100-MPH Speeder Did It For Snapchat: Police | Patch PM

A metro Atlanta driver told police he was driving over 100 m.p.h. so he could post about it on the mobile app Snapchat. Meanwhile, police were searching for the husband of a woman who was shot and killed late Thursday and and a local man received his sentence for pimping a 14-year-old girl. Here are the top local news stories worth reading and talking about on Friday, July 21, as pulled from our Georgia Patch sites.

100 MPH Speeder Did It For SnapChat: Cops

Social media use has become so entwined in our routines that some of us don't start the day until we've had a chance to peruse our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram feeds. One motorist driving through Alpharetta this week apparently took social media use down an extremely dangerous path when he attempted to use an app while traveling more than 100 miles an hour.

Gwinnett Woman Killed, Husband On The Run: Police

A Gwinnett County woman was shot and killed late Thursday and her husband was on the run Friday morning, police said.Gwinnett County Police were still on the scene of the shooting on Medlock Park Drive, near Snellville, early Friday morning. They were called to the home shortly after midnight. According to police, Walter J. Lowe, 51, and wife Erica Powell, 46, had been fighting Friday.

College Park Man Gets 20 Years For Pimping 14-Year-Old Girl: ICYMI

A College Park man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of sex trafficking and pimping of a 14-year-old girl, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced late Tuesday. Christopher Tallington, 27, was convicted of multiple crimes, including trafficking for sexual servitude, pimping, pandering, child molestation, statutory rape, simple battery and sexual exploitation of a minor, the DA's office said.

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