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  • Man Sentenced To 20 Years Behind Bars After Sexually Abusing Disabled Relative On Multiple Occasions

    Man Sentenced To 20 Years Behind Bars After Sexually Abusing Disabled Relative On Multiple Occasions

    59-year-old Troy Hickman of Canton, Georgia has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of sexually exploiting a disabled relative on several occasions, reports FOX. Hickman was charged with

    “two counts of aggravated sexual battery and two counts of exploitation and intimidation of a disabled adult,”

    and pleaded guilty back in May.

    The man was arrested after his disabled relative informed a friend about the unfortunate encounters last year. Fox reported that the acts began when she was 18 years old. After the woman, who was intellectually disabled, told a friend, the friend then reported the man to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, reports FOX 5 Atlanta.

    Officials later learned that the woman and Hicks were around each other often during the years he abused her. The unnamed relative disclosed what Hickman did to her to investigators from the Anna Crawford Children’s Center. 

    Elliot Stone, Assistant District Attorney of the Domestic Violence Unit said,

    “Victims of sexual assault are often afraid to come forward, and that was certainly the case here. The victim is intellectually disabled and had been subjected to repeated threats of harm by this defendant as he attempted to prevent her from revealing the abuse. She bravely overcame that fear by seeking help.” 

    Although the man admitted to committing the crime, he blamed his actions on alcohol while also indicating that the woman played a part in it. 

    After his time is served, he will remain on probation for the remainder of his life and can’t contact the victim or her family members. He also has to do a sexual evaluation and undergo rehabilitation for substance abuse and comply with the specific requirements for sex offenders.

    Susan K. Treadaway, the district attorney said,

    “The victim looked to this defendant as a father figure, and it is despicable that he would manipulate her trust and vulnerability for his own sexual desires… Our hope is the victim and her family will find peace and healing in knowing that this defendant has received justice for his crimes and that he will never again be able to hurt another individual in this way.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Popeyes Employees Being Sued After Reportedly Attacking Woman Who Attempted To Have Her Order Corrected

    Popeyes Employees Being Sued After Reportedly Attacking Woman Who Attempted To Have Her Order Corrected

    A current lawsuit alleges that Popeyes staffers in an Atlanta, Georgia location attacked a woman in the drive-thru when she tried to have her order fixed. The incident occurred back in September 2022 at a location on Cleveland Avenue in southwest Atlanta, reports FOX. 

    After the victim, Denetra Dawson tried to correct her order, words were swapped, and then the staffers assaulted her. The employees pulled out a piece of her hair and left her wounded, says a lawsuit filed on Friday. The victim informed Fox 5 Atlanta,

    “I didn’t even think I was going to make it back to my kids… I simply went to get food for my kids, I still don’t understand why me.”

    Dawson’s attorney, Mawuli Davis, informed the news outlet that one staff member opened the woman’s door, entered the vehicle, and assaulted her. Three staffers were involved in the incident and the attack stopped after Dawson pulled out her gun. She later called officials following the encounter. The report says that a minor, Tenice Taylor, and two others were charged with battery. Another person, Tenister Evans, was charged with misdemeanor obstruction of an officer. 

    Davis said,

    “They ripped out the braid out of her hair, all the way down to the root.”

    Dawson added,

    “They took my identity, I take pride in my hair, I can’t get certain hairstyles.” 

    The attackers are being sued as well as the organization that owns the restaurant. 

    Davis said in a statement,

    “This incident is an outrageous example of Popeyes’ failure to prioritize customer safety and well-being… By hiring a manager with a history of violence, Popeyes exhibited a reckless disregard for the safety of their patrons. The manager and two employees exited Popeyes and violently attacked her inside of her car. We are resolute in our commitment to holding the restaurant accountable for their actions and seeking justice for our client.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Three Teens Arrested For Allegedly Murdering Man Who Caught Them Egging His Home, Police Say

    Three Teens Arrested For Allegedly Murdering Man Who Caught Them Egging His Home, Police Say

    Three Georgia teenagers are behind bars for allegedly fatally shooting a man who caught them egging his home, NY Post reported. 

    Spalding County sheriff’s deputies arrested eighteen-year-old Sydney Maughon, Jeremy Munson, 18, and 19-year-old McKenzie Davenport for the murder of Jonathan Gilbert.

    The teens reportedly showed up at the victim’s house Monday and began egging his home. Gilbert came outside and confronted the group and was shot and left on the road to die, according to police. 

    Police later discovered the victim’s body in the street. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police suspect the incident stems from a

    “lovers’ quarrel”

    involving the victim.

    “It appears there was an ongoing lovers’ quarrel, and the suspects decided to go to Gilbert’s residence on Dobbins Mill and vandalize it by egging it,”

    the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

    “When Gilbert saw what they were doing to his residence, he came out of the house unarmed, to confront them,”

    he added. 

    “The victim confronted them while they were doing it, he lost his life, and they drove off and left his body in the middle of the road,”

    according to a press release obtained by The Post.

    All three were charged with,

    “malice murder, battery, and criminal trespass.”

