Dog Dies After Being Put in Back of Moving Truck; Byrne Proposes ‘City of East Cobb’

Roommate Charged With Murder of Man Found in Chattahoochee

The suspect who police believe killed the man found last week in the Chattahoochee River has been arrested without incident, said Cobb County police.

Hajja Kenyatta Miller, 39, of Decatur was arrested Saturday by Cobb County Fugitive Investigators and U.S. Marshal’s Regional Task Force. According to Martin’s arrest warrant, he is charged with aggravated assault and felony murder. Investigators believe Miller shot 39-year-old Ralph Taco McGhee in the head. The two men were believed to be roommates.

Dog in Back of Moving Truck Dies, Driver Charged with Misdemeanor

 this morning arrested a Savannah man whose dog was later treated for exhaustion and low glucose levels.

Authorities responded to  after they received a complaint the man was driving a U-haul through Cartersville with his Cocker Spaniel-mix in the back of the moving truck, according to a news release.

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Lawsuit: First Baptist Canton ‘Enabled’ Sexual Abuse

 allowed a fired employee with a history of sexual misconduct against children to return to the church as a volunteer, a misstep that led to the sexual battery of a teenage boy, the parents of the victim allege in a civil suit.

The boy's parents are suing the church, senior pastor George Anderson and former church employee Shawn Finch, alleging that they not only failed to properly supervise the volunteer and the children in their care, but tried to "downplay" the abuse in a meeting at the church.

A Cherokee County grand jury in April 2011 indicted the volunteer, 29-year-old Matthew Brent Sheffield of Canton, in the June 2010 sexual battery of the boy, who was 14 years old at the time. Sheffield faces two felony counts of child molestation.

Read more on Canton-Sixes Patch. 

Byrne Proposes ‘City of East Cobb’

Imagine if you will: Johnson Ferry Road becoming the official heartbeat of a true City of East Cobb. 

Imagine once again a real East Cobb City Hall, most likely in that corridor -- no, not -- where citizens could pay for municipally-provided services and keep tabs on their mayor and city council.

And finally, imagine East Cobb police and fire departments providing community-focused public safety protection, instead of being part of larger, more sprawling county forces that may be understaffed. 

This is the City of East Cobb that Bill Byrne wants you to imagine. Or something like it.  

Read more on East Cobb Patch. 

Aries Merritt Wins Olympic Gold

Aries Merritt, who graduated from Wheeler in 2003 and whose family resides in Mableton, raced to the gold in men's 110-meter hurdles race Wednesday in London, turning in a time 12.92 seconds. 

He edged out fellow American Jason Richardson, who won the silver medal, and bronze medalist Hansle Parchment of Jamaica. Dayron Robles of Cuba, who was the gold medalist at Beijing in 2008, did not finish after pulling out due to an injury.

Read more on South Cobb Patch.

Crum and Forster Lives On

Preservationists attended Wednesday’s Atlanta Urban Design Commission (URC) hearing concerning the fate of the Crum & Forster building looking to convince more than three-fourths of the commission not to accept the recent findings of an Economic Review Panel that agreed with the Georgia Tech Foundation’s application to demolish the rear two-thirds of the Midtown Landmark building.

They did better than that as all seven members of the UDC ultimately voted to reject the panel’s recommendation and Tech’s application in yet another victory for Crum & Forster supporters over the course of the last four years. 

Read more on Midtown Patch.

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