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Hello Gwinnett County! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a stranger's 911 call helped save a Gwinnett teen
  • How a Gwinnett jury put a former therapist away for life
  • Gwinnett jury could redefine legal risk for lifted trucks in Georgia.

Also on today's calendar: Pumpkin Patch and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Saturday: A tropical rainstorm, temps: high: 62, low: 58.
  • Sunday: A couple of thunderstorms, with a high of 74 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Teen screamed in ditch for hours after he was hit by alleged DUI driver (wsbtv.com) — A 14-year-old Gwinnett County student was struck by an alleged drunk driver while walking to Collins Hill High School and lay injured in a wooded ditch for hours until a neighbor heard his screams. Police traced fluid from the crash to a damaged truck and arrested the driver, who now faces felony hit-and-run, serious injury by vehicle, and DUI charges. The teen remains hospitalized with multiple fractures.
   

2. Former Gwinnett therapist to serve 5 life sentences for assaulting teen over 50 times (ocgnews.com) — A Lilburn man has been sentenced in Gwinnett County to five life terms, two without parole, for repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl over two years. A local jury convicted the former child therapist on multiple rape and molestation charges, and prosecutors credited Gwinnett County police and special victims staff for helping secure the verdict. The case included testimony from another victim with similar experiences.
   

3. A Georgia Widow Is Suing Over the Lift Kit on the F-150 That Hit Her Husband Head-On, Two Years After the State Exempted Most Modern Lifted Trucks (theautowire.com) — A wrongful-death lawsuit over a fatal Hall County crash involving a lifted Ford F-150 will play out in Gwinnett County State Court, potentially shaping how modified trucks are treated across Georgia. The widow's suit targets the driver, dealer, lift shop, and kit makers, arguing the suspension lift defeated built-in crash protections, just as a 2024 state law loosened height limits on modern pickups.
   

4. Another suspect arrested in deadly triple shooting during robbery at Gwinnett County apartments, police say (cbsnews.com) — Gwinnett County police have arrested a second suspect after a deadly triple shooting during a September robbery at a Buford apartment complex, where one man was killed and another seriously wounded. Investigators say both surviving suspects now face felony murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault charges, and they're asking anyone with information to contact detectives or Crime Stoppers to help move the case forward.
   

5. TikTok Inks 1M SF Warehouse Lease: The Atlanta Deal Sheet (bisnow.com) — A regional commercial real estate roundup notes that Sonida Senior Living bought The Addison of Grayson, a senior facility in Gwinnett County, for $18.1 million. County records show Gwinnett assessed the property at just over $3 million this year, highlighting a sizable gap between sale price and tax valuation. The piece also covers major leases and developments across metro Atlanta and Georgia.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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