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News Nearby: Roommate Charged in Man's Death; Assistant Police Chief Fired
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Roommate Charged With Murder of Man Found in Chattahoochee
The suspect who police believe killed the man found last week in the Chattahoochee River has been arrested without incident, said Cobb County police.
Hajja Kenyatta Miller, 39, of Decatur was arrested Saturday by Cobb County Fugitive Investigators and U.S. Marshal’s Regional Task Force. According to Martin’s arrest warrant, he is charged with aggravated assault and felony murder. Investigators believe Miller shot 39-year-old Ralph Taco McGhee in the head. The two men were believed to be roommates.
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Canton's Assistant Police Chief Fired
Todd Vande Zande, who temporarily took the helm of the Canton Police Department after the agency faced widespread criticism for its role in the search of 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera, was fired today.
"I have confirmed that Todd Vande Zande’s employment was terminated today," city attorney Bobby Dyer wrote in an email to Canton-Sixes Patch.
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Starved Teen Died 18 Mos. After Child Caseworkers Closed Case
On Aug. 19, 2010 Cobb Police issued an alert for a missing mentally disabled girl.
The 14-year-old girl, Markea Berry, was found hours later at the Walmart on East-West Connector less than a mile from her Concord Road home in Mableton.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,Markea wrote in her journal that she’d rather live at the store than at home. She told police she ran away because she didn’t want to burden her now 38-year-old mother, Ebony Berry.
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"Occupy" Homeowner Takes Protest Downtown
The Northeast Cobb homeowner who has been in a with Wells Fargo Bank to prevent the foreclosure of his home is moving his "Occupy" protest to Downtown Atlanta.
Steve Boudreaux's home on Rubes Landing in Northeast Cobb County was . This was the final chapter of a multi-year process that saw Boudreaux attempt to save his American Dream by entering in to a loan modification program. Due to the late arrival of paperwork from the IRS, Wells Fargo completed the foreclosure sale.
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