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Mich. shooting suspect arrested in Ga.

Mich. shooting suspect arrested in Ga.

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- The second of three young men wanted in connection with a shooting that wounded five people at a southeast Michigan roller skating rink in December has been arrested in Georgia.

Waterford Township Police said in a statement that 21-year-old Tre-Andis Jamison of Pontiac is being held in Gwinnett County after being taken into custody there Monday by the FBI. He was named earlier this year in a warrant on assault with intent to murder, conspiracy and firearm possession charges.

Police said the Dec. 23 shooting at the Rolladium Skating Center in Waterford Township involved two rival Pontiac gangs. About 290 people were inside the rink, about 25 miles northwest of Detroit.

A 17-year-old was arrested in January in the case. Investigators are still searching for 18-year-old Robert Lee German.

2 charged in Zaxby's robbery

2 charged in Zaxby's robbery

SNELLVILLE, Ga. -- Snellville Police have issued warrants for two men suspected of robbing a fast food restaurant last year.

The incident happened in the early morning hours of Oct. 15 at the Zaxby's on West Main Street.

Police said a gunman wearing a Halloween mask forced four restaurant employees into the back of the store, where he locked three of them in a cooler and made the fourth open the safe and give him cash.

A getaway driver parked near the Zaxby's helped the gunman escape.

Tuesday afternoon, police announced they had enough evidence to charge two people with the robbery.

The suspected gunman, Kyle Ishmael Dixon, has been charged with five counts of armed robbery and four counts of false imprisonment. The man believed to be his getaway driver, Brian Lee Jackson, faces one count of armed robbery.

Body found, victim's grandson arrested

Body found, victim's grandson arrested

NORCROSS, Ga. -- Gwinnett County Police have arrested the teenage grandson of a man whose body was found last Friday.

Officers found the body of 59-year-old William Andre Stridion while performing a welfare check on him. Stridion's body was found in his unit at the Valencia Park apartment complex on Peachtree Corners Circle in unincorporated Norcross.

Over the course of the investigation, police determined Stridion had been stabbed to death.

Evidence at the scene gave investigators probable cause to suspect Stridion's grandson, 19-year-old Arion Henderson, was involved in his death.

Henderson was arrested in his hometown of Lawrenceville and charged with murder, aggravated assault, theft and concealing a death. He is being held without bond in the Gwinnett County Jail.

Suspect passing bad checks at various Walmarts

Suspect passing bad checks at various Walmarts

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. -- Investigators with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office are looking for a man suspected of cashing counterfeit checks at several Walmart stores throughout metro Atlanta.

The unidentified man has struck stores in Acworth, Alpharetta, Cartersville, Cumming, Kennesaw, Lawrenceville and Woodstock so far, according to Cherokee Sheriff's spokesman Howard Baker. So far, he has cashed 10 checks for a total of about $7,000.

The account numbers on the fake checks have been traced back to a bank account at the Tuscaloosa County Jail in Alabama. Cherokee Sheriff's investigators are working with the Tuscaloosa Sheriff's Office on this investigation.

Anyone with information in these cases is asked to call the Tuscaloosa Sheriff's Office at 205-464-8646.

Trash can arsonist has struck 20 times since Aug.

Trash can arsonist has struck 20 times since Aug.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Gwinnett County Fire investigators are working to determine who has set fire to about 20 trash bins in the eastern part of the county.

Someone is "sporadically setting fire" to trash cans that have been placed on the curb for weekly pickup in the area of Highway 316 in Dacula and Lawrenceville, according to Gwinnett County Fire spokesman Eric Eberly.

The first fire was reported in August; the most recent occurred Dec. 22 near New Hope Road, Gracebook Drive and Luke Edwards Road in Lawrenceville.

"We need the public's help to apprehend the person or persons who are perpetuating these fires before they move on to more expensive targets or they get someone injured," Eberly said.

He added that all of the fires happened early in the morning while it was still dark outside, and were most likely started by the same person or group of people.

County installs informational kiosks in Justice Center

County installs informational kiosks in Justice Center

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Gwinnett County is working hard to ensure that crime victims and witnesses can find information about their cases with ease.

Earlier this week, the District Attorney's office unveiled a series of informational kiosks throughout the county Justice and Administration Center. The computer-based system available at the kiosks provides a wide range of judicial information that can be navigated through a series of inquiries.

The county hopes to expand the kiosk program to police precincts and the sheriff's department in the near future.