and proceeded to ask for money and then began beating him for no reason as they knew where the cash register is." Read more on Tucker Patch. People are reacting strongly to Hairston Lake Apartments sending an eviction notice to an elderly resident because she burned her dinner. CBS Atlanta reported in January that the food burned while the woman, Retha Scott, …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Here are headlines from around the region for Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013.
A Fulton County Grand Jury has indicted a Sandy Springs doctor on charges that he molested a juvenile female during a sleepover at his residence. Doctor Kelly Thrasher was indicted Tuesday on Child Molestation. The Fulton County Grand Jury added the charges of Sexual Battery and Aggravated Sexual Battery to the indictment. Thrasher was arrested on Jan. 24 after his release from the Ridgeview Medical Center where he entered himself after detectives initiated a criminal investigation into the molestation complaint. Read more on Sandy Springs Patch. Gevin Prince pled guilty but mentally ill today in court, according to WSBTV, and received a life sentence in prison, plus 30 years, for stabbing his great-grandmother to death with a samurai …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Here are headlines from around the region for Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013.
Brynlee Josephine Favia was welcomed into the world on Friday morning, Feb. 1, at 6:05 a.m. and delivered in the parking lot of the Shell gas station on Post Road in Douglasville by her father, Brandon. Brandon started the delivery with the assistance and direction over the phone with Douglas County E911 Operator Amanda Weathers while E911 Operators Becky Radford and Daisy Millsap dispatched the call. Read more on Douglasville Patch. The causes of death in the apparent murder-suicide that claimed the lives of a family of four in a Johns Creek apartment complex were hanging, injury by sharp objects and blunt force trauma, said Police Chief Ed Densmore on Tuesday. The two children, Sartaj and Gurtej Grover, suffered injury by sharp objects; …
Monday, February 4, 2013
Here are headlines from around the region for Monday, Feb. 4, 2013.
Ben Callner made it to the Super Bowl. Callner, who works with PoGo Pictures in Decatur, directed “Goat 4 Sale,” one of two Doritos commercials aired Sunday night during the Super Bowl. Read more on Decatur-Avondale Estates. For the second time in three years, an officer in a Wheeler High School booster club has been charged with stealing substantial amounts of money from a student extracurricular organization. The Marietta Daily Journal reported Saturday that Dawn Brown Martin, vice president of Bingo activities for the Wheeler Wildcat Pride marching band, is accused of taking more than $40,000 in band funds from January to October of 2012. Read more on East Cobb. Cash and thousands of dollars worth of gaming systems were reported stolen…
Friday, February 1, 2013
Here's headlines from around the region for Friday, Feb. 1, 2013.
Krystal is moving its corporate offices to Dunwoody. The company is currently headquartered in Chattanooga, TN. According to the Times Free Press, Krystal's move to Dunwoody will be completed in the early part of 2013. The company is moving to the area because Atlanta's larger airport will allow its executives better access to its offices. The paper also reported that those cost savings will allow the company to open an additional new store every year. Read more on Dunwoody Patch. A local teen has been arrested in connection with a large knot on a 6-week-old baby's head. Cartersville Police Department Chief Tommy Culpepper said in a news release that Dustin Michael Lewis, 18, of Cartersville, was arrested following the Jan. 30 incident. …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Here are headlines from around the area for Jan. 31, 2013
A 14-year-old student was shot in the head at Price Middle School in Atlanta Thursday afternoon, Emergency Management Services said. One teacher was also injured, but not shot, sources said. Read more on East Atlanta Patch. Jurors have returned a verdict in the murder trial of former Midtown security guard Nkosi Thandiwe, finding him guilty and rejecting the options of not guilty by reason of insanity and guilty but insane. Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski told jurors that the case is about responsibility, and there is no question that Thandiwe shot three women in July 2011, killing one, paralyzing another and leaving a third with scars from the bullet wounds to her leg. Read more on Midtown Patch. Our live blog above has continues updates from …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Here are headlines from around the region for Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013.
Usually, people are wanting to break out of prison, not break in. But Atlanta police report that one of its officers thwarted what seemed to be four people trying to smuggle items — including two loaded handguns — into the U.S. Federal Penitentiary. Read more on East Atlanta Patch. Cynthia Lynn Miller, 50, of Monroe, has been charged with first degree vehicular homicide, driving under the influence (drugs), serious injury by vehicle and failing to maintain lane after an accident in Morgan County Monday resulted in the death of her grandson and the critical injury of another family member. Read more on Monroe Patch Survivors and witnesses to the July 2011 parking deck shooting in Midtown began testifying Tuesday in the trial of the former …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Here are area headlines for Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2012.
Two men have been arrested in connection to stealing $65,000 worth of frozen chicken wings in Gwinnett County, according to police. Renaldo Jackson, of Tucker, and Dewayne Patterson, of Lithonia, were both employees of Nordic Cold Storage off Pleasantdale Road in Doraville, where the chicken was reportedly taken from. Read more on Lawrenceville Patch. The Foundation for Ichthyosis & Related Skin Types, Inc. (FIRST) recently received a $35,000 contribution thanks in part to an upcoming Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Mike Briggs, President-Elect for Foundation for Ichthyosis & Related Skin Types, Inc. (FIRST), was approached by a scouting crew and asked if his Lake Lanier home could be used as a location in “Ten,” an Arnold Schwarzenegger film…
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