Georgia senior care dwelling hid monetary woes from residents, then abruptly ordered them out

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This sign outside Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living & Memory Care went up earlier this year, announcing it was 100% open, despite state COVID restrictions still in place that restricted visitors. An AJC examination found that almost from the time the first residents moved in late in 2018, Tranquil Gardens was scrambling to stay afloat. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Residents paid the price. On July 13, Stewart gave residents three days to get out. The facility was closing, he told employees and others, and the electricity was being shut off. The bank, he claimed, had foreclosed.

That set off a horrific scene, where residents and staff were crying, state records show. Meals stopped being prepared, and food was short. Families desperately scrambled to move out loved ones, with some saying they had to leave behind belongings they couldn’t move and records they couldn’t obtain. Residents also left without refunds, and their caregivers without pay.

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“They never once let anybody know to be prepared, to get prepared,” said Joy Beth Fissette, whose parents both have dementia and had been living at the home the past year. “The owners, they knew, they knew this whole time. It’s so frustrating that they knew about this whole thing.”

How and if any real accountability will arrive for those responsible for what happened at Tranquil Gardens remain open questions.

The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating if criminal laws were violated, and state officials this past week cited the home for violating a rule requiring a 30-day notice before an assisted living resident can be discharged or evicted. But with the facility’s owner in bankruptcy, its unclear whether the state can collect any fines it might impose.

A written statement released on behalf of the Stewart family attributes the shutdown to the pandemic. “While we have worked tirelessly to try and remedy the situation and explored every possible avenue, a domino effect of things out of our control transpired at the end that led to a very heartbreaking and rapid end to the facility,” the statement says.

Brian Stewart, who had previously been in the tree service business, declined an interview request for this story. He said businesses close all the time.

“This whole thing was a bad business,” he said. “It’s unfortunate it’s an assisted living. We couldn’t make it work.”

The family apparently has been reluctant to answer state regulator’s questions, also, records show. When the Department of Community Health asked Stewart whether residents had been reimbursed for the remainder of their July rent, he wouldn’t answer. He told them all further questions would have to go through his attorney.

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Joy Beth Fissette comforts her mother Mary Anne Carroll, a former resident at Tranquil Gardens. Of the facility’s owners, Fissette said, “They never once let anybody know to be prepared, to get prepared.” (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Reform law came too late

Up to now, consumers have had no clear way to assess a care home’s financial health. That’s because the state hasn’t tracked the information, and there were no requirements for disclosure by the homes.

But after an AJC investigation in 2019 found that more than 20% of Georgia’s assisted living communities and large personal care homes had owners or operators with financial problems, state lawmakers took action. Last year, they approved a new law requiring senior care home operators to prove before they open that they have money to operate, and to give regulators, residents and their families 60-day notice of any impending bankruptcy or property eviction that may force residents to relocate.

“This whole thing was a bad business. It’s unfortunate it’s an assisted living. We couldn’t make it work.”

– Brian Stewart, part owner of Tranquil Gardens

With the pandemic compounding the financial problems of many senior care facilities, that law is now seen as vital. It was to take effect July 1.

But state regulators are still promulgating the specific rules for how the law is administered, and it all came too late for those at Tranquil Gardens.

Now, the Acworth home may be a test as to whether the law has the teeth to be effective.

“I think it’s certainly something we should look at,” said Rep. Sharon Cooper, R-Marietta, who sponsored the reforms. “I’m often bewildered at how human beings can treat other humans in such horrible ways.”

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On Friday, July 16, 2021, the last resident of Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living and Memory Care is helped into a vehicle, after the owners abruptly informed residents and workers they were closing. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Nearly $10 million in debts

Stewart’s mother, Janice, the matriarch of a family that has roots in Cherokee County that go back decades, owned the land near Acworth where Tranquil Gardens was built through Five Dreams Holding LLC. The property used to be a mobile home park.

The assisted living project started in 2015 but took three and a half years to complete, plagued by delays, contractor disputes and cost overruns, according to court documents. It finally opened in December 2018, deeply in debt to Morris Bank with loans and lines of credit totaling nearly $10 million.

Making the business a success depended on attracting residents. But it struggled to fill beds, and in late spring 2019 the crushing debt forced the holding company into bankruptcy. Tranquil Gardens had only 12 residents at the time; it was licensed for 78 beds. Last year during the pandemic, the home told the state it had around 30 residents each month.

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In the rush to meet the July 16 noon deadline to get out, residents at Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living & Memory Care facility in Acworth left dressers, shoes and other possessions behind. This shower chair was still in the driveway five days after the facility emptied. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Windsor, who had become executive director in February 2019, said she slowly learned about the financial troubles, as a utility company threatened to cut off power and internet service periodically was lost because bills weren’t paid. She said she didn’t know about the bankruptcy until months after it was filed.

Instead of telling residents of the financial challenges, she said she tried to shield them because she didn’t want them to worry. Windsor now regrets the decision. “I feel like everything I did to protect those residents and prevent them from knowing backfired,” she told the AJC.

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Finally, Windsor said, the stress of trying to hold things together took a toll. In mid-May, she said Brian Stewart told her the home needed more revenue, ordering her to increase monthly rents by $500, starting June 1.

She said that couldn’t happen because residents’ contracts required a 60-day notice and state rules required 30 days. She said she convinced him to push the rent increase to July 1, but letters about the increase started going out to residents in May and some gave notice they would leave.

Windsor quit a couple weeks later. “We were in our final hour,” she said.

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Former executive directors Tiffany Echols, left, and Nikki Windsor stand outside Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living & Memory Care in Acworth on Wednesday. Windsor said she slowly learned about the financial troubles and now wishes that she had warned residents. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Tiffany Echols, who had worked at the home for a couple years, became its executive director after Windsor stepped down. She said for much of her time there the facility didn’t have a marketing director, an activities director or a maintenance man.

“They just thought they would open their doors and people would come in,” she said. “Things you needed to run a business, they didn’t have it. It was the strangest thing I’ve ever been a part of.”

She was the one in charge when Brian Stewart on July 13 ordered everyone out. Employees were turned out, too. They didn’t get their final three weeks of pay.

While Stewart said foreclosure was forcing the facility to close, officials of Morris Bank, which loaned the family’s holding company the money to build Tranquil Gardens, said the bank was caught off guard by Stewart’s action.

“We did not initiate foreclosure,” said Spence Mullis, president and CEO.

A scene of chaos and sadness

Fissette said she was out of town when the facility announced its pending closure, which set off a harrowing scramble to find a new assisted living home for her parents, pack their belongings into her pickup truck and get them moved.

Facing a noon deadline on July 16 to clear out, Fissette said she couldn’t get all her parents’ possessions out. Left behind, she said, were two beds, a recliner, a couch and many of her mother’s shoes.

Worse, she worries the sudden change and upheaval will cause stress that could hasten their decline, a common worry for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients.

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A crew from Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority posts a “Water Disconnected” notice on the front door of Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living & Memory Care in Acworth on Wednesday.(Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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The final day at the home, she said she saw Stewart in the lobby area and confronted him. “I hope you go to jail,” she said she told him.

She said he replied: “I have to take care of my family.”

State Rep. John LaHood, R-Valdosta, who helped spearhead the assisted living reform law, said he is troubled by what happened to the residents. LaHood, who owns and operates five senior care homes in South Georgia, said he would be working with other lawmakers to review the rules and, if necessary, tighten them to ensure this doesn’t happen again.

“It’s situations like these that give our industry a bad name,” he said. “The typical resident in an assisted living community is there because they are unable to live independently. Giving them three days to vacate is ridiculous.”

A band of residents and their families has engaged with an attorney, who said he expects to file a lawsuit as early as next week alleging negligence, breach of contract and wrongful eviction.

Our reporting

Tranquil Gardens is the second senior care home to close in recent weeks. In June, a care home for seniors was shut down after residents were found suffering in rooms without air-conditioning. Investigations by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution have detailed how weak oversight of senior care facilities has resulted in deaths and injuries to the vulnerable elderly. For this story, the AJC talked with former employees of Tranquil Gardens, family members of residents, state regulators and the home’s lender. The newspaper also reviewed bankruptcy files and other court records.

“It is unconscionable that these owners would violate their contractual and regulatory duties to harm their own residents and their families,” said Edmund Novotny, the attorney representing the group.

This past Wednesday, as the bankruptcy court gave the bank the OK to foreclose, the scene at Tranquil Gardens was grim.

An abandoned dresser and shower chair stood in the driveway. Cigarette butts and empty coffee cups littered the ground. A pink notice from the local water authority was posted on the building, saying service had been disconnected because of a delinquent bill.

The inside of the building was dark, but daylight from outside made a Bible passage on the lobby wall visible: “Rise in the presence of the aged,” the passage from Leviticus read. “Show respect for the elderly, and revere your God.”

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There was no movement inside the halls of the emptied Tranquil Gardens on Wednesday. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

Our reporting

Tranquil Gardens is the second senior care home to close in recent weeks. In June, a personal care home for seniors was shut down after residents were found suffering in rooms without air-conditioning. Investigations by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution have detailed how weak oversight of senior care facilities has resulted in deaths and injuries to the vulnerable elderly. For this story, the AJC talked with former employees of Tranquil Gardens, family members of residents, state regulators and the home’s lender. The newspaper also reviewed bankruptcy files and other court records.

