Crime & Safety

Brunn's First Court Appearance Today

Find out what's coming up on Canton-Sixes Patch today and what you might have missed overnight.

What's happening today

  • , the 20-year-old maintenance worker sitting at the in connection with the murder of first-grader Jorelys Rivera, will make his first court appearance at 1:30 p.m. today at the . The hearing will be held in Superior Court Judge Frank Mills’ courtroom. Brunn's Facebook page, which came down shortly after news of his arrest became public, offered .

What happened on Wednesday

  • in a Dumpster, announced Wednesday that Brunn was arrested around 12:40 p.m. and taken to the , where he remains on a charge of murder. (Click to watch videos of Brunn's arrival at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center as well as the press conference announcing his capture.)
  • of an apartment employee with disbelief, anger and fear. Patch reporter Cady Schulman has the story.

Vigil for

Find out what's happening in Canton-Sixeswith free, real-time updates from Patch.

  • There will be just one vigil for now. It will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at . Originally, there were two vigils planned, one on Wednesday at Heritage Park and another on Friday in front of the River Ridge apartment complex. "Out of respect for the complex and as a request of the 's ongoing investigation, we moved it to Heritage Park," organizer Tina Ryan said. "The two vigils have been combined for Friday night." For more information, go to http://www.facebook.com/events/146347572134229/.

Public viewing and funeral this weekend

Canton-Sixes Patch now has one central location to find all coverage of the Jorelys Rivera case. For stories, photos, videos and more, go to http://canton-ga.patch.com/topics/jorelys-rivera.

Find out what's happening in Canton-Sixeswith free, real-time updates from Patch.


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com.