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Officer Hit During DUI Arrest; Death Row Verdict Overturned; Georgia Summer Forecast: News Nearby
Top posts in Georgia, including a robber apologizing for macing store workers. Plus, how you can share your local news, events and pics.
Patch has community sites across Georgia. Here are some of the top posts from the past 24 hours.
- Officer Hit By Alleged Drunk Driver While Making DUI Arrest
- Smyrna Motorcyclist Killed in Crash
- U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Georgia Man's Death Row Conviction
Apologizing Robbers Spray Store Workers With Mace
A man in the middle of robbing a Snellville Verizon store stopped to apologize after a second robber sprayed workers at the store with mace, according to police.
The men were taken to a safe where mobile devices were stored and, as the first man began taking phones, the second sprayed both employees in the face with mace.
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The employees told police the first robber got "very upset."
"Why did you spray them?" he said, according to police.>>> Read more.
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Georgia Summer Forecast: Warming Up Nicely
There's still a few more days of "May showers" in the forecast, but the story this summer is going to be temperatures that are average or slightly higher in Georgia.
The summer will start off with cooler temps in the low to mid 80s in June, but most forecasters are predicting that we'll warm into the low 90s for long stretches in July and August. >>> Read more.
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