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Saturday, May 11, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Norcross Man Wanted for Rape, Sodomy Arrested in Duluth Apartment
Joseph Tyler Sivonda, a suspected serial rapist, was taken into custody Thursday after a week of police searching for him.
After a week of searching for him, Gwinnett County Police have apprehended a suspected serial rapist from the Norcross area. Joseph Tyler Sivonda, 23, was taken into custody Thursday morning (May 9), according to a news release from police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith. "A team of Gwinnett County Police Department detectives, U.S. marshals, and deputies from the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit located Sivonda at an apartment in Duluth," continued Smith. Smith identified the apartment complex as Promenade off Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in the City of Duluth. Sivonda was staying with Tiffany Martin, 30, who also was arrested and charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon. Sivonda is currently in custody at the Gwinnett…
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Three Arrested in Gambling Raid at Duluth Bar
Gwinnett Police conduct raid, seize funds at Sweetwater Bar & Grill.
A Suwanee man was among three people arrested earlier this month in a gambling raid on a Gwinnett business, according to police. On May 3, Gwinnett Police executed a search warrant for commercial gambling at the Sweetwater Bar and Grill on Old Norcross Road in Duluth, according to police records. Fred Benjamin Ferguson of a McGinnis Ferry Road address in Suwanee, a manager, was arrested on charges of commercial gambling, keeping a gambling place, and possession of gambling devices, police said. Also arrested were Katherine Stephens of Marietta, a bartender, on a commercial gambling charge; and bar owner Elie W. Germanos of Dacula on charges of commercial gambling, keeping a gambling place, and possession of gambling devices. Undercover …
Emergency Managers Seek Input on Hazard Mitigation
Gwinnett County Office of Emergency Management conducting public hearing May 20.
The Gwinnett County Office of Emergency Management is seeking public input on a hazard mitigation plan. This office, a unit of the Gwinnett County Police Department, handles a variety of tasks in the county. These tasks involve planning for emergencies and disasters, responding to incidents as a coordinating agency, directing mitigation against hazards, and assisting Gwinnett County government and citizens in recovery after an incident. The Office of Emergency Management will conduct a public meeting at 3 p.m. Monday, May 20, at the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) at 800 Hi Hope Road in Lawrenceville. Attendees will receive an overview of the hazard mitigation planning process and will have the opportunity to offer recommendations. The…
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Weird Police News: Couple Texts Telephone Thief
Strange incidents that police encountered in Northeast Georgia recently.
Click on the links below for the rest of each story. > You can’t hide: A Loganville couple used the GPS tracker on their stolen mobile phone to locate the thief. That’s when the husband sent a text message: "The phone has been reported as stolen to GCPD, it has a tracking device on it and the police were tracking it." The phone was turned off a moment later. > All he wanted was meth: A man, who entered a Snellville home and refused to leave, told police all he wanted to do was to smoke some meth. Turns out he had been wanted in connection with the assault of a woman at the same Snellville residence in April. The homeowner said the man broke a garage-door window and kicked in the front door before police arrived. The meth man yelled at …
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News Nearby: More Than $2 Million in Meth Seized
About 131.2 pounds of the drugs were found at the James Road home in Lawrenceville, according to the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office.
More than $2 million in methamphetamine was seized at a home on James Road in Lawrenceville. Local law enforcement agencies converged May 1 on the home after receiving a tip that drugs were being stored there. When Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Homeland Security Investigations agents arrived, they found two containers filled with what they believed to be methamphetamine. The Gwinnett Metro Task Force also found the drug in liquid form at the home. In all, approximately 131.2 pounds of methamphetamine was seized from the home. The drugs have an estimated street value of $2,099,200. One suspected was arrested on the scene, and another arrested the next day. The investigation is still ongoing. Patch has confirmed the …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Behavior of Roommate High on Meth Bizarre
Weird Police News: Here are some strange incidents that police encountered in Northeast Georgia recently.
Click on the links below for the rest of each story. > Bad roommate: Two Lilburn-area men said their roommate had been high on meth for six days, which probably explained his behavior. They claimed the roommate stole some of their possessions, broke into their cars and shattered one of the vehicle’s windows. Gun shots they heard early one morning probably was him, too, they said. > A bad way to hail a cab: This is why you should call a taxi when you’ve had too much to drink. A Clarkston man faces numerous charges — including DUI — after he broad-sided a taxi cab in an Athens intersection. The wreck injured two passengers in the cab. > When you gotta have Waffle House: A Buford man, who faces a DUI charge, told police he woke up hungry and …
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Men Charged After Crashing Into Women's Restroom From Ceiling at Duluth Value Cinemas
The cousins, one of whom is a Suwanee resident, face peeping tom and public drunkenness charges.
A Suwanee resident and his cousin face peeping tom and public drunkenness charges after Gwinnett Police said they crashed into a theater's women's restroom from the ceiling above. "Just being stupid," one arrestee said of the April 28 incident at the Venture Value Cinemas in Duluth, according to the incident report. Eduard Alexander Kovynev of a Dalwood Drive address in Suwanee was booked into the Gwinnett Detention Center on April 29. His cousin, Eduard Petrovich Kovynev of a Rex, GA, address was arrested on similar charges. The matter was first noticed by a Gwinnett Police officer working an off-duty job at the theater. The officer heard a "noticeable and loud crash" coming from the women's restroom area about 10:30 p.m. The officer then…
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Changing Score on Driver's Exam Backfires
Weird Police News: Here are some strange incidents that police encountered in Northeast Georgia recently.
Click on the links below for the rest of each story. > Driving test cheater fails: A Sandy Springs man allegedly altered the grade on the state’s driving exam taken by another applicant in Cobb County. He reportedly changed a 10 to a 90 and wrote “pass” on the exam before handing it to a Georgia Department of Driver Services employee. His criminal charges included concealing facts on a government document, a felony. > Look what I did: The driver who slammed his BMW into the front of a Lithonia house posted photos of the accident online with the words, "Crashed my E30 like a tool." He also noted he lost control after hitting a speed bump, but was “totally not speeding.” > She was a he? The Texas woman with whom an Oconee County man had a …
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Gwinnett Sheriff's Office Installs 'Big White Box'
Citizens are encouraged to dispose of prescription (RX) and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs that are out of date or not needed any more.
The Gwinnett Sheriff’s Department has installed a “Big White Box” in the lobby of the jail to help Duluth residents and other citizens properly dispose of prescription (RX) and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs that are out of date or not needed any more. Prescription drug abuse among all age groups is currently being reported by law enforcement agencies across the state and country as a real and growing danger, according to Lt. Sean Smith, public information officer for the Gwinnett Sheriff’s Office, in a news release. In addition, unsafe disposal of Rx and OTC medications is costly to our environment and, therefore, to our health, he said. The Council on Alcohol and Drugs recently launched a Drug Drop Box Campaign by donating a Drug Drop Box …
Faye Edmundson
4:25 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
This has been added to the story now. Police identifed the apartment complex where Joseph Sivonda was arrested as the Promenade off Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in the city of Duluth. more ›