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Other top stories from Georgia Patch sites included a man police say used multiple identities to get powerful opioid painkillers.

There was plenty of news across Georgia on Thursday. 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.

14 Dogs Rescued From Home Declared A Health Hazard
Fourteen dogs were rescued by police recently from a Norcross home covered in urine and feces.

Man Used Fake Names To Get Painkillers At Hospital: Cops
A Carrollton man is accused of using several false identities to obtain powerful prescription painkillers more than two dozen times at Northside Hospital Cherokee.

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Operation Safe Summer Identifies 149 Exploited Children
The FBI Atlanta Field Office said Operation Safe Summer, an effort to crack down on child sexual exploitation around metro Atlanta, has identified more than 100 missing/exploited children.


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