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Man Charged with Possession of Child Porn; Businesses Vandalized

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Forsyth County Man Charged with Possession of Child Porn - Cumming Patch

A 42-year-old Forsyth County man faces at least five counts of possession of child pornography found on his computer, authorities said.

William Guy Hella was arrested Wednesday after his home on Lakewood Road in Cumming was searched by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. Hella has been charged with five counts of sexual exploitation of children (possession of child pornography)..

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Two Local Businesses Vandalized Early Wednesday - Midtown Patch

Two businesses in the shopping center located at Piedmont Avenue and Monroe Drive had their front glass doors smashed in by vandals during the early morning hours on Wednesday.

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Video taken by 11Alive news cameras shows how the doors were smashed open on both the Area 4 Salon located at 1536 Monroe Dr. and the Rapid Sign Systems business located at 1531 Piedmont Avenue. .

Suspect in East Cobb Murder Gets 10 Years in Stalking Case - East Cobb Patch

An Acworth man indicted last month in the December 2012 murder of his ex-wife at her East Cobb home was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for violating the terms of his probation in a prior aggravated stalking case.

Cobb Superior Court Chief Judge Adele Grubbs, who sentenced John Steven Kristofak to probation in October after he pleaded guilty in the earlier aggravated stalking and family violence simple battery case involving Donna Kristofak, revoked that probation today, according to the Marietta Daily Journal and theAtlanta Journal-Constitution. . 

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