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🌱 Patch AM: How a Tucker concert turned into a criminal battery investigation
And check out Wine Down Wednesdays - The Elevated JAZZ Series @ Katch Kitchen & Cocktail on the Tucker Patch calendar

Good morning Tucker! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Tucker concert turned into a criminal battery investigation
- Why nearly 2,000 migrants listed Tucker as their Georgia destination
Also on today's calendar: Free Arabic Movie Night: THE PROPHET and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 78 and low of 55 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 54.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 59 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Singer Charged After Allegedly Slapping a Woman From the Stage, Then Continuing to Perform As if Nothing Happened (vice.com) — A local concertgoer says she was left with two black eyes after singer David "Sky" Whatley Jr. allegedly slapped her during a September 6 awards show at Tucker's Londzell Performing Arts Theatre. DeKalb County police issued a battery warrant weeks later, and the victim and her attorneys are publicly criticizing how slowly authorities have moved on the case.
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• AP/AJC: Hall Co. 15th most popular destination in state for migrants (wgtjradio.com) — New federal data show that Tucker's 30084 ZIP code was listed by 1,964 migrants as their intended destination between 2018 and 2025, placing it among Georgia's more popular arrival areas. Gainesville ranked 15th statewide, but Gwinnett and DeKalb communities, including Tucker, drew some of the highest numbers of new arrivals overall.
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📸 Around Tucker
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Tucker
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★ Featured events ★
- Wine Down Wednesdays - The Elevated JAZZ Series @ Katch Kitchen & Cocktail →
Katch Kitchen & Cocktails, 2077 Northlake Parkway, Tucker
7:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
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Other local events
- Musical Mother Goose
Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library -
9:30 am - Toddler Storytime
Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
10:30 am - Spanish for Preschoolers
Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library -
11:00 am - Preschool Storytime
Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
11:15 am - Book Buddies Book Club
Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library -
4:00 pm - Free Arabic Movie Night: THE PROPHET →
Alif Institute, 3288 Marjan Dr, Atlanta
7:30 pm - Breast Cancer Awareness 5K →
Tucker GA - Mi Vida Loca the Musical LIVE in Tucker GA →
2241 Idlewood Road, Tucker - 19th Annual Atlanta Arab Festival →
Alif Institute, 3288 Marjan Dr, Atlanta
11:00 am - Soccer for a Good Cause! →
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, 1 AMB Dr NW, Atlanta
10:00 am - Black Dog Books ACOTAR 6 Book Release PJ Party →
Black Dog Books, 2323 Main St, Tucker
9:30 pm
Wednesday October 7
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Saturday October 24
Monday October 26
📣 Tucker Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Waffle House posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Tucker. Apply here.
- Ruppert Companies posted a job opening for Landscape Maintenance Intern in Lilburn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tucker here.
🗞 Nearby News
Clarkston
- Casting Call: Vintage vehicles, tailor's & baby girls needed (audacy.com)
Stone Mountain
- Fugitive suspect in Georgia mom's silicone injection murder captured 17 years later after DMV slipup: cops (commstrader.com)
- Monks Meadery planning big events in Poncey-Highland, second location in Stone Mountain (roughdraftatlanta.com)
Chamblee
- Pet of the Week: Investigate the adoption of Detective Landslide (appenmedia.com)
- Head-To-Head Survey: Wheels Up Experience (NYSE:UP) & Deutsche Lufthansa (OTCMKTS:DLAKY) (defenseworld.net)
Ok Tucker! 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: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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