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February 5, 2014 | forsythherald.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 17, No. 6
Shots fired »
Drug deal goes bad CUMMING, Ga. — A man said someone shot at him, but he wasn’t exactly honest about why it happened, according to a Forsyth County Sheriff’s report. At about 10 p.m. Jan. 21, deputies were dispatched to a home in the 4000 block of Longmont Drive because homeowners in the Starcreek Forest subdivision heard shots fired. The victim told deputies he was driving home from a friend’s house inside the subdivision when he saw a truck driving at him in the same lane. They pulled beside each
other and exchanged a few words before the driver fired a shot at him. The victim said the driver followed him as he drove to his home. He said another shot was fired as he reached the home, and then the driver took off. The victim’s father was in the home and told deputies he heard the shot fired. Deputies said they found two pieces of a bullet with a copper casing inside the victim’s tire. While deputies removed
See DRUGS, Page 3
DAVID BROWN/STAFF
Snowy conditions cause gridlock traffic and cars going off the road on Hopewell Rd. in Milton going twoards Forsyth County.
Snow causes nearly 1,000 calls to 911 By ALDO NAHED aldo@forsythherald.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – Emergency management in Forsyth County was in full effect during last week’s winter storm. Things got bad around noon Tuesday, Jan. 28 and lasted until about 3 p.m. Jan. 29. During that time, the Forsyth County Fire Depart-
ment responded to a total of 52 incidents, of which 15 were medical emergencies, 22 were motor vehicle accidents, four were investigating smoke calls, one was a vehicle fire and the others were miscellaneous calls, including a water leak inside a structure. During about the same time frame, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office attended
to196 accident calls, 155 road obstructions and 94 calls to assist motorists. About 1:45 p.m., the Forsyth County Emergency Management Operations Center off Settingdown Road was brought up to Level 2 status. From noon until midnight on Tuesday, Jan. 28, the
See SNOW, Page 6
Aldo Nahed/Staff
Inventing the future
Ayunsh Panda, 11, a fifth-grader at Whitlow Elementary School made a robotic electric guitar out of NXT’Lego Set. See full story, Page 11