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Forsyth County Man arrested and Charged in Computer Pornography Case
A 31-year-old Forsyth County man was arrested last night and charged with numerous sex-related crimes after posing as a female teenager on a social media page to elicit sexual images from middle-school age boys...
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Forsyth County Juvenile Located
A 15-year-old Forsyth County juvenile reported as an endangered runaway on Wednesday has been located. John “Calvin” Felso returned home on his own just before noon today. He is safe and reunited with his family...
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Man Arrested After Stabbing Incident
A 27-year-old Forsyth County man is being held in the Forsyth County Detention Center charged with aggravated assault after an early evening stabbing...
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Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Searching for Endangered Runaway Juvenile
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate John “Calvin” Felso, a 15-year-old that was last seen around 10 p.m. last night in the Oakmont Subdivision off of Atlanta Highway in Forsyth County. Felso is described as 5’8” tall, 180 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He may be wearing faded blue
denim low-cut Converse tennis shoes...
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Prescriptionon Drug Theft Suspect Arrested
Early in the morning on Saturday March 31st, a man later identified as Christopher Moran entered and burglarized Goodson's Drugs in downtown Cumming. Moran damaged and compromised an exterior door, and stole a large amount of controlled prescription medications...
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Cumming Police Apprehend Puff n’ Stuff Robbers
During the late hours of March 27th, information provided by anonymous tipsters lead to the apprehension of both of the males involved in the armed robbery of the Puff n’ Stuff Smoke Shop earlier this month...
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Arrest Made in Murder of Forsyth County Man
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the death of a 41-year-old Forsyth County man. Larry Martin, 77, of Aldridge Court, Cumming, Ga. has been arrested and charged with one count of murder in the death of Ronald E. Priester. Mr. Priester was found dead last night around 8 p.m. by his wife at their home on Aldridge Court in the Astoria subdivision in north Forsyth County. He had been shot...
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Man Arrested in Theft of $12k in Plants, Equipment From Forsyth County Nursery
A Forsyth County man has been arrested and charged with one count of burglary after stealing plants, potting soil and equipment from a local nursery. According to Sheriff Ted Paxton, Herbert Martin Lynn, 44, of Melodie Lane, Cumming, Ga. was arrested by investigators on Tuesday, March 6. Investigators had obtained a search warrant for Lynn’s home after witnesses had provided information that pointed to Lynn as a suspect...
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Cumming Police Department Seeking Assistance from the Public to Identify Robbery Suspects
Police are seeking assistance from the public in identifying either or both of the individuals depicted in this video which was taken from the in-store video system from Puff n Stuff, located at 410 Atlanta Rd...
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Armed Robbery at Puff’n’Stuff
On Wednesday evening, 2-29-12, a white male walked into Puff’n’Stuff on Atlanta Road in Cumming and put a gun to another customers head, and then demanded money from the store clerk...
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Student Taken Into Custody After Making Threats
A North Forsyth High School student was arrested by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office today after he made terroristic threats on Facebook against other students. According to Sheriff Ted Paxton, Justin T. Shafter, 17, of Bennett Road, has been charged with one count of terroristic threats. He is currently being held in the Forsyth County Detention Center...
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Man Dies in Single-Vehicle Crash in South Forsyth County
A 56-year-old Forsyth County man died in a single-vehicle crash just before midnight last night in South Forsyth County. According to Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Ron Tomblin of the Traffic Specialist Unit, Raymond Holbrook of Bentley Road, Cumming, Ga. was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash occurred at the intersection of Peachtree Parkway and Laurel Springs Parkway at approximately 11:39 p.m...
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Pedestrian Struck While Crossing GA. HWY. 400 in Forsyth County
A 49-year-old Forsyth County woman was killed on Thursday evening as she was walking across Ga. Hwy. 400 near Settingdown Circle in north Forsyth County. According to Cpl. David Garrison of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Specialist Unit, Juanita Cole, 49, of Smith Drive in Cumming, stepped into the path of a 2012 Ford F-150 pickup truck traveling southbound around 7 p.m. on Thursday...
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Cat Burglar Arrested for Entering Homes, Autos
A 22-year-old man with gang-related ties is in custody in the Forsyth County Detention Center after being charged with three counts of burglary and five counts of entering an auto in two different subdivisions in Forsyth County...
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Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Searching for Two More Suspects in Milano Jewelry Heist
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating two more persons believed to have been involved in the September 2011 burglary of Milano Fine Jewelry on Buford Highway in Cumming...
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Wanted: Information Leading to the Reunion of a Family Separated 32 Years Ago!
CummingHome.com is extending its resources to help find ANDRE MIGUEL COLON, a 32 year old native of Las Vegas, Nevada believed to have lived in the Cumming area in recent years. Colon was separated from his mother’s family after her murder in March of 1979...
