K-9 Cop Retires, Flying Fortress Visit, 'Pill Mill' Plea and Food Fight Arrests

Here are some of the top stories being covered in Patches around North Georgia:

K-9 Deputy Hangs up His Collar - Cumming Patch

After a heroic career, a member of the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office has retired.

Aron, a German Shepherd born in Dec. 2005, followed his nose while working for the sheriff's office as a specialist in narcotics, patrol work and tracking, according to his handler Deputy First Class C. Scott Goldsberry.

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Legendary Flying Fortress Visits Atlanta - Brookhaven Patch

Though it never flew during World War II, the Memphis Belle can still give passengers a taste of what some members of the Greatest Generation experienced during the last world war.

The Movie "Memphis Belle" is a restored WWII B-17 "flying fortress" bomber that the Liberty Foundation maintains the plane as a traveling, living history exhibit. Only 11 B17s remain airworthy in North America, said the organization's Ron Cause.

Read more on Brookhaven Patch.

- Cartersville Patch

One of the five people accused of operating a "pill mill" in Cartersville has pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with federal authorities.

Jesse Violante, 24, of Vero Beach, FL, who owned Atlanta Medical Group along with co-defendant Jason Votrebek, pleaded guilty in January to a drug trafficking conspiracy count in a deal with federal prosecutors, according to the court documents, attached. He is scheduled to be sentenced April 11 in Rome.

The conspiracy involved 61,908 (30 mg) and 10,564 (15 mg) pills of oxycodone, according to prosecutors.

Cartersville Patch has more on this story.

Students Arrested in High School Cafeteria Fight - Tucker Patch

A lunchtime brawl between two students at Tucker High School left a trail of blood in the cafeteria as both ninth-graders were taken away by police.

The melee occurred late Thursday morning, according to a THS parent who did not wish to be identified. "Two students got into a fist fight, there was bleeding, police were called and both were put in handcuffs, arrested and left in police cars," the parent told Patch.

Visit Tucker Patch for additional details.