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Other top stories from Georgia Patch sites included an ex-corrections officer charged with raping women he found on Backpage.com.

There was plenty of news across Georgia on Wednesday. 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.

Former Officer Used Backpage.Com To Find Rape Victims: Cops
The former Alabama corrections officer who is charged with sexually assaulting women in metro Atlanta used two websites, including the now defunct Backpage.com, to find his alleged victims. That's according to the Sandy Springs Police Department, which released new details about its investigation into Matthew Lee Moore, who was arrested March 30 by the agency for an assault on a woman at a hotel in 2015.

Target To Offer 'Drive Up' Service In Some Georgia Stores
Target has made shopping really easy for some Georgia customers. Drive Up, a new program now available in nearly 270 stores throughout the South and Southeast, allows customers to shop on the Target app and pick up their prepared orders without ever entering the store.

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Georgia Follows Feds In Tax Day Extension
Many taxpayers who tried to submit their returns online Tuesday encountered problems due to an outage that struck the website of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As a result, people have an extra day to file their taxes.


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