    Maughon and Munson were also charged with,

    “aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime,”

    reports state. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Mother Charged With Murder After 7-Year-Old Girl Was Discovered Dead In Closet, Reports Say She Was Left In The Closet For Months

    Mother Charged With Murder After 7-Year-Old Girl Was Discovered Dead In Closet, Reports Say She Was Left In The Closet For Months

    Sadly, a young girl’s body was discovered decaying in an Atlanta home after officials received an anonymous tip. The victim was identified as 7-year-old Alivia Hobbs-Jordan. Although the home was evacuated for months, a man found the apartment door open and smelled a horrible odor, according to Cafemom. PEOPLE reported that the man witnessed an arm hanging out of the closet and instantly contacted officials. The unnamed man recalled,

    “She looked like a mummy.” 

    Officials believe the mother, Alondra Hobbs, left the autistic girl, at some point, between February 28 and June 25. On June 29, the mother was apprehended and later charged with felony murder and cruelty in the second degree, said The Dekalb County Police Department in a Facebook post. 

    According to ABC 7, a neighbor informed officials that it’s been several months since they’ve seen the tenant. Another unnamed neighbor informed WSB that earlier in the year, the mother expressed that she wanted to kill herself. The neighbor said,

    “Everybody like, ‘Why you want to kill yourself?’ She never said…But she never let you in her apartment. Never.”

    Authorities confirmed that the young girl was left in the closet for several months; however, they haven’t confirmed the exact cause of death. PEOPLE reported that officials believe the mother purposely abandoned the child and had no plans of returning to the apartment. When police located the girl in the closet, they found

    “what appeared to be a full head of hair and decayed flesh that was in the form of an arm and leg.”

    They also discovered mail with the mother’s name on it.

    Relatives spoke about the incident, as one family member, Latrience Robinson said,

    “I just didn’t see that in her. We all have issues, but I didn’t think she would do something to her kids,”

    Fox 5 reported. Robinson told WAGA,

    “We had no clue…The baby was supposed to be with the dad’s mom in Albany. That’s what she kept telling us.” 

    #Clique, let’s keep the victim’s family in our thoughts and prayers! 

  • 5-Year-Old Boy Injured After Flying Out Of Water Slide At Amusement Parks, Reports Say

    5-Year-Old Boy Injured After Flying Out Of Water Slide At Amusement Parks, Reports Say

    Sadly, a 5-year-old boy was wounded after falling off a water slide in an amusement park, FOX reported. The unnamed child was on the double tube slide at the amusement park in Georgia when he dropped 15 to 20 feet, said a Catoosa County spokesperson, John Pless. 

    A bystander told WZTV that she witnessed the child

    “fly out”

    of the slide. While another spectator, Ginger Bence, revealed that she heard the Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park staffers blow whistles, which is a security protocol when someone is injured. 

    Luckily, the child was treated at the park and later transported to a hospital. The child’s condition is unknown. According to Fox News Digital, the Georgia Office of the Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire was contacted to examine the water slide.

    “We have an inspector on the scene there today, but it is too early in our investigation to release any preliminary findings. We will most likely release a final report in the next few days,”

    said the agency. 

    The amusement park informed the news outlet that the park was reopened after the agency inspected the water ride. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Mother Charged After Reportedly Shooting 17-Year-Old Son After Arguing Over Video Game

    Mother Charged After Reportedly Shooting 17-Year-Old Son After Arguing Over Video Game

    A mother, Jaquana Butler, is facing charges after reportedly shooting her teen son following an alleged argument between the two, which occurred on Thursday. According to WSB-TV, the teen is in the hospital. 

    Officials were called to an Atlanta apartment where they discovered a 17-year-old who was shot several times. He was later transported to a hospital. There haven’t been any updated reports on his condition. The 34-year-old mother has been identified as the person behind the gun.

    Reports say that the mother and son got into a verbal disagreement over a

    “video game console”

    causing her to grab a firearm and shoot the teen. She was later apprehended and charged with aggravated assault, reckless conduct, and cruelty to children. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Teen Girl Abused For Months After Being Kidnapped and Exchanged For Drugs, Abuser Sentenced To 25 Years

    Teen Girl Abused For Months After Being Kidnapped and Exchanged For Drugs, Abuser Sentenced To 25 Years

    A man from Georgia sexually assaulted a teen girl for several months after she was sold to him by another man as a trade-off for drugs, prosecutors say, reports FOX. 

    46-year-old Dale Drzewucki pleaded guilty earlier in the month to a slew of charges including

    “trafficking of persons for sexual servitude, rape, statutory rape, enticing a child for indecent purposes, child molestation, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor,”

    the news outlet reports. 

    Dalia Racine, Douglas County District Attorney, said on Wednesday,

    “No community is immune from the tragedy that is human trafficking. What this victim had to endure at the hands of this defendant is unimaginable….. We hope that this conviction will help her and her family in the healing process from these horrible acts. We applaud all that were a part of bringing him to justice.”

