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🌱 Hapeville hotel arrest leads to serious felony charges and DA review.
Hapeville, Georgia Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Hapeville! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Hapeville hotel arrest leads to serious felony charges and DA review.
Also on today's calendar: Free Self Defense Seminar and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What kind of theatre always has a doctor on hand? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 89 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 92, low: 73.
- Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 91 and low of 72 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• New Details Emerge About Sidney Starr's Alleged Sexual Assault Of Underage Boy At Hotel (UPDATE) (theshaderoom.com) — Hapeville Police have referred a serious child sex-assault case involving TV personality Sidney Starr to the Fulton County District Attorney after an arrest at the Embassy Suites on International Boulevard in Hapeville. Authorities say the incident involved an underage boy, and Starr now faces multiple felony charges while publicly denying the allegations and pledging to fight them in court. 
📸 Around Hapeville
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Free Self Defense Seminar →
Warrior Garden Combat & Fitness, 1500 Nabell Ave, East Point
3:00 pm
Saturday August 8
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Other local events
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Coffee & Chrome →
Jess Lucas Y-Teen Park, 680 S Central Ave, Hapeville
8:30 am -
Softball Tryouts
Crawford Long Middle School Atlanta, GA 30354
4:30 pm -
FCS Board Work Session
Hapeville North Learning Center
12:30 pm -
Planning Commission Meeting →
City of Hapeville Hapeville Municipal Annex  
6:00 pm -
Main Street Board Meeting →
City of Hapeville - 3468 N Fulton Ave. Hapeville GA 30354
6:00 pm -
A/C and Iced Teas Hapeville History - The Civil War in Georgia →
Hapeville Depot Museum and Visitor Center, 620 S Central Ave, Hapeville
1:00 pm -
Porsche Summer Nights →
Porsche Experience Center Atlanta, One Porsche Dr, Atlanta
5:00 pm -
Downtown Live: Wings & Strings →
Jess Lucas Y-Teen Park, 680 S Central Ave, Hapeville
7:00 pm
Saturday August 8
Monday August 10
Tuesday August 11
Wednesday August 12
Saturday August 15
📣 Hapeville Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Community Clean Up →
Riverdale Calendar Riverdale, GA 30274
8:00 am -
Saturday Adventures at the Center →
National Center for Civil and Human Rights , 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd, Atlanta, GA, 30313, United States
10:00 am -
Art Display: Layers of Soul
Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library -
10:00 am -
Exhibit Hall Hours (10am - 4pm)
Fernbank Science Center 156 Heaton Park Dr, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
10:00 am
Saturday August 8
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Ok Hapeville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: an operating theatre (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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