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3 days ago |
herald-review.com | Tony Reid
DECATUR — A Decatur man is facing a cruelty charge after prosecutors accuse him of killing a woman’s pet cat. Delbert W. McGee, 45, was arrested May 12 and booked on a charge of aggravated cruelty to animals in the death of the pet, which appears to have been killed the same day.
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4 days ago |
herald-review.com | Tony Reid
DECATUR — A Decatur mom is accused of firing 10 shots into the air from a handgun during a dispute in a liquor store parking lot. A sworn affidavit said Decatur Police Department officers know the shooter was Shanbriel R. Dennis because the 29-year-old woman was captured on surveillance tape. Office Philip Ganley, who signed the affidavit, said the shooting dates to around 2 a.m. May 27 in the parking lot of 22nd Discount Liquor in the 1300 block of North 22nd Street.
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4 days ago |
herald-review.com | Tony Reid
DECATUR — A good Samaritan who went to the aid of a dumpster-diving man being menaced by two suspects was stabbed in the arm with a pocket knife, police report. The dumpster-diver said he had been searching for valuables in the 1100 block of North Main Street just before 5 p.m. Thursday when he was approached by two men who began yelling at him and acting aggressively. Sgt.
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4 days ago |
herald-review.com | Tony Reid
DECATUR — The consequences of a 15-year-old Decatur gunman’s violent preemptive strike — which resulted in the shooting deaths of a mom and her unborn child — caught up with him in court more than two years later: Mattarion A. Anderson, now aged 18, was sentenced to 40 years in prison. He was given one 20-year term for the March 8, 2023 first-degree murder of 20-year-old Janiah B. Thomas, whose six-month-old baby died with her.
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4 days ago |
herald-review.com | Tony Reid
DECATUR — Regardless of passing traffic, police report a homeless Decatur man turned towards a busy street and started urinating — but one of the vehicles cruising past happened to be a patrol car. Sgt. Brandon Rolfs with the Decatur Police Department said the incident happened just after 9:30 a.m. Friday in the 100 block of Cerro Gordo Street. “This 38-year-old man wasn’t making any attempt to hide what he was doing,” Rolfs said.
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