East Point Crime

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Recent Crime News

• I-285 reopens after hazmat incident

  Wednesday May 23 | via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  A truck leaking chemicals onto the pavement shut down all southbound lanes of I-285 near Washington Road at the height of the Wednesday afternoon rush hour.

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  Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Fulton County, GA, East Point, GA

• Deputies arrest two on drug charges after traffic stop

  Wednesday May 23 | via LaGrange Daily News 

  Troup County Sheriff's Deputies made two arrests for suspected drug possession at a traffic stop on Fuller Road Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Drugs, Troup County, GA, Austell, GA, East Point, GA

• East Point residents object to police cuts

  Tuesday May 22 | via WTVM 

  Changes could soon be on the way for one of the biggest tourist destinations in our area.

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  Related Topix: East Point, GA, Rutgers University

• East Point mayor wants to cut police force

  Monday May 21 | via MyFoxAtlanta 

  East Point residents are set to sound off on a budget dispute focusing on potential cutbacks for the police department. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, East Point, GA, Johns Creek, GA, Fulton County, GA

• Metro Atlanta city considers cutting police

  Monday May 21 | via WTLV 

  EAST POINT, Ga. -- The city council in an Atlanta suburb is considering cuts to the community's police department.

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  Related Topix: East Point, GA

• Families of slain black men call for end to violence

  Friday May 18 | via 11Alive 

  EAST POINT, Ga. -- Mothers, fathers and community members gathered at Tri-Cities High School Thursday night to answer one question: How do we keep our young black men safe? The panel included families of five young, black men who were recently killed in various acts of violence.

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  Related Topix: East Point, GA, Violent Crime

• East Point targets "worst properties" for ...

  Friday May 18 | via MyFoxAtlanta 

  East Point officials look on as they demolish one of the city's "50 Worst Properties" on Saturday, May 19, 2012.

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  Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, East Point, GA, Buckhead (Atlanta, GA)

• Two arrested for opening fire on officer during traf...

  Friday May 18 | via MyFoxAtlanta 

  Police search for two men who shot at an officer after being pulled over for speeding during the early morning hours of Saturday, May 19, 2012 Atlanta police take one of the two men who fled on foot from an officer after a traffic stop during the early morning hours of Saturday, May 19, 2012.

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  Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Buckhead (Atlanta, GA), East Point, GA

• 64 students sent to hospital after chain reaction cr...

  Friday May 18 | via MyFoxAtlanta 

  Debris from a chain reaction of crashes involving a series of buses litter the side of Interstate 20 in Newton County on Saturday, May 19, 2012.

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  Related Topix: Midville, GA, Atlanta, GA, Burke County, GA, East Point, GA

• Arrest in apartment burglary spree

  Monday May 7 | via Fayette Daily News 

  It took a few months of investigation but Peachtree City has made two arrests in connection with a series of daytime apartment burglaries in the city.

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  Related Topix: Peachtree City, GA, Riverdale, GA, East Point, GA

• 3 charged with using prisoner IDs in theft scam

  Thursday May 3 | via Lake Wylie Pilot 

  Three people conspired to steal personal information from prison inmates and used it to claim more than $70,000 worth of illegal tax refunds from the state of Pennsylvania, prosecutors said Thursday.

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  Related Topix: East Point, GA, Atlanta, GA