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February 20, 2014 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 32, No. 8
Two sought in Costco thefts Could be related to multiple crimes By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com
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Renewing Founding Fathers’ values Vesta Smith, one of the founders of the American Heritage Society of Georgia, displays some of the artifacts that will be used in the discussions of Old Milton.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Two men are “persons of interest” after a series of smash and grab robberies at metro-area Costco stores. Alpharetta Police released photos and video footage of two men sought in the Jan. 2 robbery of the Windward Parkway Costco in Alpharetta. Two men in the photos are seen entering the store at 11 a.m. and looking at the jewelry cases. They then leave. At 7:40 p.m., two men police suspect are the same from earlier enter the store and, using a hammer, smash the display cases and place jewels into a bag before fleeing on foot. They fled with several thousand dollars’ worth of jewelry. “In less than 10 seconds,
Alpharetta Police are looking for these two men in relation to a series of smash and grab robberies at Costco stores. These men were in the Windward Costco at 7:40 p.m. Jan. 2. the crime was over,” said George Gordon, spokesman for Alpharetta Department of Public Safety.
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North Fulton’s snow daze Second week with heavy snows By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – For the second time in as many weeks, snow fell in Georgia, coating the streets and closing schools and businesses. In North Fulton, accumulation was little more than a few inches.
Further north as much as 10 inches fell, bringing everything to a halt. Unlike Jan. 28, when businesses and governments were caught off guard by the snowfall and, worse, everyone trying to get home at the same time, creating metro-wide traffic jams that lasted more than 12 hours in some places, the Valentine’s week snow was greeted with caution from everyone – from governments to
schools and businesses. Kids being kids, plenty of snowmen were made and sledding was done. The difference between this snowstorm and that of two weeks ago was “night and day,” said Jason Wright, communications director of Milton. “The thing that helped was everyone had lots of time to prepare; they were able to stay
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