Caroline Silva
Breaking News Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
From São Paulo, living in Atlanta | @AJC Breaking News Reporter | Member of @ONA, @NAHJ | @EmoryUniversity ‘22, @LaneyGradSchool '23 |[email protected]
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1 week ago |
ajc.com | Caroline Silva
Strong storms swept through North Georgia and metro Atlanta on Friday and early Saturday, leading to a child’s death after a tree fell on her Atlanta home and a partial roof collapse at a Forsyth County business. Severe thunderstorm warnings began around 1 p.m. Friday and intensified by 5:30 p.m. The threat of severe weather ended around 11:30 p.m., though scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms continued to move through the area overnight, according to the National Weather Service.
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1 week ago |
ajc.com | Caroline Silva
A Spalding County deputy was arrested for driving under the influence after he showed up for work Wednesday evening, officials said. Deputy Andrew Degler, who had been with the sheriff’s office for nearly 12 years, reported for duty at 7 p.m. and “appeared to be under the influence of alcohol,” a press release stated. A preliminary breath test came back positive, authorities said. Degler was fired and arrested on a charge of DUI.
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2 weeks ago |
ajc.com | Caroline Silva
Two people were shot at a DeKalb County business Saturday morning. The incident happened inside a business in the 4800 block of Rockbridge Road. Police crowded the parking lot of an Ingles at the corner of Rockbridge and Hairston roads, and police tape blocked an entrance to the grocery store, according to Channel 2 Action News. Officials said multiple people who knew each other got into a dispute inside the business, and the situation escalated to gunfire.
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2 weeks ago |
ajc.com | Caroline Silva
A quick stop at a DeKalb County gas station ended in tragedy when a man was gunned down. More than two years later, two men were found guilty of murder. Quavion Hale, 20, and Stantavis Reese, 18, were convicted Wednesday of malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. They are scheduled to be sentenced in May in the death of Akhir Muhammad, 18, the DeKalb District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. On Jan.
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2 weeks ago |
ajc.com | Caroline Silva
BREAKINGA deputy was shot in downtown Atlanta, prompting a large police presence Thursday evening, officials said. Atlanta police spokesperson Lamar Jacobs confirmed that the incident occurred near 157 Forsyth Street and that the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is involved. Atlanta police are assisting at the scene, Jacobs saidA spokesperson for the Fulton sheriff’s office confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that one of its deputies was shot. Their condition was not released.
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