georgia

Teen Dies Hours After Arriving at Youth Detention Center

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A lawsuit has been filed alleging that a 16-year-old girl died from a methamphetamine overdose in a Georgia youth detention center while staff members watched without intervening. The teenager, Alexis Marie Sluder, was arrested and detained at the Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center in Dalton, Georgia, in 2022. The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in Georgia on Tuesday. The lawsuit accuses five employees of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, including an …

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Woman ‘Practiced’ Murder Before Killing 5-Year-Old Son

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A Georgia woman, aged 23, has been sentenced to life imprisonment plus an additional five years for the brutal murder of her 5-year-old son in 2023. Azaria Shante Burton was found guilty of stabbing her son to death in their apartment before setting the building ablaze. The verdict was delivered by a Gwinnett County judge on Monday, according to official reports. Burton confessed to a series of charges including malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault …

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School Staff, Best Friends, Indicted for Sexual Misconduct with Students

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Two former employees of Calhoun City Schools in Georgia, Railey Greeson and Brooklyn Shuler, have been indicted on charges of engaging in sexual relationships with male students. The alleged incidents occurred between October 2021 and January 2022, according to the indictment. Greeson is accused of having sexual relations with two different male students, while Shuler is charged with having sex with another student during the same period. Both women are facing charges of sexual contact …

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Two Missing Firefighters Found Dead After Date at Olive Garden Interrupted

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The tragic discovery of two deceased Georgia firefighters in Tennessee was announced by authorities over the weekend. The Hinesville Police Department in Georgia confirmed that the bodies of Raegan Leigh Anderson and Chandler Kuhbander were found in Cocke County, Tennessee, approximately 230 miles east of Nashville and 400 miles southeast of Hinesville. The search for the missing firefighters also led to the recovery of Anderson’s black 2017 Ford Focus. The vehicle had been a key …

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Beauty Queen Indicted for Toddler’s Death

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Trinity Poague, an 18-year-old beauty queen from Georgia, has been indicted by a grand jury for the alleged murder of her boyfriend’s toddler son. Poague faces charges of malice murder, first-degree cruelty to a child, two counts of felony murder, and two counts of aggravated battery in connection to the death of 18-month-old Romeo Angeles, also known as Jaxton Dru. The indictment alleges that Poague inflicted severe blunt force trauma to the toddler’s head and …

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Mom Mauled to Death by 13 Dogs in Vicious Attack

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A devastating dog attack in Quitman, Georgia, resulted in the tragic death of a mother and severe injuries to her son. The incident, which took place on May 9 around 4:45 p.m., prompted a response from deputies of the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office, following reports of a dog attack. Upon arrival, deputies were met with a number of aggressive dogs and discovered that several minors had been transported to the hospital. Courtney Williams, a 35-year-old …

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Mass Shooting in Historic District

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Late Saturday night, a heated argument between two women in Savannah, Georgia, escalated into a mass shooting that left eleven people injured. The altercation, which originated in an undisclosed location, spilled into Ellis Square in Savannah’s historic district just before the stroke of midnight, as reported by Police Chief Lenny Gunther. Among the injured, ten were victims of gunfire. During a press briefing, Chief Gunther detailed how a single gunshot triggered a domino effect, leading …

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Assistant Principal Arrested for Triple Murder

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Keante Harris, a 45-year-old former assistant principal from Alabama, was recently arrested and charged with murder in a triple homicide case that has remained unsolved for over a decade. Harris, along with three other individuals, was apprehended last week for their alleged involvement in the murders that transpired in Union City, Georgia, in January 2013. The victims of the cold-case homicide were identified as Cheryl Colquitt-Thompson, 32, Quinones King, 33, and Rodney Cottrell, 43. According …

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Mother Mauled to Death by Pack of Dogs While Protecting Her Kids

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A tragic incident unfolded in Quitman, Georgia, when a mother and her three children were attacked by a pack of dogs near a local middle school. The mother, identified as 35-year-old Courtney Williams, succumbed to her injuries, while her children were hospitalized. The family was waiting at a bus stop behind Brooks County Middle School when the dogs attacked them. Williams was later found dead in a nearby yard. When deputies arrived at the scene, …

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Man Murders Ex-Girlfriend’s 3 Children After Taking Kids Out to Eat

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In a shocking incident just outside Atlanta, Georgia, three young siblings lost their lives in what authorities are describing as a murder-suicide. The bodies of the children, along with that of their mother’s former boyfriend, were discovered by police officers along a roadside. The Gwinnett County Police Department identified the deceased children as Arianny Arias Rodriguez, 13, Carlos Michelle Rodriguez, 9, and Chadal Rodriguez, 11. The suspected shooter was named as 56-year-old Jose Plascencia from …

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