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Student Accused of Bringing Knife to School; Employees Accused of Abuse

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Student Accused of Bringing Knife to Osborne High - Marietta Patch

An Osborne High student on Thursday allegedly brought a 6.5-inch throwing knife to school.

Salvador A. Salgado was in the bathroom when his teacher noticed the knife "in plain view on the table" around 3 p.m. March 21, according to a Cobb County criminal warrant.

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When Salgado returned from the bathroom, the teacher asked him if the knife belonged to him. "Accused said 'Yes,' " authorities wrote in the warrant. See Marietta Patch for more on this story.

Cherokee Deputies Arrest Man After Shooting at Women Inside Car - Holly Springs Patch

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A Woodstock man has been arrested by the Cherokee Sheriff's Office for allegedly firing a gun at two females sitting in a car Tuesday night.

Richard Wilt, 42 years old of Woodstock, has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, discharging a firearm while intoxicated, D.U.I., possession of a schedule II drug, possession of marijuana less than one ounce and open container. See Holly Springs Patch for more on this story.

Sheriff's Office Seeks Suspect Who Fled Acworth Art & Tobacco - Acworth Patch

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office is trying to find the man who allegedly crawled in the restroom drop ceiling at Acworth Art & Tobacco Saturday night and tampered with an interior motion sensor.

The agency needs your help locating him, which is why officials this afternoon released surveillance footage showing the man's face.

Though no theft was detected, "we are asking if anyone in the community knows the individual in the photo," said Lt. Jamie Gianfala, a spokesman with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. "The owner of the store thinks his first name is Frank. The owner says he is a regular in the store and hangs out in the area." See Acworth Patch for more on this story.

Employees Accused of Abuse at Cobb Facility for the Mentally Ill - Dallas-Hiram Patch

Top of the Line Residential Care & Development Inc. is an assisted living facility for mentally ill individuals in Powder Springs. But instead of receiving care, one resident got two black eyes, a bruised left jaw, a large red mark on his left temple and a large deep tissue bruise on his left rib cage.

Now four employees are in trouble with the law, accused of using fists, elbows, belts and a baseball bat to restrain the resident against his will. See Dallas-Hiram Patch for more on this story.

New Civil Rights Museum to Create 700 Construction Jobs - East Atlanta Patch

Earlier this month, PNC Bank and Invest Atlanta announced $24 million in financing to fund Phase I construction of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta's Downtown.

This first phase of the project is expected to create 700 jobs related to the center's construction.

The center is to be built Downtown near the World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium at Pemberton Place. See East Atlanta Patch for more on this story.


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