    The 13-year-old girl was walking close to Six Flags Park after running away from her Cobb County home when an unidentified man offered her a ride and then drove her to his home in Douglas County. He later got in contact with Drzewucki and offered him sexual acts with the teen to trade for drugs. Drzewucki later picked up the victim and took her to his home as he held her for close to three months. He sexually abused her and drugged her, according to prosecutors. 

    Back in January 2021, the unnamed teen was able to escape the man’s home and get in contact with her mother. Thankfully, she later reunited with her family. 

    Drzewucki was recently sentenced to 25 years behind bars.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

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  • Thieves Reportedly Steal $9K Worth Of Allergy Medication From Two Publix Grocery Stores

    Thieves Reportedly Steal $9K Worth Of Allergy Medication From Two Publix Grocery Stores

    Officials in Georgia apprehended a man and woman who have been accused of robbing $9,000 worth of medicine from two grocery stores last month, FOX reported. Gwinnett County police said that 31-year-old Jose Antonio Cruz and 37-year-old Tabitha Katurhia Weaver went to two different Publix supermarket chains on March 26, and allegedly seized medication. 

    The two allegedly went into the stores in the Lawrenceville vicinity, grabbed all the medication they could, and placed it into two big plastic bins. They then proceeded to exit the store without purchasing the medicine or bins. Surveillance footage attained by FOX 5 Atlanta showcased Cruz and Weaver spending close to three minutes in the pharmacy section before leaving the store. Investigators were led to believe that they stole $4,000 worth of medicine from the first supermarket and $4,000 worth of medication from the second. 

    Almost a month later, officials disclosed that the pair were arrested.  Gwinnett County police arrested Cruz, while the Sandy Springs Police Department took Weaver into custody. They both face felony shoplifting charges and if they’re convicted, they can face up to 10 years behind bars. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Woman Arrested For Fatally Shooting Cheating Boyfriend, Reported Him Missing After Burying His Body

    Woman Arrested For Fatally Shooting Cheating Boyfriend, Reported Him Missing After Burying His Body

    Clayton County Sheriff’s Office cracked a missing persons case, arresting the person who made the original missing persons report, Law & Crime reported. 

    Newoker Adrianne Hurt, 45, was arrested in connection with the 2019 murder of her then-boyfriend, Shawn Jackson. According to the outlet, in August of 2019, Hurt allegedly shot Jackson in the head three times and buried his body after finding out he was cheating on her. 

    “It was later discovered that Mr. Jackson was caught in having an affair,”

    the CCSO said in their press release.

    “Ms. Newoker Hurt and the victim had a fight in front of the mistress’ house, went home, and fought all day through the night.”

    The 17-year-old son of Mr. Jackson said he overheard the couple fighting but said things cooled down by the end of the night. The next morning he learned that his father was missing from Ms. Hurt who claimed that his father

    “left them.”

    The two filed a missing person’s report for Jackson’s disappearance. 

    Jackson’s remains were later discovered on the side of the road by residents, according to AL.com. Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen says that on April 20,

    “the Clayton County Police Department had compiled enough evidence to arrest and charge Hurt and her brother Shrron Stephan Hurt,”

    who reportedly helped her bury the body. They face charges of

    “malice murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, tampering with evidence, and concealing the death of another person,”

    officials said.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Georgia Inmate Found Dead After Being “Eaten Alive” In Bed Bug Infested Jail Cell

    Georgia Inmate Found Dead After Being “Eaten Alive” In Bed Bug Infested Jail Cell

    The family of an inmate in an Atlanta jail who died after being “eaten alive” by bed bugs and other insects are calling for a criminal investigation into his death, CBS News reported.

    On June 12th, Lashawn Thompson was arrested for a misdemeanor battery charge. Due to mental health issues, the 35-year-old was taken to the psychiatric wing of Fulton County Jail. Three months later, he was found dead in his cell. Thompson’s family have now retained a lawyer, Michael Harper, to both call for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death, and begin the process of an upcoming civil suit.

    According to jail records, medical staff were aware that Thompson’s health was deteriorating due to a bed big infestation, but refused to help him. “They literally watched his health decline until he died,” said Harper. “When his body was found one of the detention officers refused to administer CPR because in her words she ‘freaked out.’” In a set of disturbing photos that Harper has released to the public, both Thompson and his jail cell are covered in thousands of bugs. Harper stated the cell was “not fit for a diseased animal.” 

    With a capacity of over 2,500 inmates, the Fulton County Jail is one of the largest jails within the United States and is notorious for the amount of issues and scandals surrounding it. Officers have been suspects of allowing inmates order food from restaurants, a female officer was caught on video having sexual encounters with an inmate, a deputy’s ear was bitten off, and more. Last month, more than 200 shanks were found, along with other contraband.

    “It’s no secret that the dilapidated and rapidly eroding conditions of the current facility make it incredibly difficult to meet the goal of providing a clean, well-maintained and healthy environment for all inmates and staff,” a spokesperson for the jail wrote. “That is why Sheriff Labat continues to call building a new Fulton County Jail and Criminal Justice Complex.”