Saturday, December 22, 2012
Did you tell your children? Do you have advice to share with other parents on how to approach this delicate conversation?
The morning of Dec. 14 came as a shock to all parents. We watched news of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut with tears in our eyes and a lump in our throats. While the rest of us went about our mornings on Friday, 26 innocent lives were lost at a suburban school much like the ones where we send our own children. Many questions were raised throughout that day and over the weekend, not the least of which was: "How do we explain this to our children?" Counselors, psychiatrists and others have offered ideas for talking to children about what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary. Social media has been abuzz with parents asking each other, "Will you? If so, how?" Some parents decided it was best to say nothing, while others …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Reports say a gunman took the lives of 26 people, including 20 children before he killed himself at a Connecticut elementary school.
UPDATE: Saturday, Dec. 15, 7:35 a.m. - A shooting rampage in Connecticut, Friday morning, Dec. 14, left 27 people dead at an elementary school, including 20 children, according to numerous media reports. In a story for the Washington Post, the Associated Press said the shooter had several guns during the rampage. Newtown Patch says gunman, Adam Lanza, 20, shot and killed himself. Other media outlets, who incorrectly labled Adam's brother Ryan Lanza the shooter at first, say Adam first killed his mother at the home he shared with her before driving her car to the school where she was a substitute teacher and beginning his spree. Newtown Patch says officials are expected provide additional details and victims' names on Saturday. The AP …
Friday, October 26, 2012
Here are some headlines from across the region.
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Woodstock High Student Charged With Terroristic Threats – Woodstock Patch A Woodstock High School student is behind bars after threatening a Columbine-type attack. Lake Reynolds, a 17-year-old junior, has been charged with making terroristic threats and remains at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center on a $1,200 bond, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Reynolds at 12:21 a.m. Friday posted "Plannin on pullin a colombine (sic) tomorrow guys.. Be prepared!" on his Twitter account (see the attached screen shot of the tweet). Second Suspect Charged in SCAD Dorm Robbery – Midtown Patch Atlanta police have charged a second suspect in connection with last month’s armed robbery in a Savannah College of Art and Design dorm room. …
Monday, August 13, 2012
Here are a few top Patch headlines not far from Alpharetta and Milton.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Dunwoody Man Missing Who Suffers From Dementia - Dunwoody Patch Dunwoody Police are looking for Michael Thomas Pavlic, a local 71-year-old Alzheimer's patient that's been missing since last Monday near Wickford Way. He was last seen at 10 p.m. driving a red 2004 Toyota Corolla Matrix. The Georgia license tag is 593LAP, and he was traveled in an unknown direction., police say. He was wearing plaid shorts and a T-shirt. He suffers from mild Alzheimers, and he's not currently carryng his medication, according to authoriites. Call Dunwoody Police with any information at 678-382-6900. Saturday Shooting Leads to Brief SWAT Stand-Off - Sandy Springs Patch A Sandy Springs man has a court appearance Monday morning for the shooting of his neighbor, …
Friday, June 8, 2012
A look at the top Patch stories not far from Alpharetta and Milton
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Friday, June 8, 2012
Two Dead in Quadruple Shooting in Church Parking Lot During Funeral - Stone Mountain-Redan Patch Two people have been killed and two others injured in a Thursday afternoon shootout during a funeral in the parking lot of a Stone Mountain-area church. Shortly before 2:30 p.m., shots were fired during a funeral at Victory for the World Church on N. Hairston Road, according to media reports. No arrests have been made, according to DeKalb County police spokeswoman Mekka Parish. The 1 p.m. funeral was being held for Ryan Devon Guider, who was shot to death on May 26. His mother is a member of the church. Police say the man suspected in Guider's death, Marcus Ventress, 28, may be connected to Thursday's shootings, and may be one of the dead…
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Victim survived; taken to Grady.
A man was shot outside Auto Service Unlimited, 9930 Jones Bridge Road, just north of Old Alabama on Friday night. According to Rosemary Taylor, communications manager for the Johns Creek Police Department, 911 received a call for shots fired around 8 p.m. The victim, who was not at the scene when police arrived, was shot twice in the chest and leg. He apparently was driven to a fire station in Roswell before being transported to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Roswell Police called the JCPD to let them know the victim had been driven to Roswell. Detectives are investigating the incident.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Alex Koser was remembered at Alpharetta High today, and this evening he will be memorialized at his church.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
The family of Alex Koser, an Alpharetta High School student who died at his Milton home on Sunday, is holding a prayer vigil for him tonight at St. James United Methodist Church on Webb Bridge Road in Alpharetta. Alpharetta High Principal Shannon Kersey invited the students and families from the high school to attend the prayer vigil, which will be held from 6-7 p.m. at the church, which is just west of Westside Parkway and next door to Alpharetta Fire Station No. 1 "I want to thank all of the teachers and students for pulling together today to support each other as we began the grieving process for our beloved student, Alex Koser," Kersey said in her email invitation. She said many students took advantage of the Fulton County Schools CARE…
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St. James United Methodist Church
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
The Sunday afternoon incident happened in a townhome within Centennial Village on Hwy. 9.
A 46-year-old Milton man was being taken to Fulton County Jail on his way to being charged in the shooting death of his stepson at 2:15 p.m. today, Feb. 12. "Our suspect's name is Eric Brandon, age 46. He shot his 16-year-old stepson," said Capt. Shawn McCarty of the Milton Police Department. The shooting happened at 3153 Genesis Way in Milton, in the Habitat for Humanity community across from the Target shopping center on Hwy. 9. McCarty said at 5 p.m. that the suspect was on his way to jail. "He is not speaking to us. He will be charged with murder," McCarty said. Both the victim and suspect lived in the home with other family members, but no other family was at home at the time. "There was a friend from next door. He was upstairs when …
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3153 Genesis Way, Milton, GA
Shooting site at the Habitat for Humanity townhome community.
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Christopher Erdman of Cumming was arraigned on eight charges today, including murder, stalking and cruelty to children.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the case of a man accused of shooting the mother of his two children during a June custody exchange. Christopher Erdman of Cumming was arraigned today on eight charges: murder, two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated stalking, two counts of cruelty to children and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. Authorities said Erdman, 25, allegedly shot Shannon Lawrence of Canton four times in the face and neck on June 5 as the two met in a bank parking lot across from the Birmingham Crossroads shopping center in Milton. Erdman and Lawrence, who never married, used the shopping center as the drop-off point when exchanging their two children. …
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Services were held at Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church this morning, Tuesday, July 19.
Hundreds turned out for the funeral services held Tuesday morning at the Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church for Brittney Watts, the 26-year-old woman fatally shot in Midtown Atlanta on Friday. From the somber atmosphere, it was apparent that the loss of Watts–a native of Roswell and graduate of both Roswell High School and the University of Georgia–had a significant impact on her hometown of Roswell. The woman friends say was always so positive and upbeat had only recently returned to the Atlanta area, moving into a Decatur neighborhood with her husband. Watts was laid to rest in Green Lawn Cemetery off Alpharetta Highway immediately following the service.
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Always an Emerson girl!
1:04 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Heard a lady on a talk show Friday say if teachers/school administrators were armed at Sandy Hook maybe 'only' two people would have been killed instead of the 26 that were. I just don't understand people who think irrationally although I do understand the mindset (I think); however, if 'only' two people were killed, try making the families of those 'only' 2 people feel better. You would not be … more ›