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Care Home Worker Hit, Kicked, Strangled Disabled Woman: Police

An employee of a Loganville personal care home faces exploitation and assault charges after police say video showed her hitting, kicking and strangling a wheelchair-bound woman.

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"We are disgusted and saddened that people who are tasked with caring for some of the most vulnerable people in our society would use that as an opportunity to do intentional harm to them," Gwinnett County Police spokesman Cpl. Deon Washington said in a statement. >>> Read more.

Police Charge Driver in Crash That Killed 21-Year-Old

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The Georgia State Patrol has charged a Cartersville man in the November 2015 crash that killed one person and injured another.

Willie Joe Heath, 47 at the time of his booking, has been charged with first degree homicide by vehicle, DUI, failure to drive within single lane and driving on the wrong side of the road. >>> Read more.

Suspect Uses Dog Door To Burglarize Woodstock Home: Police

A Paulding County man has been charged with burglary after police say he entered a Woodstock home using a dog door.

Cherokee County 911 dispatchers received a call around 1:18 p.m. April 6 from a citizen who reported seeing an unknown man enter his neighbor's house on Cedar Creek Way through a dog door, the Cherokee Sheriff's Office said. >>> Read more.

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