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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017

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‘Bad Moms’ filming in Newnan

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Lindsey Deeanne Wells

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After arriving at the residence on 90 Corn Crib Drive, Lindsey Deeanne Wells allegedly shot inside the home before setting in on fire, mistaking it for the home of her cousin.

Filming equipment is set up at the entrance of Sky Zone in Newnan for the filming of “Bad Moms 2.”

Woman blames witchcraft for shooting, arson

By CLAY NEELY clay@newnan.com

A Coweta family escaped unharmed after a stranger from Decatur allegedly showed up at their back door and fired shots into the home before attempting to set it on fire. On the evening of Wednesday, June 7, Lindsey Deeanne Wells arrived at the residence of 90 Corn Crib Drive, mistaking it for the home of her cousin, investigators say. Inside the house, two children were home alone watching television, according to their mother, Jenny King. “They were both sitting on the couch when suddenly they saw this strange woman pacing back and forth on the back porch,” King said. “When the woman peered

through the window, the kids ran behind a wall. That’s when she began to shoot.” After allegedly firing two rounds from a .380 handgun into the residence, Wells then attempted to use lighter fluid to set the home on fire, according to Chief Deputy James Yarbrough with the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office. The fire caused damage to the side of the home, but the flames ultimately fizzled out, according to investigators. King had attempted to call her children that evening, but received no response. As she was trying to get home, she received a call from a 911 operator, alerting her that a shooting had taken place at her residence. “(The operator) asked how far away from home I

was,” King recalled. “That was a long 15-minute ride home.” Wells reportedly fled the scene in her car and ended up at the Waffle House on 1363 South Highway 29 where employees noticed a woman acting strangely and called 911. Deputies arrived and were able to take Wells into custody without incident. Inside her car, investigators allegedly uncovered several bottles of lighter fluid and matches. Wells admitted to shooting at the house and setting it on fire, according to Yarbrough. When asked why, Wells allegedly told deputies she had been reading tarot cards, practicing witchcraft and went to the home to kill her cousin. However, Wells got the street names

By MADELINE SCHINDLER madeline@newnan.com

mixed up and arrived at the wrong address in the Corn Crib neighborhood. The bullets allegedly hit the sofa where the two King children had been sitting before they ran behind the wall and called 911. “I’m just glad they got off that sofa,” King said. “The Lord was certainly watching over us.” Wells was taken to Piedmont Newnan Hospital before being cleared to be transported to the Coweta County Jail. Wells, 36, is now facing two charges of aggravated assault with a firearm and arson. She remains in jail after being denied bail by Magistrate Judge Robert Stokely following a June 8 hearing. **** Clay Neely: clay@ newnan.com, @clayneely

“A Bad Mom’s Christmas” (aka Bad Moms 2) is currently filming at Sky Zone in Newnan. Three days of f ilming will be held at the local trampoline park, according to Sky Zone’s Facebook page. Filming started Wednesday, and continues today and Friday. Other scenes have been f i l med a l l over Atlanta. T he sequel to l a st year’s surprise comedy hit “Bad Moms” follows the mothers from the first film as they spend Christmas with their own mothers. The movie is set for release later this year and stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn. Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski (“The Good Wife,” “The Big Bang Theory”) and Cher yl Hi nes (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”) play the moms of the “Bad Mom s .” Ju st i n H a r tley, Peter Gallagher and Wanda Sykes are also listed as cast members on the Internet Movie

Database. “This is a brand that has enormous goodwill all over the world, so expanding and extending the Bad Moms franc h i s e i n a n a ut h e n tic and irreverent way has been a priority for our team,” STX Motion Group Chairman Adam Fogelson told Variety last year. “Mila, Kristen and Kathryn are excited to re-team, and we will move forward with ‘A Bad Moms Christmas’ on a similar timetable and in much the same way in which we produced the original.” “A Bad Mom’s Christmas” is t he second major motion picture – with major stars – to film in Coweta in recent weeks. “The War with Grandpa,” starring Rober t DeNi ro, Ch r isto pher Walken, Jane Seymour and Cheech Marin f i lmed at t he former New n a n Hospita l on Hospital Road in early May. “The Walking Dead” has been based in Coweta since 2011 and is currently filming season eight.

Cause released in firefighter death

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Michael Scott Norton

BY SARAH FAY CAMPBELL sarah@newnan.com A cause of death has been relea sed for t he C owe t a C o u n t y f i r e fighter who passed away hours after battling a fire in March. M ic h ael S cot t Norton, 38, died of heart disease related to high blood pressure, according to an

autopsy report prepared by Colin Hebert, associate med ica l exa m i ner with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Division of Forensic Sciences. Norton, a 17-year veteran of the department, had responded to a structure fire at a house in East Newnan the morning of March 1.

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approx i mately 6: 30 that morning, and Norton completed his shift shortly thereafter. Just before midnight that night, Norton’s wife found him unresponsive in their Troup County home. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. A f iref ighter’s death

t hat occurs wit hin 2 4 hours of battling a fire is considered a “line of duty” death. Norton’s was the first line of duty death in the history of the Coweta County Fire Department. For Norton’s funeral, fire crews from around the state came to Coweta

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