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CRIME & SAFETY
Acworth Woman Accused of Biting 2 People
Tamara Raymond, 35, of Acworth, is accused of biting two people on July 14 at midnight at an Acworth residence, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Raymond got into an argument with the female victim and bit the woman on the chin, causing a chunk of skin to hang off. The victim was transported to Kennestone Hospital for treatment. The victim’s husband, who was asleep upstairs, woke to the commotion and attempted to break the pair apart, but was bit by Raymond on his right arm, according to the warrant. Raymond is charged with aggravated battery disfigure; simple battery harm; and criminal damage – second degree. She was arrested on July 14 at 2:32 a.m. and booked into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, according to jail records. Raymond remains in custody without bond.
Police looking for missing 14-year-old girl last seen at Woodstock outlet mall
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Woodstock police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 14-year-old girl. Lior Robinson was last seen on Sunday at 12:40 p.m. at The Outlet Shoppes of Atlanta off Ridgewalk Parkway. She was wearing gray sweatpants and blue and white flip-flops, and her hair was pulled up in a pink cloth.
Kennesaw Man Accused of Driving Under the Influence of Drugs
Robert Nicholas Christian, 29, is accused of driving under the influence of methamphetamines, parking several feet away from the curb and falling asleep behind the wheel of the running vehicle for about 20 minutes on July 8 at 8:43 p.m. at 4534 Alaspair Lane in Kennesaw, a residential road near Baker Elementary School, according to an arrest warrant from the Kennesaw Police Department. A small baggie and a small glass cylinder were found in Christian’s vehicle during a probable cause search due to the odor...
Alabama executes man convicted of killing delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt
ATMORE, Ala. — A man convicted of fatally shooting a delivery driver during a robbery attempt in 1998 was executed by chemical injection Thursday evening in Alabama. Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m. at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in southwest Alabama, authorities said. He was convicted of capital murder in the shooting death of courier service driver William Clayton Jr., 68, in Cherokee County on March 6, 1998. Clayton had just finished work and was getting money at an ATM to take his wife to dinner, according to a court summary of trial testimony.
Georgia man faces up to 20 years after arson conviction in Whitfield County
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia man will stay behind bars after being convicted of first degree arson. A Whitfield County jury found 38-year-old Robert Douglas Vance of Woodstock, Georgia guilty of setting a house on fire in Varnell, Georgia, according to the Whitfield County District Attorney's Office. Vance...
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