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27-Year-Old Cumming Man Dies in Crash
A 27-year-old Cumming, Ga. man was killed at 5:06 Saturday morning, December 3rd, when his vehicle left the roadway and hit a tree in northern Forsyth County...
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Update on the Missing Forsyth County Woman
Felicia Williamson Lane, who left home on November 26, was located late yesterday evening camping in Vogel State Park. She has returned to Forsyth County and has been re-united with her family...
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Forsyth County Officials Searching for Missing Woman
Felicia Williamson Lane, 40, of 1905 Kemp Drive, was last seen at approximately 6 p.m. on Nov. 26 at her home by her husband and her 19-year-old daughter. Investigators believe she left the home driving a burgundy in color, 1998 Jeep Wrangler with a black hard top. The Jeep has oversized tires and chrome rims. There is also a Gaston flag on the spare tire. The license plate number is BRE5957...
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Details Emerging Surrounding the Tragic Death of a 15-Year-Old Male in North Forsyth County
According to the Forsyth County sheriff’s Department’s incident report, drugs and alcohol were involved in the teen’s death. Around 5:30 pm Sunday night, the victim and one other teenage male were drinking Bourbon, smoking pot and huffing dust cleaner while taking klonopin (clonazepam) tablets, a drug used for the treatment of epileptic seizures and for the treatment of panic disorders. One witness at the home told police that they thought the teen had gone home...
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Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Investigating the Death of a 15-year-old Male
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 15-year-old male that was found unresponsive in the yard of a Forsyth County home this morning.  According to Major Dan Jagoe of the Criminal Investigations Division, the Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call at a residence on Walnut Cove Court in north Forsyth County, stating the young man was laying in the back yard and was unresponsive...
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Woman Dies After Being Struck by Vehicle
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Specialist Ron Tomblin stated that Suzanne Davies was walking in the roadway on McGinnis Ferry Road, between Sargent Road and Hospital Parkway, in South Forsyth County. According to Inv. Tomblin, Ms. Davies was walking west on McGinnis Ferry Road around 7:30 p.m. when a 2008 Jeep Wrangler, driven by William Bitterman, 38 , of Carrollton entered the turn lane and struck Ms. Davies from behind...
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51-Year-Old Dies When A Tree Falls On His Vehicle
According to Investigator Ron Tomblin of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Specialist Unit, Mr. Kevin Neenan (51) of 730 Riverhaven Drive, Suwannee, was driving a 2008 GMC Yukon traveling north on Brookwood Road approximately 500 feet from the intersection of McGinnis Ferry Road, when a large pine tree fell onto the roof of the of his vehicle. Neenan was severely entrapped in the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene...
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Forsyth County SPLOST VII Passes by 3.8%
Forsyth County Special Election - Unofficial and Incomplete Results: Registered Voters 96,370 - Cards Cast 13,177 13.67%...
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SWAT Standoff Ends in Arrest
Matthew Scott Whelchel was  arrested and incarcerated at the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office on Aug. 2011 after the SWAT standoff and hostage situation. Whelchel has been taken into custody at this time and is now being transported to the Forsyth County Detention Center....
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52-Year-Old Dies in Crash
A 52-year-old Dawsonville, Ga. man was killed on Thursday morning, November 3, 2011, when his vehicle was struck in south Forsyth County...Mr. Carey James Abee (52) of 42 Vickie Drive, Dawsonville, was riding a 2011 Taizhou Meiduo Scooter...
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Two Arrested in Armed Robbery of Forsyth County Home
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office has two people in custody after they broke into a Forsyth County home on Halloween morning, beat up the homeowner, and left with a large amount of cash...
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Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Searching for Robbery Suspect
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man who robbed a woman at gunpoint in south Forsyth County on Wednesday...The woman told deputies that the man pointed the gun at her waist and ordered her to give him her purse...
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Man Arrested for Dealing Drugs Out of Mobile Home Park
A 51-year-old Forsyth County man was arrested on Wednesday for selling drugs out of his residence at Glenwood Mobile Home Park here in Forsyth County. According to Lt. Col. Gene Moss, Francisco Tinoco-Ramirez of 1536 Glenwood Place was arrested and charged with sale of marijuana, sale of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute...
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Sixth Person Arrested in Connection With Jewelry Store Burglary
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a sixth person in connection with the September burglary of Milano Fine Jewelry in Cumming. Christopher Lamar Funderburk , 32, of Thompson Road, Fairburn, Ga. was arrested by Forsyth County investigators and the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Unit on Wed., Oct. 12 at his residence in Fairburn. Funderburk has been charged with burglary and theft by taking...
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