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Sheriff hails start of 287(g)
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Last Updated: 7:16 PM 11/16/09 - LAWRENCEVILLE — During a brief press conference held Monday at the Gwinnett County Jail, Sheriff Butch Conway officially announced the beginning of the 287(g) program here. Conway said it is “a great day for Gwinnett County citizens.” (Full Story) |
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Man not guilty of raping young girl
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Last Updated: 6:58 PM 11/16/09 - LAWRENCEVILLE — A man accused of raping a minor family member more than four years ago was exonerated Monday. It took a Gwinnett County jury just about 45 minutes to find Kenneth Anthony Jones not guilty on charges of aggravated sexual battery, aggravated sodomy, child molestation, incest and rape. (Full Story) |
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Police: Drug fraud scheme ends in arrests
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Last Updated: 8:22 PM 11/04/09 - LILBURN — Police arrested a Lilburn couple this week for allegedly running a prescription drug fraud scheme lasting nearly two months. Robert Humbert, 26, and girlfriend Stephanie Amber Martin, 27, face multiple counts of obtaining dangerous drugs by fraud. Both remain at the Gwinnett County Jail after Lilburn police arrested them Tuesday. (Full Story) |
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Police: Two traffic deaths on same road
Last Updated: 1:21 PM 11/02/09 - DACULA — In the span of three days, two motorists died — and a third remains critical — following accidents on a winding stretch of Ga. Highway 324. (Full Story) |
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Pedestrian killed outside Civic Center; charges unlikely
Last Updated: 1:24 PM 11/02/09 - DULUTH — Gwinnett police will not bring charges against a motorist who struck and killed a pedestrian in front of the Gwinnett County Civic Center, police said Monday. The collision happened about 8:20 p.m. Friday on Sugarloaf Parkway near Meadow Church Road in Duluth. The victim, James Eaton III, 48, was struck by a 2008 Ford Edge and died at the scene, police said. (Full Story) |
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Fire ruled arson; $10,000 offered for information
Last Updated: 8:08 PM 10/28/09 - TUCKER — Gwinnett fire investigators have ruled that a Monday night fire that charred a Tucker business was intentionally set and likely the work of a burglar. Georgia Arson Control Inc. is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for the blaze. (Full Story) |
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Shooting suspect apprehended
Last Updated: 8:50 PM 10/27/09 - LAWRENCEVILLE — The fourth of six suspects wanted in connection with a bloody shootout in Duluth that left one man dead has been arrested. (Full Story) |
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DA: Lawrenceville grocery fronted drug business
Last Updated: 8:25 PM 10/26/09 - LAWRENCEVILLE — From the exterior, the Lawrenceville bodega in a tiny shopping center on East Crogan Street clearly offered a butchery, selections of fruit and roasted chicken. But at its core, officials say the now-shuttered Carniceria Y Fruteria operated as a distribution cell for marijuana and highly destructive narcotics. (Full Story) |
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Police make historic drug bust
Last Updated: 10:50 PM 10/22/09 - Gwinnett became ground zero this week in the largest takedown operation targeting a Mexican drug cartel in the history of the Drug Enforcement Administration. The Lawrenceville home — where a reported 174 pounds of meth were found Wednesday — was the national epicenter, providing links to operations in cities as far as Los Angeles. (Full Story) |
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Mom recalls suspected Target killer as ‘strange’
Last Updated: 9:49 PM 10/22/09 - LAWRENCEVILLE — Mary Allen recalls the woman accused of killing her daughter as peculiar, reclusive and anxious — a direct contrast to her bubbly daughter, she said. Allen is the mother of Heather Strube, the 25-year-old Conyers resident gunned down in front of her infant son in a Target parking lot in April. (Full Story) |
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