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Last month, exchange-traded funds focused on real estate had one of their largest inflows since 2014, according to Bloomberg.”},{“_id”:”3Z3XIVVUZBEOTALWXZCAYP6NFQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626119780246},”type”:”text”,”content”:”One reason investors are comfortable ponying up money: The delinquency rate on commercial real estate loans from U.S. banks barely edged up to 1.13% last December before dropping back to 1.02% in March — far below nearly 9% in 2010 after the Great Recession, according to the Federal Reserve System.”},{“_id”:”IITISHAQMBADJPTAC72LNNH56A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626119780240},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In metro Atlanta, high demand for residential projects has helped offset a slower recovery among office and retail developments as many people continue to work from home and order goods online during the pandemic.”},{“_id”:”ICDBVLLQ6ZAI3E3HJUVFF5JTW4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626211001110},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The area’s population has grown by more than 400,000 since 2015, according to the Census Bureau, but fewer than 60,000 apartment units were added during that time. Apartment rents and home prices have surged since last year amid the shortage, and developers are racing to catch up and cash in.”},{“_id”:”KQWZKIEPAFF6BKSV2KU5ROSXCU”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”5J5RBJHWKVA7HJWUL73QOESMJI”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Metro Atlanta rents, like home prices, rising fast”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/metro-atlanta-rents-like-home-prices-rising-fast/KS6G45ZTQVEDBDRA5YI6EFQRSY/”},{“_id”:”WUISVZXRGJHYFA6RUUPZJQN2NQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626185569661},”type”:”text”,”content”:”After falling each of the last two years, construction of multifamily developments and detached homes in metro Atlanta is projected to rise 20% this year, according to consultant Cumming Construction Management.”},{“_id”:”OL75OOPYQJEOFMBSEYWLPUPSDM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626185569662},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Many local developers have rearranged the mix of projects to include more residential by reducing or eliminating office, retail and hotels, said Abe Schear, a commercial real estate attorney at Arnall Golden Gregory in Atlanta.”},{“_id”:”EEMKUCR4LRGYXO6PWOQZ2JOVRM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626211001114},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In December, the developer of a site across from Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody shifted plans from an 11-story, 160-room hotel to a mixed-use complex with senior housing.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{“locality”:”Atlanta”,”region”:”Georgia “},”caption”:”Construction continues on the Midtown Union Project, located at 1331 Spring Street, in Atlanta’s Midtown community, Tuesday June 29, 2021. 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Meanwhile, Atlanta has continued to attract corporate headquarter relocations like Papa John’s pizza, while Microsoft, Airbnb and other tech companies have announced new hubs or expansions here in recent months.”},{“_id”:”2RTANJYVZZAIVGRGN3DETUUZEU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1624915456351},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Not all big U.S. cities fared well, but those in the Sun Belt did,” Sullivan said.”},{“_id”:”QL6IFHMEQNBXHJ3EYB24BR6CLE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626273867582},”type”:”text”,”content”:”New office construction starts in metro Atlanta dropped from just over 3 million square feet in June 2019 to less than half a million last month, according to real estate data provider CoStar.”},{“_id”:”P3PUR7SEZBCBZG6YYMNK2ZDFTI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626291022395},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But a bit more than 2 million square feet of new office space had been completed in metro Atlanta this year through June, more than in all of 2019 or 2020, according to brokerage firm Avison Young.”},{“_id”:”JZVX2WYLRNF5RGOUDCEY255XLY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626128410536},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Landlords have steadily raised office rent since 2016 and the pandemic did not slow them down. That’s a sign landlords believe the work-from-home trend won’t last forever, said Keith Pierce, research director at brokerage firm Transwestern. The average price in metro Atlanta increased about 10% between March 2019 and this March.”},{“_id”:”IBN6YEJX5VASBHRWI4IYNYNFQM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1624915456374},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Meanwhile, three big intown mixed-use developments that started construction before the pandemic have stayed on track. Midtown Union, 1105 West Peachtree and Fourth Ward benefited from their locations in the affluent Midtown neighborhood or proximity to the Beltline walking trail. All three also had secured anchor tenants.”},{“_id”:”MLBUPNTLFJAIHDBGVM5V5V7GWY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626128410548},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“If you’re able to land those big tenants early, that allows you to break ground,” said Ladson Haddow, managing partner at real estate consulting firm Haddow & Co. in Atlanta.”},{“_id”:”YIABF24ODRGLBD4MO7YZKEKPX4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1624992355721},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Midtown Union is expected to open in fall 2022. The 8.5-acre site at the corner of Spring Street and 17th Street will include offices for investment manager Invesco, 355 residential units, 32,000 square feet of retail space and a Kimpton hotel.”},{“_id”:”QAP4BQ2TOFEJ3MIZFJIFTEDKNY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1624915456375},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A few blocks south, the 1105 West Peachtree development is scheduled to open later this year. The project’s 31-story office tower, which features a striking design of diagonal steel beams on its exterior, leased space to Google and the law firm Smith, Gambrell & Russell. Other buildings will include retail space, 64 residential units and an Epicurean hotel.”},{“_id”:”UEP5QINY4RFEFFW3OOCRYCKD4E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626119780264},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Fourth Ward’s developers began work on an underground parking structure last September. Later, they leased about 300,000 square feet of office space to Mailchimp. In June, they broke ground on an 18-story apartment building.”},{“_id”:”IKZXI3FO5ZA2TDC33V42WBIRJE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1625770497023},”type”:”text”,”content”:”At least one other mixed-use development, the $250 million Echo Street West project on the Westside, began construction last year during the pandemic. The 19-acre site will include 300,000 square feet of offices, 300 residential units, and 50,000 square feet of retail space.”},{“_id”:”IPCGHGRPABAZ5PYQJTOXCRUHCI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626128410565},”type”:”text”,”content”:”One of the biggest mixed-use projects announced early in the pandemic is a three-tower development on the former site of the H.M. Patterson & Sons-Spring Hill Chapel next to the Downtown Connector. The funeral home has closed, but its white-brick building from 1928 will be part of the development.”},{“_id”:”HHV4ANETXBASRAMXHOWE7DGYJ4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1624915456361},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Not every project has remained on course. Revel Gwinnett, a mix of proposed new offices, apartments and retail on an 118-acre site next to Gas South Arena in Duluth, has stopped and its lead developer dropped out in January 2020.”},{“_id”:”6QPLJCMUKBBGDLNCM4E2BCGAMQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626266203461},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Revel’s plans included too much retail space, according to Haddow. Brick-and-mortar stores already were losing ground to e-commerce, and the pandemic forced many retailers to file for bankruptcy.”},{“_id”:”VWQRFQXTDJDEND3SVB2CJFIXZI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626266203462},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But even retail construction has rebounded in recent months. Total square feet under construction in metro Atlanta dropped from 1.8 million in March 2019 to 1.5 million in March 2020, but rose to 2.3 million in March this year, according to CoStar.”},{“_id”:”2RTANJYVZZAIVGRGN3DETUUZEU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1624915456351},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Atlanta needs more of that type of growth, Schear said, because much of the region’s economic health is based on commercial real estate. That includes the people who live, work and shop in commercial developments, and the people who build them.”},{“_id”:”RHETDBN6DFCPHFJDGPOJEGUHIM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626966176343},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Our economy sank significantly” during the Great Recession, he said. “We take for granted that we have tens of thousands employed in construction, commercial and residential real estate.””},{“_id”:”NWIAI322KVGGDJL3XJD7T7QBSI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626128410568},”type”:”text”,”content”:”–Newsroom data specialist Jennifer Peebles contributed to this article”},{“_id”:”KZFQ7LYYQ5CQRGCTVJ7N2TEJR4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1624992355727},”type”:”text”,”content”:”
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Flash Flood Warning for DeKalb County until 12:45am Saturday.

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Weekly Lane Closure Advisory for the Transform 285/400 Project – https://t.co/NyyHR5XVzy pic.twitter.com/hgR2fA90PX

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12-year-old and Caretaker Struck by Vehicle

