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Wednesday, January 2
Updated: Sheriff Releases Walmart Parking Lot Video of School Board Member Bartow County authorities have released the Walmart security video they say allegedly shows a Bartow County Schools board member strike with her SUV a teen who was trying to save a parking spot. Angela "Angie" Gail Cornett, 41, who serves as District 3 rep and vice chairman, is accused of accelerating her Lexus and hitting the girl's right leg with the front, passenger tire of the vehicle during a dispute about the parking space. See the surveillance video and police photos on Cartersville Patch. APD 'Latest Shootings Near Cascade, Not Random' - Cascade Patch The Atlanta Police Department told various communities that three recent murders in the Cascade area were …
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Friday, December 21, 2012
Fatal Crash, Car Fire on Interstate 75 – Cartersville Patch Interstate 75 northbound at U.S. 411 in Cartersville was shut down due to a fatal crash and vehicle fire Friday afternoon. Bartow County Sheriff's Office sent this alert about 1:50 p.m.: AVOID I-75 northbound near exit 293. All northbound lanes closed. Vehicle fire with fatal accident. AVOID area. For more information, visit Cartersville Patch. Thursday Night Shootings in Atlanta; 1 Dead, Multiple Critical - Cascade Patch Thursday evening, December 20th at about 5:30 p.m., police responded to a call of a man shot in the parking lot of Therrell High School near Mt. Gilead. This call began a series of unrelated gunshot calls in the span of 2 hours. For more on this story, visit …
Search of suspect's car turns up pellet pistol believed used in the Alpharetta and Roswell shootings.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
UPDATED 11:10 a.m., Nov. 9: A second Roswell man has been arrested after dozens of shots were fired with a pellet pistol at vehicles and businesses on Mansell Road in Alpharetta and Roswell, and in other places in Roswell. Javon Dacosta Toppin, 22, of Roswell, was arrested at 10 p.m. Nov. 8. He was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and two counts criminal damage to property in the first degree. Both charges are felonies.; Rashaun Stevens, who was arrested earlier on Tuesday, now faces those same charges in the investigation by Alpharetta and Roswell police, said George Gordon, public information officer for the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety. The initial incident occurred on Nov. 7 and involved a male suspect who fired…
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Lisa
7:35 pm on Wednesday, November 9, 2011
I hope they get the book thrown at them. They could have gravely injured someone or worse. more ›