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Lottery Winner Invests Millions in Meth | Patch PM
Atlanta double homicide gets "First 48" episode | Lottery scam | Hip internship | 20 years after Olympic Park bombing

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Lottery Winner's 'Unwise' Investment: Millions Of Dollars In Meth
A south Georgia man who won $3 million in the lottery has admitted to spending a huge chunk of his winnings to buy, and deal, meth. Ronnie Music Jr. won $3 million playing a scratch-off game.
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Music has pleaded guilty to charges he sunk a sizable portion of his winnings into buying methamphetamine with the goal of reselling it. >>> Read more.
A&E's 'The First 48' to Feature Atlanta Double Homicide Cold Case
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"The First 48," a popular A&E true-crime series, will air an episode on Thursday, July 28, about an unsolved double Atlanta homicide that happened on Oct. 15, 2014.
The case involves the murders of Derrick McGinty, 37, and Michael Edwards, 30, who, reports 11 Alive, were shot and killed around 11 p.m. in the parking lot of the Arbors of East Atlanta apartment complex on Memorial Drive. McGinty was from Decatur, and Edwards was an Atlanta resident. >>> Read More.
- The victim was approached by one suspect, who asked if she could help another woman cash a lottery ticket.
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Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park Bombing: 20 Years Ago Today
- One person was killed and 111 were injured in an act of domestic terrorism that still resonates today.
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