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The woman brought along police reinforcements, the Henry agency said in an initial report.”},{“_id”:”TNWBEREZLFC3PFF2Q7GZYBTX7M”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627051517994},”type”:”text”,”content”:”While Lane was being detained in a patrol car, investigators noticed a mattress with possible bloodstains in a dumpster across the street from his apartment, the report said. Inside the apartment, they found “blood on the floor, in the bathroom, and a mattress missing,” a Henry officer said in the report.”},{“_id”:”UNYTXQBFHFHTZLR5O5FWYUIF5E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626993856233},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Though Victor’s body had not been located at that time, the arrest warrant revealed that the woman appeared to be dead in a July 8 video investigators found on Lane’s phone. That video and other information gathered during the preliminary investigation allowed police to proceed with charges even before Tuesday’s grisly discovery.”},{“_id”:”MHYMTM2RUZGPJLOCMUB4DNKH34″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627051517996},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“After killing and raping the victim, the accused disposed of the body and physical evidence with aid from Cleounsee Fisher and Ronisha Preckwinkle,” an officer said in the warrant. “Other physical evidence of this murder and other possible murders have also been discovered in the residence.””},{“_id”:”QBV2YBWGOVGWTPSOBFFOKA7OGU”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”N3I4IBO6RZAOZFEI4OOEJZTTX4″},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”2 bodies found in Stockbridge could be linked to DeKalb woman’s death”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-2-bodies-found-in-stockbridge-could-be-linked-to-dekalb-womans-death/JGJXRT2ZRNDOVFDCOA2VOZQ2VM/”},{“_id”:”AKE5EOL4NNGVNKUEQRYYFTZMFM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626979877680},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Officials have not said what led them to the busy area near the intersection of Hudson Bridge Road and Oakwood Manor Drive, where the two women’s remains were discovered. Last week, police announced they had located Victor’s car, a black Ford Mustang convertible, but did not provide further details.”},{“_id”:”KVKSJY4YVNDLDDPHOAN5V3HKX4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627084195029},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Victor’s mother, Marie Elien, told Channel 2 Action News that Lane worked with her daughter at a food processing plant, but said they were just friends.”},{“_id”:”QNFABZMFPBDC7KCI3IITAWTELQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[]},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“She was a very loving girl, fun, outgoing. Always complimented people, you know, anyone she met with,” Elien told the news station. “She was friendly. Not scared of adventure, of meeting new people.” “},{“_id”:”DXQDPMAOTVGJJHW7KNFICZBJLU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627051518002},”type”:”text”,”content”:”According to a police spokesman, investigators are following leads “for any potential additional victims.” Only two sets of human remains connected to the case had been found as of Friday, Capt. Randy Lee confirmed to the AJC. Another set of remains found in the Campground Road area earlier in the month is not related to the homicide investigation, he said.”},{“_id”:”37XUWALYAZGO5F7NDGRQV5RUGY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992441298},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Lane is registered as a sex offender and was convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault in Illinois, according to the GBI. The 1999 case involved the rape of a 10-year-old girl, Channel 2 Action News reported. After serving a 20-year sentence, Lane was released on parole in May 2019, Illinois court records show.”},{“_id”:”YH7QHRI6D5DMRLZYCHXP6SAB7Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627051518000},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He has lived with Fisher, his brother, in the Stockbridge complex for about a year. In that time, police had been called to their home five times, according to Channel 2.”},{“_id”:”EWQV3ELT2RGWXO7TIFF6NENGC4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626993054247},”type”:”text”,”content”:”One of those calls, according to a police report obtained by the AJC, was June 21, 2020, in response to Fisher shooting and killing his adult nephew, Lane’s son. The shooting was preceded by an argument between Fisher and Travion Lane, who was wanted on a larceny charge in Illinois at the time and was considered armed and dangerous, the report said. Fisher and his brother allowed the younger Lane to keep guns hidden in a cable box behind their apartment, so Fisher knew that his nephew had easy access to weapons, police said.”},{“_id”:”X6VO5UJQJVBT3CNFRHFQXK2BLE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627059980396},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In the course of the argument, Fisher went upstairs to get his own gun, according to the report. When he returned, he found Travion Lane “advancing aggressively toward him” with a kitchen knife, the report said. Fisher fired one round, hitting his nephew in the neck. 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A woman told officers she found herself looking down the barrel of a pistol after parking her 2021 Jeep Cherokee and getting out of the SUV.”},{“_id”:”OYN3XO57ZZD4PNQEOX53ESOLLM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627082414022},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Authorities said the woman was carjacked by three young men who arrived in a black Toyota Corolla from the mid-2000s.”},{“_id”:”COYJ4BSVTJABJAOXN535QUJVCI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627082414023},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“One of the suspects pointed a gray handgun at the victim and demanded her keys. 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The Jeep, which was later abandoned, was recovered Friday morning by DeKalb County police.”},{“_id”:”VZXZBHRSXVCN3OQQDI5UMKCBI4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627082414027},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The second armed carjacking occurred about 1:15 p.m. Friday after a man was hit in the face outside his home along Kirk Crossing Drive, according to police.”},{“_id”:”UXX5W7RITBHH5FVSSKRSGGYKLE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627082414028},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The victim told officers he was removing items from his house when he was approached by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.”},{“_id”:”T74ZLYLSB5GGJEYMND7QXVEEXM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627082414029},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“The suspects demanded the victim’s car keys,” police said in the release. “The suspect with the handgun then struck the victim in the face and took his keys.””},{“_id”:”7XTX3TR6HZH33MGC4VE5RXPMSM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627082414030},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The suspects got into the man’s silver 2015 Audi sedan but initially struggled to start the car, authorities said. They’re also accused of taking the man’s cellphone. A third suspect eventually walked into the man’s driveway and ordered him to the ground at gunpoint, instructing him “not to look at the suspects,” police said.”},{“_id”:”5Y26OWDXNREO5PWAMJFDXK25HU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627082414031},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The first two men eventually drove off in the Audi while the third suspect left in a black sedan that had been parked in the street, according to police, who noted similarities to Thursday’s carjacking.”},{“_id”:”TFAVPPHTZNHXTMAC3BVJE4MSLY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627082414032},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Investigators do believe this armed robbery is related to the carjacking that occurred on Mimosa Place the evening of June 22,” investigators said Friday afternoon.”},{“_id”:”PHIKXON54NCP5L3ANMO6KD33YU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627082414033},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The stolen Audi has not been recovered, but police said it has a Georgia license plate with the tag number CGH2440. Both carjackings remain under investigation, and anyone with information is asked to contact Investigator Tiffany Edwards at tiffany.edwards@decaturga.com or 678-553-6621.”},{“_id”:”UCJVRREJG5ED3OPX7RH45U3PBM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627082414034},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Tipsters can also remain anonymous, and be eligible for a cash reward, by contacting Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477, texting information to 274637 or visiting the Crime Stoppers website.”},{“_id”:”UCMCSTJZMFC3PLGRQ6BBZGSTDA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627082414035},”type”:”text”,”content”:”— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.”}],”display_date”:”2021-07-23T23:26:02.786Z”,”headlines”:{“basic”:”Decatur police investigating 2 armed carjackings in as many days”},”first_publish_date”:”2021-07-23T23:26:02.786Z”,”taxonomy”:{“sections”:[{“path”:”/news”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”_website”:”ajc”,”parent_id”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”name”:”News”,”description”:”Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles – Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”_id”:”/news”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“AmpNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”BottomNav”:null,”TopNavRedesign”:null,”SectionMap”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”LoggedOutMenu”:null,”MainMenuRedesign2021″:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”TopNav”:null,”TopicsBar”:null,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”site”:{“site_url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/”,”section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:”Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles – Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”site_title”:”Atlanta GA News | Top News Page”},”navigation”:{“nav_title”:”News”},”inactive”:false,”node_type”:”section”,”_website”:”ajc”,”name”:”News”,”Sponsor”:{“sponsor_url_open_new_tab”:”true”,”sponsor_desktop_banner”:””,”sponsor_mobile_banner”:””,”sponsor_url”:””},”_id”:”/news”,”ancestors”:{“AmpNav”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”default”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”BottomNav”:[],”TopNavRedesign”:[],”SectionMap”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”LoggedOutMenu”:[],”MainMenuRedesign2021″:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”TopicsBar”:[]},”order”:{“AmpNav”:1001,”default”:1001,”SectionMap”:1015,”MainMenuRedesign2021″:1001,”ComposerNav”:1135}}},”_website_section_id”:”ajc./news”,”type”:”section”,”version”:”0.6.0″}],”primary_section”:{“path”:”/news”,”name”:”News”},”tags”:[{“text”:”breaking-news.ajc”},{“text”:”crime-news.ajc”},{“text”:”publicsafety.ajc”},{“text”:”atlanta-now”},{“text”:”teamjennifer”},{“text”:”dekalb county”}]},”type”:”story”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-07-23T23:26:03.020Z”,”promo_items”:{“basic”:{“credits”:{“affiliation”:[{“name”:”Decatur Police Department”,”type”:”author”}],”by”:[{“name”:”Decatur Police Department”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”Decatur Police Department”}]},”subtitle”:”Carjacking”,”width”:726,”caption”:”Decatur police are searching for three suspects after two people were carjacked at gunpoint in as many days.”,”type”:”image”,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/ZLM5HVXHTZED5IQFNJJTSOWYTM.JPG”,”height”:363}},”canonical_url”:”/news/decatur-police-investigating-2-armed-carjackings-in-as-many-days/4L62L5ZLHZDVXDNUSV47BO7CJU/”,”_id”:”4L62L5ZLHZDVXDNUSV47BO7CJU”},{“content_elements”:[{“_id”:”5VVC2UTN3RBAPA5JM54TQUUB2Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1593365483154},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Police are asking the public for help locating an “armed and dangerous” child molestation suspect who could be hiding in northeast Georgia, authorities said Friday.”},{“_id”:”O2AC4RWT7FHPBDQUNEDAV6PUF4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627074534151},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Fayetteville police are searching for 34-year-old James Appel, who is wanted on charges of aggravated child molestation and incest, the department said in a Facebook post.”},{“_id”:”TYJDJUGJW5BWNGEESP6PET43Z4″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”AW7XWWF57FC4DJG5ZPHXS34A3U”},”type”:”raw_html”,”content”:”“},{“_id”:”4OQDY2B7CFA3JOMY2I4ELRDRBQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627074534153},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Police have been searching for Appel since Wednesday, when officers responded to a call about an alleged sexual assault at a Fayetteville home.”},{“_id”:”GLUECXI5KBANBOKWY7AJXHQPFU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627074534154},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“A search warrant on the residence was conducted and the investigation established probable cause to issue arrest warrants for James Appel,” authorities said. But Appel learned police had been called and was gone by the time they arrived, the department said.”},{“_id”:”MUHX2ILSPNEWJAC3ZP76KEBKKM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627074534155},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He is believed to be driving a gray 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan and is likely armed with a handgun and an AR-15 style rifle, according to police. The SUV is registered in Georgia with the tag RXL3095, but investigators believe Appel switched the license plate with an Alabama drive-out tag.”},{“_id”:”ZVBSGOFUGFB4PAPLIJJSXDVXE4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627074534156},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Investigators tracked his cellphone to Rabun Gap and believe he could be in North Georgia or North Carolina, officials said.”},{“_id”:”RSMBNKCGD5D7LMJATKZX6LVOBE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627074534157},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Anyone who encounters Appel is asked not to approach him, but to call 911. Police said he is about 5-foot-6, weighs approximately 150 pounds and was last seen with a long beard.”},{“_id”:”T2KVIWFAZFCM5OKKSEW7LINBCU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627074534158},”type”:”text”,”content”:”— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.”}],”display_date”:”2021-07-23T21:14:37.291Z”,”headlines”:{“basic”:”Police searching for ‘armed and dangerous’ child molestation suspect”},”first_publish_date”:”2021-07-23T21:14:37.291Z”,”taxonomy”:{“sections”:[{“path”:”/news”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”_website”:”ajc”,”parent_id”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”name”:”News”,”description”:”Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles – Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”_id”:”/news”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“AmpNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”BottomNav”:null,”TopNavRedesign”:null,”SectionMap”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”LoggedOutMenu”:null,”MainMenuRedesign2021″:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”TopNav”:null,”TopicsBar”:null,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”site”:{“site_url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/”,”section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:”Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles – Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”site_title”:”Atlanta GA News | Top News Page”},”navigation”:{“nav_title”:”News”},”inactive”:false,”node_type”:”section”,”_website”:”ajc”,”name”:”News”,”Sponsor”:{“sponsor_url_open_new_tab”:”true”,”sponsor_desktop_banner”:””,”sponsor_mobile_banner”:””,”sponsor_url”:””},”_id”:”/news”,”ancestors”:{“AmpNav”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”default”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”BottomNav”:[],”TopNavRedesign”:[],”SectionMap”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”LoggedOutMenu”:[],”MainMenuRedesign2021″:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”TopicsBar”:[]},”order”:{“AmpNav”:1001,”default”:1001,”SectionMap”:1015,”MainMenuRedesign2021″:1001,”ComposerNav”:1135}}},”_website_section_id”:”ajc./news”,”type”:”section”,”version”:”0.6.0″}],”primary_section”:{“path”:”/news”,”name”:”News”},”tags”:[{“text”:”breaking-news.ajc”},{“text”:”crime-news.ajc”},{“text”:”publicsafety.ajc”},{“text”:”atlanta-now”},{“text”:”teamjennifer”},{“text”:”ajc top news”}]},”type”:”story”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-07-23T21:14:37.649Z”,”canonical_url”:”/news/police-searching-for-armed-and-dangerous-child-molestation-suspect/5DI3KMD4NBAKTJJJ7JATJHKMIY/”,”promo_items”:{“basic”:{“credits”:{“affiliation”:[{“name”:”Fayetteville Police Department”,”type”:”author”}],”by”:[{“name”:”Fayetteville Police Department”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”Fayetteville Police Department”}]},”subtitle”:”Appel”,”width”:1000,”caption”:”Authorities said James Appel is likely in northeast Georgia or North Carolina. 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Coates is accused in the 1988 murder of 8-year-old Joshua Harmon, who was found dead in the woods near the apartment complex where his family lived in Roswell.”},{“_id”:”R5MMHX4OPJENJCQS6E4J7CQENU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627069202973},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Prior to Coates’ arrest, Roswell police had obtained warrants for him on a litany of charges, including murder, aggravated assault, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation and first-degree cruelty to children.”},{“owner”:{“id”:”ajc”},”copyright”:”Jenn Finch”,”address”:{“locality”:”Alpharetta”,”region”:”Georgia”},”caption”:”Marlene Carlisle, the aunt of Joshua Harmon, speaks on behalf of the family at a news conference Friday.”,”source”:{“system”:”AJC Freelancer”,”name”:”AJC Freelancer”,”edit_url”:”https://ajc.arcpublishing.com/photo/JEEITCY7YOOCKX4IGUO3JZFKJ4″,”source_type”:”wires”,”source_id”:”s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/Freelancer/072321_HARMON_013.jpg”,”additional_properties”:{“editor”:”photo center”}},”taxonomy”:{“associated_tasks”:[“60fa13cefa439b32b90568c9″],”seo_keywords”:[“AJC Freelancer”]},”type”:”image”,”distributor”:{“mode”:”custom”,”name”:”AJC Freelancer”,”category”:”wires”},”version”:”0.10.3″,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/JEEITCY7YOOCKX4IGUO3JZFKJ4.jpg”,”licensable”:false,”credits”:{“by”:[{“name”:”Jenn Finch”,”type”:”author”}]},”subtype”:”Wires”,”subtitle”:”Joshua Harmon Case”,”width”:5243,”_id”:”JEEITCY7YOOCKX4IGUO3JZFKJ4″,”additional_properties”:{“fullSizeResizeUrl”:”/resizer/l2nCNKgfzwr2zsa44MuD0q_FcsQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/JEEITCY7YOOCKX4IGUO3JZFKJ4.jpg”,”comments”:[],”iptc_job_identifier”:”60fa13cefa439b32b90568c9″,”keywords”:[“AJC Freelancer”],”proxyUrl”:”/resizer/l2nCNKgfzwr2zsa44MuD0q_FcsQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/JEEITCY7YOOCKX4IGUO3JZFKJ4.jpg”,”takenOn”:”2021-07-23T15:14:07Z”,”originalUrl”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/JEEITCY7YOOCKX4IGUO3JZFKJ4.jpg”,”published”:true,”resizeUrl”:”/resizer/l2nCNKgfzwr2zsa44MuD0q_FcsQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/JEEITCY7YOOCKX4IGUO3JZFKJ4.jpg”,”thumbnailResizeUrl”:”/resizer/VDTt8Txud61cSZiFgqsvI3EySNQ=/300×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/JEEITCY7YOOCKX4IGUO3JZFKJ4.jpg”,”version”:2,”originalName”:”s3://ajc-arc-photo-integration/Freelancer/072321_HARMON_013.jpg”,”mime_type”:”image/jpeg”,”restricted”:false,”galleries”:[],”_id”:”VFN62TVAZJDLVIKR5AWYRFB2SU”},”created_date”:”2021-07-23T17:17:47Z”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-07-23T17:39:17Z”,”height”:3495},{“_id”:”WBTGEM3T5JBGNISYNHKANZ5BBA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627050989589},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Coates has twice been convicted of child molestation, among other charges, for crimes that happened in 1990 and 1993, records show. 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The following month, Roswell police received funding from Georgia’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, which allowed investigators to pay for additional DNA testing on evidence from the original crime scene by a private, independent laboratory, CyberGenetics, Inc.”},{“_id”:”PEQ7MIAJVRAKRA3CZXFQ22QKSY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627069202983},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The results of that additional testing helped investigators link Coates to the killing, Roswell police said. A warrant was then taken out against Coates, who was located during the traffic stop and taken into custody without incident.”},{“_id”:”LIOA6BWM45F7PBA5PPMARC6WKY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627069202984},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“The death of Josh and the fact that his killer remained free for such a long time is unimaginable,” Conroy said. “I hope this arrest brings a sense of closure.””},{“_id”:”UQDY2ISKVVDIJGUFVS5SBOJL3I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627053595462},”type”:”text”,”content”:”An officer who formerly worked on the case, Keith Howard, likened the arrest to a milestone life event such as a wedding or the birth of a child.”},{“_id”:”YFNPAOPBPJC3RMQ6IFJTDH7NCM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627053595463},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It’s very emotional,” said Howard, now a chief deputy with the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. “It’s really hard to put into words. This case was about Joshua … Everyone I spoke to who was involved in this case was passionate about solving it. 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RED ALERT: Fulton Co.: Crash on I-20/wb near Gresham Road; take Forest Parkway to get around. https://t.co/KslBQmUsyy #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/yQCDaGOUYj

