🌱 Shots Fired On Peachtree + ID Thief Defrauds Buckhead Chase Bank

Hello again, Buckhead! Today, we channel our inner Minnie Mouse on National Polka Dot Day. It's Sylvia, your host of the Daily. Let's get this day started off right, with a quick review of the most important things happening these days in town. Today's issue includes news on:

• 💰 The connection between a Buckhead bank and a Southern California victim
• 🥇 Blue Divine Medical Spa celebrating 10 years
• 🎶 The Cathedral of St. Philip hosting the Requiem

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Cloudy with showers around. High: 48 Low: 39.

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📰 Here are the top stories in Buckhead today:

1. On Saturday, before noon, the Atlanta Police Department (APD) received notice of a shooting at 1080 Peachtree Street Northeast. After the shooting victim was taken to the hospital for treatment, officers determined he was “the primary aggressor in a domestic dispute” before a third party fired the shot. The aggressor was taken to Grady detention and charged “with Battery/Family Violence.” (APD)
2. A Buckhead Chase bank is ground zero for an identity theft probe. Somebody entered the bank with a Southern California victim’s “IRA rollover check pretending to be him” and stole $400,000. Adding insult to injury, the victim felt the need to reach out to “Channel 2 Consumer Investigator Justin Gray after getting nowhere for more than three weeks trying to get his stolen money back from Chase.” In addition to cashing a check that was made out to “Vanguard Investments,” the bank also “allowed the crook to open two checking accounts” in the victim’s name and “write $25,000 worth of checks.” The bank “will not comment on the fraud or what went wrong with security measures.” (WSBTV)
3. The Blue Divine Medical Spa at 107 West Paces Ferry Road Northwest is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. The company said on Friday that its location is a “favorite of Atlanta celebrities, (but) you don't have to be famous (or on a celebrity budget) to get star treatment at Blue Divine.” (Digital Journal)
4. The Cathedral of St. Philip will host the Requiem. On February 10, “two contrasting and deeply profound musical treatments” of this piece will be performed. “The Cathedral Schola will open the evening, a cappella, with the poignant, almost painfully beautiful, non-liturgical Requiem by Herbert Howells, following which the full Cathedral Choir and orchestra will present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s timeless masterpiece.” (Patch)

📆 Today in Buckhead:

• Donut & Dessert Fest at the Second Self Beer Company (1 PM)
• Social Sunday at Sauce Buckhead (2 PM)
• Selfcare Sunday at Painting with a Twist (3 PM)
• Atlanta Artists Center Member Meeting (3 PM)
• Herbs & Kettles x Chef Philip Meeker offer Tea Infused Cocktails & Small Bites at The Lola (4 PM)

🖊️ From my notebook:

• Our Sugar Creek Landing neighbor wants you to "come out and play golf to support a great fundraiser! - The 10u MOCO Titans travel softball team is hosting a golf tournament on March 18 at Harbor Club to raise money for its 2023 season!" (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Sunday! I'll catch up with you bright and early Tuesday morning with a new update.

— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Best Fiends (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.

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