Cop Fired For Losing Gun | BBQ Restaurant Burns: News Nearby

There was plenty of news across Georgia on Tuesday. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here's a roundup of some of the top stories from the past 24 hours.

• Cop Fired After Losing Service Weapon, Going Home While On Duty
  
• Boy, 5, Drowned At Fulton Day Camp, Family Suing
  
• Popular Cobb BBQ Restaurant Burned In Fire

Butt-Dial To Boss Leads To Loss Of Job, GA Lawsuit
Former state employee James Stephens, from Cedartown, Georgia, accidentally butt-dialed his boss and now he has a new job and is suing his ex-boss.

Woman, 71, Attacked Pregnant Soldier, Son Used Slurs: Cops
A 71-year-old Georgia woman has been arrested after police say she attacked a pregnant U.S. Army soldier at a restaurant after a racially charged argument over a parking space escalated. The attack came after the woman's son allegedly called the victim and another soldier "black lesbian b----es."

Elderly Man Who Died In Fire May Have Been Looking For Dog
The Gwinnett County Fire Department gave an update Monday on a fatal house fire Sunday in the 80 block of Bleeker Street, SW Lawrenceville. Gwinnett Fire said the man, in his 70s, may have been looking for his dog that also ended up dying in the fire.

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• Decatur Teen To Push For Disability Rights In D.C.
• Killing 2-Year-Old Son Earns Man Life Sentence Plus 20 Years
  
• Major Transparency Changes Announced By Atlanta Mayor
• Former Officer Used Backpage.Com To Find Rape Victims: Cops
  
• Fake Immigration Attorney Case: Duluth Man Faces Charges
  
• Be Aware Kayakers, Tubers, Water Releases Can Be Dangerous

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