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The Washington Memorial Library in Macon has one of the best genealogy collections in the state, so put it on your list to visit for sure.”},{“level”:2,”_id”:”76E3WPSIBRFU5NZXUJOJGEDFQM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627057013128},”type”:”header”,”content”:”Farming ancestors remembered”},{“_id”:”J3LU6VVCMVDWVEGENZS3GYQ6DM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627057013129},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Many people have ancestors who were farmers. The National Society Descendants of American Farmers (nsdoaf.com), founded in 2019, helps to honor those ancestors who farmed from 1776 until 1914. “},{“_id”:”PS2DK6O5AFFRLHTZUUJQFHMLHQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627057013130},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Contact Kenneth H. Thomas Jr., P.O. 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Two of the men had been taken there against their will in the bed of a Dodge pickup truck, bound and gagged with duct tape.”},{“_id”:”KG45SMIOZVCZ3LA4AATPJ4XL3I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627060699718},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Rhoden, an aspiring rapper who lives in Atlanta, was charged with three counts of malice murder, five counts of felony murder, three counts of aggravated assault, two counts of kidnapping with bodily injury, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and tampering with evidence, the indictment states. He was arrested July 8, five days after the fatal shootings, following a sting by Chamblee Police that lured him into custody.”},{“_id”:”M4OSTTAX3RBUHDMTPQEGZJETPY”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”MU2SDBGAUFHYLEXRENC46LP3CA”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Man arrested in DeKalb, charged in Cobb golf course killings”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-man-arrested-in-triple-homicide-at-cobb-country-club/7GY3RC7KSBCPBHHLDPFQCOJIEM/”},{“_id”:”SMAYCJBOIBE3DL7IO25EGC22XI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627060699720},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Cobb police were first alerted to the crimes after Pinetree’s director of golf, Gene Siller, was shot, the indictment states, in the head and neck. He had gone to the course’s 10th hole to find out why the white Dodge pickup was parked above a sand trap. Police say he was killed because he happened upon crimes in progress allegedly involving Rhoden and the other victims.”},{“_id”:”OVG62NBG3VEJDE7FO3L5YTBEOQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189130},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The vehicle was registered to one of the victims, Paul Pierson, 76, of Topeka, Kansas, whose body was discovered alongside that of Henry Valdez, 46, of Anaheim, California.”},{“_id”:”VD5AJX4CW5HCVCJXHVFH7T2NGM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189131},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Pierson was shot multiple times, in the back, buttock, leg and arms, according to prosecutors. Valdez was killed by a shot to the head, the indictment states.”},{“_id”:”LJ6ZMVFUHZD6HOZXL3OGYZQFCY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189132},”type”:”text”,”content”:”As he fled the scene, Rhoden hid the handgun used in the shootings and arranged for an unidentified individual to retrieve it for him, the indictment states. A spokesperson for Cobb’s district attorney did not know if that person has been charged.”},{“_id”:”46ETNBMSVBBH5M36AHWIZKSSBU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189133},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Police have not disclosed a motive for the killings or any information about a possible connection between Rhoden, Valdez and Pierson. A friend of Valdez’s told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the three men knew each other through the cannabis trade.”},{“_id”:”SHGCFVOGZRGEDHCW6E6PDFWB7Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189134},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Rhoden’s attorney, Bruce Harvey, noted that only one side has been heard from so far.”},{“_id”:”B5SE35AT2FCZ7PB7T75FWF44U4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189135},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“This is only the first step on a long journey and the issues will be joined soon,” said the veteran lawyer, who also represented Rhoden in 2016, when the then-Georgia State University freshman was charged with shooting a 19-year-old in the chest following an attempted drug transaction, authorities said at the time.”},{“_id”:”7NXALODF2ZFHFMFVLYTXXYFPCA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189136},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, under Paul Howard’s leadership, declined to prosecute either party. It’s unclear why that decision was made, said Jeff DiSantis, spokesman for Howard’s successor, Fani Willis.”},{“_id”:”ODR4M6H7DRH47EIN3EU5TKT4YA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189137},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Rhoden would have more run-ins with law enforcement, public records reveal. In January 2020, acting on a tip, the Atlanta Police Department’s K-9 unit stopped Rhoden as he boarded a plane to Los Angeles, DiSantis said.”},{“_id”:”H2E674W2BVAHVMKVCIJXEA7GKM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189138},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The dogs smelled marijuana emanating from a bag containing more than $19,000 carried by Rhoden, DiSantis said. He agreed to forfeit the money but allegedly punched one officer with the Atlanta Police Department’s Airport Drug Interdiction Unit and elbowed another, authorities said.”},{“_id”:”H436S53KAJF7RBP5KW3TVDD4HA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189139},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He was charged two days later in Clayton County, which has partial jurisdiction at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, with simple battery on police and obstructing an officer. He was released on $7,500 bond and entered a not guilty plea in August, records show. That case is still pending.”},{“_id”:”X3Y47FWMYVB5XPPT5G4QODLLZM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189140},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Late on July 3 – about nine hours after the bodies were discovered in Kennesaw – Rhoden was stopped by Chamblee police while driving a black Maserati with a temporary tag, a DeKalb warrant shows.”},{“_id”:”QHZUX54Z3RAK7F2PWDKXYBCMUI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189141},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He was booked into custody at DeKalb County Jail on misdemeanor counts of DUI, a headlight violation, fake ID, driving without insurance, driving an unregistered vehicle and using a license plate to conceal the identity of a vehicle, records show. 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Cobb investigators had identified him as a suspect at that point, and authorities were in place to arrest him once he surfaced to claim the cash.”},{“_id”:”AWK6BJG6QFH4FFLQXYTV7HYVPU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627078189143},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Rhoden is being held without bond at the Cobb jail.”}],”display_date”:”2021-07-23T17:56:27.615Z”,”headlines”:{“basic”:”Indictment: Victims were shot and killed at Cobb golf course”},”first_publish_date”:”2021-07-23T17:19:03.828Z”,”taxonomy”:{“sections”:[{“path”:”/news”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”_website”:”ajc”,”parent_id”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”name”:”News”,”description”:”Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles – Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”_id”:”/news”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“AmpNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”BottomNav”:null,”TopNavRedesign”:null,”SectionMap”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”LoggedOutMenu”:null,”MainMenuRedesign2021″:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”TopNav”:null,”TopicsBar”:null,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”site”:{“site_url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/”,”section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:”Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles – Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”site_title”:”Atlanta GA News | Top News Page”},”navigation”:{“nav_title”:”News”},”inactive”:false,”node_type”:”section”,”_website”:”ajc”,”name”:”News”,”Sponsor”:{“sponsor_url_open_new_tab”:”true”,”sponsor_desktop_banner”:””,”sponsor_mobile_banner”:””,”sponsor_url”:””},”_id”:”/news”,”ancestors”:{“AmpNav”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”default”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”BottomNav”:[],”TopNavRedesign”:[],”SectionMap”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”LoggedOutMenu”:[],”MainMenuRedesign2021″:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”TopicsBar”:[]},”order”:{“AmpNav”:1001,”default”:1001,”SectionMap”:1015,”MainMenuRedesign2021″:1001,”ComposerNav”:1135}}},”_website_section_id”:”ajc./news”,”type”:”section”,”version”:”0.6.0″}],”primary_section”:{“path”:”/news”,”name”:”News”},”tags”:[{“text”:”breaking-news.ajc”},{“text”:”crime-news.ajc”},{“text”:”publicsafety.ajc”},{“text”:”atlanta-now”},{“text”:”teamjennifer”},{“text”:”cobb county”}]},”type”:”story”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-07-23T23:34:04.671Z”,”canonical_url”:”/news/breaking-man-indicted-in-triple-homicide-at-cobb-golf-course/43OG47VDCVCELCDDGIZS2W5DVY/”,”promo_items”:{“basic”:{“subtitle”:”A look into the criminal past of Bryan Rhoden”,”width”:1198,”caption”:”A look into the criminal past of Bryan Rhoden”,”type”:”image”,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/WPIADA5GPZBCLDDGTRMFJRHSC4.jpg”,”height”:712}},”_id”:”43OG47VDCVCELCDDGIZS2W5DVY”},{“content_elements”:[{“_id”:”LIGZXNCSIZHEFEOOR6J7PFLOOU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1594677846793},”type”:”text”,”content”:”As the coronavirus raged in Georgia, the state insisted that senior care homes restrict visitors to protect their vulnerable residents from infection.”},{“_id”:”5MHXHEOICZCF3NJHY5PLPE3VIQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922931},”type”:”text”,”content”:”That didn’t stop Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living & Memory Care in Acworth earlier this year from erecting a large sign out front. 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Almost from the time the first residents moved in late in 2018, Tranquil Gardens was scrambling to stay afloat. A few months later, the owner of the facility filed for bankruptcy. But the owner and the home’s operator hid this reality from the elderly residents and prospective ones. Staff kept mum, too, even as bills went unpaid and beds unfilled.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”copyright”:”2021 Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”address”:{“locality”:”Acworth”,”region”:”GA”},”caption”:”This sign outside Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living & Memory Care went up earlier this year, announcing it was 100% open, despite state COVID restrictions still in place that restricted visitors. An AJC examination found that almost from the time the first residents moved in late in 2018, Tranquil Gardens was scrambling to stay afloat. 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On July 13, Stewart gave residents three days to get out. The facility was closing, he told employees and others, and the electricity was being shut off. The bank, he claimed, had foreclosed.”},{“_id”:”563UHWBLFJCORIVTV3QZDHUX54″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922936},”type”:”text”,”content”:”That set off a horrific scene, where residents and staff were crying, state records show. Meals stopped being prepared, and food was short. Families desperately scrambled to move out loved ones, with some saying they had to leave behind belongings they couldn’t move and records they couldn’t obtain. Residents also left without refunds, and their caregivers without pay.”},{“_id”:”BYORL3NEEFHORPIPDBXTVI4JF4″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”O73D5GTAWBCG5L4LS4VTE4XZMI”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Acworth assisted living home closes doors with little warning: Residents forced out”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/acworth-nursing-home-closes-doors-with-little-warning-residents-told-to-leave-by-today/IU4Q5YU5DBEZRHCHG3XWG3RBIY/”},{“_id”:”RXKZQV77AVBJZOISQPKMOQOZVU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922937},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“They never once let anybody know to be prepared, to get prepared,” said Joy Beth Fissette, whose parents both have dementia and had been living at the home the past year. “The owners, they knew, they knew this whole time. It’s so frustrating that they knew about this whole thing.””},{“_id”:”AI6556SKKFGEJPCTHOG3RMQAKM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922938},”type”:”text”,”content”:”How and if any real accountability will arrive for those responsible for what happened at Tranquil Gardens remain open questions.”},{“_id”:”2TPGQ3ESRNE5LGEUHJ5EFDMT44″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”3WON5HP2QREPZLWFEUSF5BTSHY”},”type”:”raw_html”,”content”:”“},{“_id”:”EYRQYRE7D5CKDBOXT4IZQ2AWNA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626984633688},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating if criminal laws were violated, and state officials this past week cited the home for violating a rule requiring a 30-day notice before an assisted living resident can be discharged or evicted. But with the facility’s owner in bankruptcy, its unclear whether the state can collect any fines it might impose.”},{“_id”:”CRFH26Y46RFG3BWOKURYOPRRV4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627000909213},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A written statement released on behalf of the Stewart family attributes the shutdown to the pandemic. “While we have worked tirelessly to try and remedy the situation and explored every possible avenue, a domino effect of things out of our control transpired at the end that led to a very heartbreaking and rapid end to the facility,” the statement says.”},{“_id”:”UBTPZH7MMZC5ZFSGHGR6UW3RDQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626984633667},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Brian Stewart, who had previously been in the tree service business, declined an interview request for this story. He said businesses close all the time.”},{“_id”:”AQBFF2UEENHLHCGJB4HGA5NNKM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626984633668},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“This whole thing was a bad business,” he said. “It’s unfortunate it’s an assisted living. We couldn’t make it work.””},{“_id”:”YGGROM3FMZDEHIIPCCXCYM65Z4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922942},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The family apparently has been reluctant to answer state regulator’s questions, also, records show. When the Department of Community Health asked Stewart whether residents had been reimbursed for the remainder of their July rent, he wouldn’t answer. 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That’s because the state hasn’t tracked the information, and there were no requirements for disclosure by the homes.”},{“_id”:”QAK65HWYZ5GBZNX3IMQJIKOKDI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922945},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But after an AJC investigation in 2019 found that more than 20% of Georgia’s assisted living communities and large personal care homes had owners or operators with financial problems, state lawmakers took action. Last year, they approved a new law requiring senior care home operators to prove before they open that they have money to operate, and to give regulators, residents and their families 60-day notice of any impending bankruptcy or property eviction that may force residents to relocate.”},{“content_elements”:[{“_id”:”EBLKFF74O5CETP5SNCPKW63WT4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[]},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“This whole thing was a bad business. It’s unfortunate it’s an assisted living. 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It was to take effect July 1.”},{“_id”:”QCHAGP4BCRF2ZLCBESRYC33Y4Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922947},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But state regulators are still promulgating the specific rules for how the law is administered, and it all came too late for those at Tranquil Gardens.”},{“_id”:”O7YOIINCJRFK3IDW2FOZR7NCDY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922948},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Now, the Acworth home may be a test as to whether the law has the teeth to be effective.”},{“_id”:”XEGPWH3D55DMVDKNE4CD4WDSBA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626995802065},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I think it’s certainly something we should look at,” said Rep. 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Last year during the pandemic, the home told the state it had around 30 residents each month.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”copyright”:”2021 Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”address”:{“locality”:”Acworth”,”region”:”GA”},”caption”:”In the rush to meet the July 16 noon deadline to get out, residents at Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living & Memory Care facility in Acworth left dressers, shoes and other possessions behind. This shower chair was still in the driveway five days after the facility emptied. 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She said she didn’t know about the bankruptcy until months after it was filed.”},{“_id”:”U5SYSJJUGNEDVHOHK4H3QFMJ4Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922954},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Instead of telling residents of the financial challenges, she said she tried to shield them because she didn’t want them to worry. Windsor now regrets the decision. “I feel like everything I did to protect those residents and prevent them from knowing backfired,” she told the AJC.”},{“_id”:”VQNLIWFEJZD7VNF7FSIPI5WQFA”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”7QPL2SEE6ZDTTJDJERA7JMUMWE”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Georgia senior care homes struggle to rebound after pandemic”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-senior-care-homes-struggle-to-rebound-after-pandemic/OSAK6YO5HBFFPGDOJ2D4NNSB7M/”},{“_id”:”UYN7J5ONTRCU7BTOYBJFOA5GKY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922955},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Finally, Windsor said, the stress of trying to hold things together took a toll. In mid-May, she said Brian Stewart told her the home needed more revenue, ordering her to increase monthly rents by $500, starting June 1.”},{“_id”:”53GARADWHFCALDHPJCRI3UF3U4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922956},”type”:”text”,”content”:”She said that couldn’t happen because residents’ contracts required a 60-day notice and state rules required 30 days. She said she convinced him to push the rent increase to July 1, but letters about the increase started going out to residents in May and some gave notice they would leave.”},{“_id”:”GLS2EYROOFGCZDKKGOFHGAIALM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922957},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Windsor quit a couple weeks later. “We were in our final hour,” she said.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”copyright”:”2021 Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”address”:{“locality”:”Acworth”,”region”:”GA”},”caption”:”Former executive directors Tiffany Echols, left, and Nikki Windsor stand outside Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living & Memory Care in Acworth on Wednesday. Windsor said she slowly learned about the financial troubles and now wishes that she had warned residents. 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She said for much of her time there the facility didn’t have a marketing director, an activities director or a maintenance man.”},{“_id”:”HNPQAIMLBJF4DLJROAQA5YUGTE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626984633683},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“They just thought they would open their doors and people would come in,” she said. “Things you needed to run a business, they didn’t have it. It was the strangest thing I’ve ever been a part of.””},{“_id”:”I7OY4KG67BEGZILI2BZJRIVYLQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626992922960},”type”:”text”,”content”:”She was the one in charge when Brian Stewart on July 13 ordered everyone out. Employees were turned out, too. 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Tranquil Gardens is the second senior care home to close in recent weeks. In June, a care home for seniors was shut down after residents were found suffering in rooms without air-conditioning. Investigations by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution have detailed how weak oversight of senior care facilities has resulted in deaths and injuries to the vulnerable elderly. For this story, the AJC talked with former employees of Tranquil Gardens, family members of residents, state regulators and the home’s lender. The newspaper also reviewed bankruptcy files and other court records.

