Posts Tagged ‘Gwinnett County’
Meet Donna McLeod: A mom, chemical engineer and state representative
Donna McLeod was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She moved to Georgia in 1998 and became a U.S. citizen in 2012. She is a chemical engineer with more than 20 years of experience in quality assurance management and engineering. McLeod currently serves in the Georgia House Representatives, representing Gwinnett County residents living in District 105. She…
Read MoreHow 2 Atlanta natives became successful YouTubers in 1 year
ATLANTA – Tylar Jones and Aden Liban bounced into a room at The Loft in Midtown on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. The encounter included a lot of handshakes, slang and inside jokes the two have formed over the years. The duo just finished their first rap performance together as Yung Charc and TyTheGuy in the…
Read MoreGeorgia dad murdered by his wife and his best friend for $1M policy
George Young was a hard-working father of three children. He was returning home from work when he was shot dead on his front porch. His wife and three children were due to receive a $1 million insurance payout. Now Tia Young is in the Gwinnett County Jail along with family friend, Harvey Lee, 38, who…
Read MoreGeorgia judge forced to resign after Confederate monuments post on Facebook
The fallout from a recent rally continues and has cost another person their job. This time it was a magistrate judge from the metropolitan Atlanta area of Gwinnett County, Georgia, named Jim Hinkle. Hinkle, in a post that has since been removed from Facebook, wrote: “In Charlottesville everyone is upset over Confederate statues. It looks like all…
Read MoreGeorgia cop fired for stomping handcuffed Black man in the face (video)
Master police officer Robert McDonald, a member of the Gwinnett County [Georgia] Police Department, was caught on cellphone video stomping an unarmed Black man who was handcuffed and lying in the street. Demetrius Bryan Hollins was arrested during a traffic stop at the intersection of Sugarloaf Parkway and Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road. He has been fired and…
Read MoreGeorgia parents accused of child abuse demand release from prison and $540M
In 2014, Therian and Recardo Wimbush committed a horrific act of child cruelty that sent them to prison. The married couple was accused of locking their then 13-year-old son in a basement bedroom for as long as two years. At the time of the arrest, Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Jake Smith stated in a report,…
Read MoreSpelman College alumna, Annette Davis Jackson, vies for state Senate seat
Annette Davis Jackson, an education advocate and 15-year resident of Lilburn, Georgia, has decided to vie for the honor to earn the voters’ trust in Gwinnett County and DeKalb County for the 2016 elections. Her sight is on achieving the great distinction of being a member of the “Gold Dome” in 2016. The Spelman College…
Read MoreStudents at Georgia high school stage ‘Pledge of Allegiance’ sit-in over racism
As many as 100 students gathered in the cafeteria of Gwinnett County’s Archer High School in suburban Atlanta on Thursday morning, staging what they’re calling a Pledge of Allegiance sit-in. The protest comes a day after the school’s principal sent a letter to parents about racially divisive comments made by a student on social media.…
Read MoreMetro Atlanta shocked as 4 teachers arrested for sex with students
There seems to be an epidemic in the number of teachers being accused of having sex with students. Every few weeks, a story pops up of a teacher engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a pupil and the metro Atlanta area is no different. But in the 2016 school year, one metro Atlanta county has…
Read MoreMurder plot: Sons attempt to kill parents
Killing parents has became national pastime for two unfortunate Black Georgians Zachery and Yvonne Ervin, both age 50, chose to publicly “forgive” their sons, Cameron, 22, and Christopher, 17, who drugged, beat and stabbed them in an attempt to kill them so they could “cash in on their life insurance.” On Sept. 5, the Ervin…
Read MoreMan Engages in Ménage à Trois and Dies; Wife Wins $5 Million Lawsuit
In what can only be called an amazing victory for any group of lawyers, the attorneys at Edmond and Lindsay, LLP won a $5 million wrongful death medical malpractice suit in Gwinnett State Court on behalf of a widow and her two young sons. The trial team, led by Rod Edmond, M.D., J.D. and Tricia…
Read MoreKeyshia Cole’s Mother, Frankie, Arrested for Drug Paraphernalia
Nearly three weeks after it was reported that Keyshia Cole’s biological mother, Frankie Lons, had been arrested after failing an on-the-spot drug test during a visit with her probation officer, Lons is once again in trouble with the law, having been arrested in Gwinnett County, Ga., for alleged drug paraphernalia. According to the Gwinnett County…
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