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County cars on loan
Commissioners get in-county vehicles ►►PAGE 6
JCSO Maestro
Baughman in vocal concert ►►PAGE 30
Thousands come to JC Arts Festival
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October 24, 2013 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 13, No. 43
Council releases report on Mayor Bodker Details allegations of accepting gratuities, disobeying council, discussing land deal; ►►PAGE 4 Mayor says charges baseless, politically timed to discredit him before elections
Candidates get lesson on JC human trafficking Citizen group makes case for more action against illicit massage parlors By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com
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Nature Center Manager Ben Pitman is working hard to get Spooky Mill ready for Halloween. It is a major fundraiser for the Autrey Mill Nature Center and Heritage Preserve.
Spooky Mill offers Halloween fun, games Autrey Mill Nature Center all spruced up for fright nights By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Just
around Halloween, Autrey Mill Nature Center and Heritage Preserve goes through a mysterious change. A creepy atmosphere comes out of the forest mist and Spooky Mill is transformed into frightful place. The mill cabin is haunted and young visitors are welcome
to come in – if they dare. It’s all part of the Nature Center’s annual Halloween Carnival with inflatable bouncy ride, games, activities and of course Spooky Mill with its rooms full of little horrors. “I think I would give Spooky
See SPOOKY, Page 13
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – How prevalent are illicit massage parlors in Johns Creek? According to a group of concerned citizens researching the problem in the city, there are more “erotic” parlors along Medlock Bridge Road within the city limits than there are gas stations or fast food restaurants. The Oct. 20 meeting was billed as a candidate forum for the seven candidates for the three City Council seats up for election this November. But as one of the organizers of the event candidly said, its purpose was more to inform the candidates about the proliferation of illicit massage parlors than to get their position on curbing them. Larry Hanlon is one of the members of the citizens group that is looking into the problem. They organized after an April City Council meeting in which they came forward to ask for the city’s help in ridding the city of these thinly veiled prostitution shops operating in the open on the city’s main thoroughfares. They were told city police were indeed aware of the problem, but prosecution of
City Council candidates weigh in on city manager ►►PAGE 10 such cases is difficult and time-consuming, and often end up with the accused getting off with a fine in Fulton Superior Court. So Hanlon and his friends began to research what could be done. “We didn’t have any money. We didn’t have any experience. And we didn’t have a plan. But we did have a business background. So we first set out to educate ourselves about this problem,” he said. They found out law enforcement has identified 71 illicit massage parlors operating north of the Chattahoochee River in Roswell, Alpharetta, Cumming, Norcross and nine operating in Johns Creek alone. “We found that the real victims are the women who are forced to work in these operations. Many of them are underage, don’t speak English and are virtual slaves
See MASSAGE, Page 9
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