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This “co-responder model” often leads to lower rates of recidivism and incarceration, according to Lawrenceville Police Chief Tim Wallis. Brookhaven, Johns Creek and Athens-Clarke County have similar programs.”},{“_id”:”HAUYOTNNXVC3RC3FML36KCAFOM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626919054271},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Additionally, the National Alliance on Mental Illness has several local affiliate organizations in the metro area that provide training and resources for people confronting mental health crises. There are affiliates in DeKalb, Gwinnett and Cobb counties as well as north Atlanta. At the state level, the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities serves people with mental illness or addiction.”},{“_id”:”N5G37IV7JVCP5OSIO77EYPDDSI”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”FP3UDWVSARGP3GV2EJ23V27UM4″},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”OPINION: Local initiative seeks problem-solving beyond policing”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/life/opinion-local-initiative-seeks-problem-solving-beyond-policing/R6P7UZWTQVELXDVNEAOS34JNBE/”},{“_id”:”HUSPUEORYFHW5GE3G3ZIAI2YTU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626743738410},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Carter, the Alpharetta police sergeant, has been trained to deal with people experiencing mental health issues.”},{“_id”:”NYYP3NLXENGYXOSM457SJRAJ34″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626790269236},”type”:”text”,”content”:”One February morning in 2019, Carter was dispatched to help with a woman who had climbed onto a highway sign over Ga. 400 and was threatening to jump. 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Georgia — which has the nation’s third-highest rate of uninsured people — is among 12 states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act to all poor adults.”},{“_id”:”5YOFKQGB5ZCMRGYMNL6DOJPMVU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627043333569},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“People were lining up at 6 a.m. outside our clinic, and this was pre-COVID,” said Saeed Raees, the CEO and one of the co-founders of the clinic, which also provides dental care and operates a free pharmacy. “We need to grow because there is such a high need out there.””},{“_id”:”JT63KA4CBNEDXAO5QSAKWGF5N4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627043333570},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In May 2020, DeKalb commissioners modified zoning conditions to allow for the new clinic. The next day, Raees’ center bought the 2.5-acre site for $360,000 from the Masjid Rahman Islamic Center.”},{“_id”:”AUYTWL26HJCQVLH6ABKQX75XZQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627043333571},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Two vacant houses on the site must be demolished to make way for the clinic, Raees said. His center intends to seek a land disturbance permit to move forward with the project and hopes for the new clinic to begin operating by the end of next year.”},{“_id”:”NKIUPFKLIJABZJ6XFGRN44BB2U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627043333572},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A floor plan for the multimillion-dollar project shows numerous medical and dental examination rooms, a dental lab, a teaching kitchen and a pharmacy. Medical students and other volunteers will continue getting hands-on experience at the clinic, with serves patients who speak more than 30 languages and who are from more than 20 countries.”},{“_id”:”EYXINZHIMNDKHFTJIEIERTIZUY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627043333573},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Dilshad Dhanani of Duluth is among the hundreds of people who have volunteered at the center.”},{“_id”:”JJBFPVQGSZHLTKUJJLFBSAUP3Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627043333574},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I have found true contentment results from contributing in any way to the wellbeing of others,” she said.”},{“_id”:”VIJFAXZINRCMLNAGWCAJR6RRGE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627043333575},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Struck by what she has experienced at the clinic, she spoke about it with her brother, Shoukat Dhanani, whose family businesses operate hundreds of Popeyes and Burger King restaurants and other enterprises, generating about $2.8 billion in annual revenue. She also sent him articles about the center, including one published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the perseverance of Dr. Gulshan Harjee, one of the clinic’s founders.”},{“_id”:”RIM6OGY5MBDFRAT3RL6XLOTHCE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627043333576},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Shoukat Dhanani visited the clinic for the first time this month and then pledged $2.5 million for its relocation. He will be joining its board of directors. For him, the charity is in keeping with his Islamic faith and a way to honor his parents, Hasan Ali and Daulat, and stepmother, Zubeda.”},{“_id”:”MUZPAOXDDJGPDIOKNV7JIUHU6I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627043333577},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I am an immigrant also. I have been through a lot of what immigrants go through,” said Shoukat Dhanani, who came to America from Pakistan for college. “We are fortunate enough and we are blessed that we are in a position to help other immigrants. 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And as a commissioner I have just sort of been on my own crusade to ensure that people are aware of this resource.””},{“_id”:”WKHGPIDQSBE7XFQ4TXKIMKOBS4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627043333581},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Lance Hammonds, chairman of the Rockbridge Coalition, also spoke approvingly about the clinic’s plans.”},{“_id”:”TXVXOTMKRFEEXNK7L5COCOATRI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627043333582},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“We need more health care in our community,” he said. “Having that medical center in the community gives great access to a lot of people.””},{“_id”:”JVU2Y7JCSBHQ7FCRBTSOGL3NX4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1627043333583},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The clinic is seeking volunteers and donations so it can expand its services. 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We just hit 90°. That’s our average high this time of year but it’s only the second time we’ve made it to 90° this month and only the 8th time all year. pic.twitter.com/kK504LW9Rg

