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Milton parents charged with murder in death of infant Infant’s death ruled homicide by medical examiner MILTON, Ga. – Milton police have charged two parents in the death of their one-yearold daughter. Shaun Jermaine Jewell, 35, and Altair Murphy-Hubbard, 30, both of Milton, were arrested by Milton detectives April 1 after an investigation into the death of their daughter last year. On Oct. 22, 2013, Milton police and fire personnel responded to Jewell and Murphy-Hubbard’s Twinrose
Residents of Silhouette Court and Sonata Lane, in Milton, gathered together March 12 to remember Chris Walker, a teen killed last year in his driveway. Since his death, the neighborhood has grown closer than they could have imagined.
Tragedy unites neighborhood Neighbors remember Chris Walker By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com MILTON, Ga. – It took a tragedy, but one Milton neighborhood has come together in ways just a year ago would have seemed unlikely. Just over one year ago – March 12 – 19-year-old Alpharetta High School graduate Christopher Walker was shot and killed in his driveway. It was a momentous event for the residents of Sonata Lane. “I recognized his face, but I didn’t know him,” neighbor
Katie Morris. “I didn’t know [his family] at all.” Another neighbor, Tammi Kimsey, had a similar story. “I had lived in my house for 18 years, and upon Chris’ murder, I was saddened by the fact that I didn’t know who my neighbors were. I knew a couple of them, but did not know the majority of them,” said Kimsey. Her house is at the top of the cul de sac where Chris was murdered. From her driveway, you can see almost the entire street. Every vehicle that enters it has to drive by her home. It is here that the residents decided to meet their neighbors.
Every Friday, the residents of the neighborhood – between 25 and 30 other them – gather on Kimsey’s driveway in folding chairs and sit in a semi-circle, looking out over the street. They were small, informal parties at first, as neighbors were uncertain of each other. Neighbors were asked to bring their own chairs and drinks and come whenever they wished. And they would sit and talk with each other. “On any given Friday, and sometimes Saturday nights too, you can find a large group of us sitting in my driveway laughing, crying and just enjoying both our neighborhood
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Way home after the parents reported their daughter was having trouble breathing. The young girl died later that day. An autopsy by the Fulton County Medical Examiners’ Office later ruled the cause of
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Alpharetta mulls closing equestrian center Last regional riding facility By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The Wills Park Equestrian Center is a large, 300-stable facility that routinely hosts events throughout the year. However Alpharetta is considering tearing it down. The question of what to do with the facility has long been on the city’s mind. Alpharetta Recreation and Parks Director Mike Perry said it was originally built by Fulton County, on county land, decades ago. When Alpharetta annexed it, the facility became the city’s problem. “In the 1970s, when it was
In the 1970s, when it was built by Fulton County, it was paid for by the whole county...It is no longer funded regionally.” MIKE PERRY Alpharetta Recreation and Parks Director
built by Fulton County, it was paid for by the whole county,”
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