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β’ Athens home at center of 2 back-to-back incidents with 2 arrested (wrcbtv.com) β Athens police responded to two serious incidents at the same Lynn Avenue home over the weekend, making separate arrests in a domestic disturbance and a later shots-fired call that damaged an outbuilding but injured no one. With more charges pending, authorities are asking anyone who saw or heard anything to contact Lt. Blake Witt as they continue investigating what happened at this Athens address.
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