— Brad Nitz (@BradNitzWSB) July 22, 2021nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/BradNitzWSB/status/1418306307837341702″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1627056963988},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”KOOP4VH5YRBFDI6RKA5HVGNWME”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626990862972},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A high of 90 degrees is expected again Friday and Saturday, with Sunday and Monday expected to reach 91. The heat may be met with some scattered showers as Atlanta faces a 20% chance of rain through the weekend.”},{“_id”:”JZKCNCKSS5EA7KNL47IPXKWM2U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626990862973},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“The heat is here. … we’re going to stay up in the low 90s … really about where we should be this time of year,” Nitz said.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Atlanta’s high temperature is expected to stay in the low 90s Friday and into the weekend.”,”source”:{“system”:”photo center”,”name”:”AJC”,”edit_url”:”https://ajc.arcpublishing.com/photo/623UIAOJ3VEVRBZ2T66M2OY37I”,”source_type”:”staff”,”additional_properties”:{“editor”:”photo center”}},”taxonomy”:{“associated_tasks”:[]},”type”:”image”,”distributor”:{“mode”:”reference”,”reference_id”:”8aec2b8c-455c-4816-903d-79fc8fdf8019″},”version”:”0.10.3″,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/623UIAOJ3VEVRBZ2T66M2OY37I.JPG”,”licensable”:false,”credits”:{“affiliation”:[{“name”:”Channel 2 Action News”,”type”:”author”}],”by”:[{“name”:”Channel 2 Action News”,”type”:”author”,”byline”:”Channel 2 Action News”}]},”subtitle”:”5 day forecast Thursday”,”width”:903,”creditIPTC”:”Channel 2 Action News”,”_id”:”623UIAOJ3VEVRBZ2T66M2OY37I”,”additional_properties”:{“fullSizeResizeUrl”:”/resizer/gOICpWyzpuLxmchGCbYmQj7hrbo=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/623UIAOJ3VEVRBZ2T66M2OY37I.JPG”,”owner”:”caroline.silva@ajc.com”,”comments”:[],”proxyUrl”:”/resizer/gOICpWyzpuLxmchGCbYmQj7hrbo=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/623UIAOJ3VEVRBZ2T66M2OY37I.JPG”,”originalUrl”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/623UIAOJ3VEVRBZ2T66M2OY37I.JPG”,”published”:true,”resizeUrl”:”/resizer/gOICpWyzpuLxmchGCbYmQj7hrbo=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/623UIAOJ3VEVRBZ2T66M2OY37I.JPG”,”ingestionMethod”:”manual”,”thumbnailResizeUrl”:”/resizer/uj14CVNjTN9QiGEU2DFbu1YF44Q=/300×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-ajc/public/623UIAOJ3VEVRBZ2T66M2OY37I.JPG”,”version”:0,”originalName”:”highs and lows thursdays.JPG”,”mime_type”:”image/jpeg”,”restricted”:false,”template_id”:594,”galleries”:[],”_id”:”UYVSA5WCANH6ZKS3ZZUN6JVTKM”,”iptc_title”:”Channel 2 Action News”},”created_date”:”2021-07-22T21:45:03Z”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-07-22T21:45:03Z”,”height”:488,”image_type”:”photograph”},{“_id”:”SJEG6MDEDVHLPHFZ52VDYQWEBA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626990862975},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In past years, Metro Atlanta and most of Georgia have been hit with parching heat around this time of year. Channel 2 meteorologist Brian Monahan concluded that the low temperatures this summer have been caused by the jet stream over the eastern part of the United States.”},{“_id”:”DRIIHOBZDNGETEVO4FCL52EJJY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626990862976},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The jet stream has kept storms tracking further south than normally seen in past years, the news station reported. The pattern of overcast days and above average rain since the beginning of June also explains the lower temperatures.”},{“_id”:”YDUQL4MFKJC43HVIQMVW5FNEWY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626990862978},”type”:”text”,”content”:”
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Arguments grew heated when Walmsley addressed a motion by prosecutors to restrict the defense’s use of terms such as “burglary” and “carjacking.””},{“_id”:”EIDWI7ZCEJEA7IJDNICXJQWJZY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626977603315},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Kevin Gough, Bryan’s attorney, said when the McMichaels and Bryan were chasing Arbery in their trucks, Arbery tried to enter Bryan’s pickup.”},{“_id”:”OH4NRVPJIBHWVNRKXN3OXUGQKY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626977603316},”type”:”text”,”content”:”This could have been attempted motor vehicle theft, carjacking or an assault, Gough said. “Mr. Arbery was intending to commit a felony.””},{“_id”:”YQ3URJADL5CZJKB2DKUXV5QGPY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626977603317},”type”:”text”,”content”:”This gave Bryan and the McMichaels another reason to conduct a citizen’s arrest, independent of seeing Arbery run away from the English home, Gough said.”},{“_id”:”JKDMPK4UEBBTROFVXKXY6VA6TE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626977603318},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Lead prosecutor Linda Dunikoski strongly disagreed.”},{“_id”:”NBKRAY5JSVFY7BLIY4IHKRERJE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626977603319},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“The defendant Mr. Bryan hit Mr. Arbery with his truck,” she said. “He assaulted him with a 5,000-pound lethal weapon — a pickup truck.””},{“_id”:”WOQVZ6RDDJBYBATUYXOLDEACNU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626977603320},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Dunikoski cited Bryan’s own statements in interviews with the GBI in which he said he ran Arbery off the road into a ditch.”},{“_id”:”FWDAZBBX5REJ5LUXSIYPM73X7U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626977603321},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It’s offensive this has been turned into the victim was trying to commit a carjacking,” she said.”},{“_id”:”TND4YJHSABAQRNPH3ZJ6BSYH44″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[]},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Then while motioning to Bryan, she added this about Arbery: “He was trying to save his life from that man who was trying to hit him with a truck.””},{“_id”:”NRRPUZW3YRFKRLDB3DWAXTTOCA”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”7PN6JEOBRZHH3D43ZRYT6HVAQI”},”type”:”divider”},{“_id”:”URTAD5C52NBGTD5EO23JLVMGIU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626972197851},”type”:”text”,”content”:”STORY SO FAR”},{“_id”:”3BY3XDMLYNE5NNWURVG35LHHIA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626972197852},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Feb. 23, 2020: Ahmaud Arbery, 25, is fatally shot in the Satilla Shores neighborhood near Brunswick.”},{“_id”:”IMZ6OBD75BCWNKAEZM6GOGLHVI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626972197853},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 7, 2020: The GBI launches a state investigation into the fatal shooting after cellphone video footage surfaces of the incident.”},{“_id”:”ZYSF5GSCCFDSHMQJFTWNEKYKNA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626972197854},”type”:”text”,”content”:”May 8, 2020: The GBI charges father and son Greg and Travis McMichael with murder in Arbery’s death. 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ACCPD continues to investigate an off-campus shooting in Parkview Homes on Baxter St. Police have determined there is no longer an immediate danger to campus.

— UGA (@universityofga) July 19, 2021nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/universityofga/status/1417224099810578434″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1626978558536},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”NGZ46QUNG5A75B6BQJS6FMUM2I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626975433220},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Investigators ask that anyone with more information contact Detective Scott Black at (762) 400-7058 or scott.black@accgov.com. To remain anonymous, tipsters can also contact Crime Stoppers at (706) 705-4775 or visit www.crimestoppersatlanta.org.”},{“_id”:”ESIPXMXY2ZFEVPBNZDL3M5XDTA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626726992130},”type”:”text”,”content”:”— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.”}],”display_date”:”2021-07-22T18:40:30.009Z”,”headlines”:{“basic”:”17-year-old charged in woman’s shooting near UGA campus”},”first_publish_date”:”2021-07-19T20:40:19.984Z”,”taxonomy”:{“sections”:[{“path”:”/news”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”_website”:”ajc”,”parent_id”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”name”:”News”,”description”:”Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles – Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”_id”:”/news”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“AmpNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”default”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”BottomNav”:null,”TopNavRedesign”:null,”SectionMap”:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”LoggedOutMenu”:null,”MainMenuRedesign2021″:”https://www.ajc.com/”,”TopNav”:null,”TopicsBar”:null,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.ajc.com/”},”site”:{“site_url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/”,”section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:”Atlanta Georgia News main page: Breaking News, Atlanta Weather Forecast, Crime, Politics, GA Schools, Local Articles – Atlanta Journal-Constitution”,”site_title”:”Atlanta GA News | Top News Page”},”navigation”:{“nav_title”:”News”},”inactive”:false,”node_type”:”section”,”_website”:”ajc”,”name”:”News”,”Sponsor”:{“sponsor_url_open_new_tab”:”true”,”sponsor_desktop_banner”:””,”sponsor_mobile_banner”:””,”sponsor_url”:””},”_id”:”/news”,”ancestors”:{“AmpNav”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”default”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”BottomNav”:[],”TopNavRedesign”:[],”SectionMap”:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”LoggedOutMenu”:[],”MainMenuRedesign2021″:[“https://www.ajc.com/”],”TopicsBar”:[]},”order”:{“AmpNav”:1001,”default”:1001,”SectionMap”:1015,”MainMenuRedesign2021″:1001,”ComposerNav”:1135}}},”_website_section_id”:”ajc./news”,”type”:”section”,”version”:”0.6.0″},{“path”:”/news/crime”,”parent”:{“default”:”/news”},”_website”:”ajc”,”parent_id”:”/news”,”name”:”Crime & Public Safety”,”description”:”Crime in Atlanta: News and issues about crime, criminals, police and personal security in metro Atlanta. 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The backlash to references of U.S. electoral politics grew so fierce that a group of 100 attendees left the rally and held their own protest elsewhere.”},{“_id”:”XSWAEGQHKFC27DMCRG7PQYOOKQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626891549149},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The rally, held outside a Sandy Springs restaurant, came on the heels of a wave of protests that have rocked the Caribbean nation. 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Signs were passed out that said “Cuban Lives Matter” and prominently featured the logos of both the Georgia GOP and the Latino group, videos of the event show.”},{“subtype”:”twitter”,”referent”:{“referent_properties”:{“additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1626971942326}},”provider”:”https://publish.twitter.com/oembed?url=”,”service”:”oembed”,”id”:”https://twitter.com/SeaverG/status/1416931632079065095″,”type”:”twitter”},”_id”:”FP3O3F5XFJAE5CSCQNIPD2WJR4″,”raw_oembed”:{“author_name”:”Seaver for Lt. Governor”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”twitter”,”version”:”1.0″,”url”:”https://twitter.com/seaverforltgov/status/1416931632079065095″,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/seaverforltgov”,”width”:550,”html”:”

Attended the rally in support of a Free Cuba today in Atlanta! ⁦@bluestein⁩ ⁦@jfradioshow⁩ ⁦@seanhannity⁩ ⁦@OANN⁩ ⁦@seanspicer⁩ ⁦@DonaldJTrumpJr⁩ ⁦@DanScavino⁩ ⁦@CLewandowski_⁩ ⁦@warroommovie⁩ ⁦@FetchYourNews⁩ pic.twitter.com/ph8ciOo3gR

— Seaver for Lt. Governor (@seaverforltgov) July 19, 2021nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/SeaverG/status/1416931632079065095″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1626971942326},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”SS55U4ADWVBYBJWCWAHXJKSYQY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:185,”comment”:”the”}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626887917077},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But a large group of protesters present on Sunday, many of them clad in Cuban flags and waving “Cuba Libre” banners, were not in the mood for hearing political speeches and bristled at what they perceived to be limited representation of Cuban Americans among the rally’s speaker lineup.”},{“_id”:”ZWT7VJKIDJAU7BGMJ2ODOEUDZM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626887917078},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“We were there solely for the intention of bringing awareness to the humanitarian crisis that is going on in Cuba,” said Adalys Santos, a second-generation Cuban American. “We were not there to talk about Georgia politics or U.S. politics, for that matter … I was enraged by what was happening.””},{“_id”:”5HGCK3XNFBDIVKUIZNB54B4W2Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626891549162},”type”:”text”,”content”:”When Shafer told the crowd that “Joe Biden is lying when he says that the riots in Cuba are because of the pandemic,” he was interrupted and visibly stunned into silence by loud booing from the crowd. Shouts of “stop” and “we are here for Cuba, not for you” were heard, according to a video of the event published by the conservative BKP Politics outlet.”},{“_id”:”WD6R5VVIRJCQVEOUAVHDUVFDUY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626893268835},”type”:”text”,”content”:”On Wednesday, Shafer told the AJC that his recollection of the moment is different: he said the crowd was booing Biden, and that he paused his address because he supported the booing. He also sent the following statement to the AJC: “The Democrats are lying when they say the demonstrations in Cuba are about the pandemic. Cubans are demonstrating for freedom from tyrannical communist oppression and Republicans stand with them. I was proud to join the National Republican Hispanic Assembly at the rally and to stand with Cuban Americans like Rey Martinez and Caesar Gonzales who are also Republican elected officials or candidates.””},{“_id”:”CAPAP5PSKFCURLJRXFUQR7KTD4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626959523579},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Boos also rang out when state Sen. Jason Anavitarte, a Paulding County Republican, dedicated part of his address to criticizing Georgia’s U.S. Senate delegation.”},{“_id”:”U6FBYMHQZBFJPOGIXQBXERUBGM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626891549165},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Not hearing from Sen. Warnock and Sen. Ossoff right now is pathetic,” he said.”},{“_id”:”ARRWHRSCVFBNLA7QN2RMPZO4WY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626887917083},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Earlier in his speech, members of the crowd shouted: “We are here to talk about Cuba!” and “There is not one Cuban here with the microphone!””},{“_id”:”EIQL64JX2RCC5J4PXI7NDBDFZM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626891549167},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Speeches by other Republicans, including state Insurance Commissioner John King and Loganville Mayor Rey Martinez, were also met with boos and other criticism. Both are among the most prominent Latino figures in Georgia; King is the first statewide Hispanic official in Georgia.”},{“_id”:”EJWJLRESU5CKXOTJJYSPUEZVT4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626887917085},”type”:”text”,”content”:”At one point, a member of the crowd, Cuban American activist Ahmed Cabrera, rushed the stage and spoke.”},{“_id”:”MYVWHPSPLVGSTP4HOACSAD5XOA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626887917086},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“You Americans are trying to help us, but this is not the way that we want it,” Cabrera said, mixing Spanish and English as he asked the speakers not to “promote any agendas here.””},{“_id”:”TG5Y5D2FA5GYNL5HW3HEJ6K5CE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626891549170},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I am a Republican as well. I support the Republican Party, but we need to get in the moment right now. Right now, the moment is for Cuba, not for an agenda.””},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Ahmed Cabrera participates in a rally in solidarity of the Cuban people in Sandy Springs on Sunday, July 18. 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But what we saw from those politicians was a lack of respect,” she told the AJC in Spanish this week.”},{“_id”:”LV27KYA7BRCXRPD36YEF4IWR2A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626887917089},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Llanes, the restaurant owner, also seemed concerned about the politicization of the event. In a brief address to the crowd, he said that the protest was “not about politics, this is about Cuba.””},{“_id”:”C2DX3PUMQBG5PLFM53LSK2D73U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626887917090},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He added, as heard in the BKP Politics footage: “Make sure we keep the attention back” to that.”},{“_id”:”3SS3J3PY7RG7XOAOM4VA6KCFO4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626896836209},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Almost an hour into the rally, Johsie Cruz, a Venezuelan native and Republican candidate for Georgia’s 4th Congressional District, got a hold of the microphone.”},{“_id”:”DNLRYPZRB5DK7M6L7UQUBVKCCE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626887917097},”type”:”text”,”content”:”By then, as seen and heard in a livestream viewed this week from Cubatlanta, a Facebook page, a sizable part of the crowd had clustered away from the stage, and had begun chanting the popular protest anthem “Patria y Vida,” or “homeland and life,” a spin on the communist regime’s decades-old slogan of “patria o muerte” — homeland or death.”},{“_id”:”2ZAYTZYDZZFUTONKU7W2ALIT3I”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”USF4LOAOTJCXPNLC2LQSUK5TNI”},”type”:”raw_html”,”content”:”“},{“_id”:”XFEJ3RAH5FGQDBUV5OLWVXPCYY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626887917099},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Screaming into the microphone, Cruz tried to quiet the chants.”},{“_id”:”6DV2X4HULRCVDJCVXFYMUKTO6Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626887917100},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“This is a sabotage. Each one of you is sabotaging the Republican (National) Hispanic Assembly” of Georgia.”},{“_id”:”MRMFYWGHSNDD5PQOPE6VQS3YSU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626887917101},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“No venimos a dividirnos,” she added in Spanish. “We didn’t come here to get divided.””},{“_id”:”TSSEAOIPIVEPXKLIJI4LJMLSFA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626887917102},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In response, according to Rodriguez and Santos, a group of around 100 people left the rally site, and relocated to downtown Atlanta, where they kept protesting in front of the CNN Center.”},{“_id”:”RDWEEIMSY5EXHEH7ZEMPGNCLGM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626969401336},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Immediately following the rally’s conclusion, Cruz started a Facebook Live of her own. In the 20-minute video, she took aim at the protesters who interrupted her speech.”},{“_id”:”MXYJAVUCWNDARN3NPANTSY6L7A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626969401337},”type”:”text”,”content”:””A lot of white [people] were like, ‘What do you mean? We are here to help them out, why are they not supporting?’ Because they are communist. They are here to sabotage, distract and divide,” said Cruz. “Today was 100 percent Cuban communism strategy in that parking lot.””},{“_id”:”36HLAQXCGBEKLOL6Z6OGOXYRDM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626969401338},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Shera Hastings, chairwoman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Georgia, didn’t respond to an AJC request for comment. 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Working fire at Family Dollar store located at 2178 Campbellton Rd. Defensive operation. Heavy fire showing on front of store on arrival. All hands working. #AFRD pic.twitter.com/DTal1nGQgy

— Atlanta Fire Rescue (@ATLFireRescue) July 21, 2021nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/ATLFireRescue/status/1417869502277107712″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1626905925151},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”G3M5IPTHLBDPNKLOC6PFQZQWGE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626884694630},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The employees attempted to put out the fire, but soon hurried out of the store after realizing help was needed, Channel 2 reported. 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