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Georgia Man Pleads Not Guilty in 1976 Missouri Slaying

Submitted by 41 News on Wed, 2010-03-10 09:29

A 65-year-old Georgia man has pleaded not guilty to killing a former University of Missouri student who disappeared in 1976.

Johnny Wright pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder Monday afternoon at a brief arraignment hearing in Boone County Circuit Court. Wright had been indicted Friday.

The Lawrenceville, Ga., man was arrested in late September, more than two decades after he was charged in the death of 23-year-old waitress Rebecca Doisy. The woman disappeared in August 1976, and her body has never been found.

Wright declined to comment Monday as he left court.

Hammer Attacker Extradited

Submitted by 41 News on Wed, 2010-03-10 08:16

Maryland state police say a man accused of bludgeoning his doctor wife with a hammer has been extradited from Georgia.

Thirty-three-year-old Anthony Soligny of New Windsor, Md., was arrested last week after a deputy spotted his truck on Interstate
85 in Franklin County, Ga., northeast of Atlanta. Police say he is now being held at the detention center in Carroll County, Md.

August Trial Set in 1985 Killing

Submitted by 41 News on Wed, 2010-03-10 08:12

A Louisiana judge has set an Aug. 9 trial date for a Walker native accused of raping and fatally beating 19-year-old Tina Marie Kristynik in her Baton Rouge home in 1985.

Vernon Kennedy, who already is serving a life sentence in Georgia for a 1995 murder, faces a mandatory life prison term if
convicted of second-degree murder in Kristynik's slaying.

If found guilty in Baton Rouge, prosecutors have said the 54-year-old Kennedy will return to Georgia to carry out his life sentence there and will not return to Louisiana unless he is paroled in Georgia.

GA Woman Sentenced in FEMA Fraud Case

Submitted by 41 News on Wed, 2010-03-10 07:15

A 27-year-old Georgia woman was sentenced to a year in prison on charges of scheming to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Markisha Burks of McDonough was sentenced Tuesday on charges of making a false statement to a governmental agency, mail fraud and wire fraud. She also must pay more than $11,000 in restitution to FEMA and the American Red Cross.

Burks was convicted by a federal jury in December on all 12 counts of fraud after a two-day trial.

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Metal Detectors Added to Dublin High School

Submitted by Shelby Coates on Tue, 2010-03-09 17:41

School leaders say they're taking extra security measures at Dublin High School, starting with metal detectors at the doors. The security change comes one day after a gun went off in a classroom, placing the school on lock down. Tuesday, all 750 students were scanned with metal detector wands before entering the school. Bags and purses were also checked at the door.

Ohio State U. Shooting Leaves 1 Dead

Submitted by 41 News on Tue, 2010-03-09 07:53

Ohio State University says an overnight shooting at a campus maintenance building left one of its employees dead and two others wounded.

The shooting was first reported at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. University police say a suspect was taken into custody after heavily armed
officers searched the area, which is near the school's massive football stadium.

University Police Chief Paul Denton says one of the wounded employees is in critical condition and the other is in stable condition.

No names have been released. Denton says police are trying to determine the motive.

Man Fatally Shot by Police

Submitted by 41 News on Mon, 2010-03-08 08:17

DeKalb County authorities are investigating the fatal shooting by county police of a man officers say broke into his own home after a dispute with his wife.

County police spokeswoman Mekka Parish says the unidentified couple had a dispute while they were out of town, and the man flew home. Parish says his wife instructed the babysitter not to let him in, but he entered the house on Sunday by using a brick to break a glass door.

Atlanta Woman Found Stabbed

Submitted by 41 News on Fri, 2010-03-05 08:55

Atlanta police say four children coming home from school found their 35-year-old mother's body on the bathroom floor.

Maj. Keith Meadows of the Atlanta Police Department says Yolanda Johnson had been stabbed four or five times. Her body was found Thursday afternoon in her apartment near Georgia Tech.

Johnson's mother, Barbara Moon, said her daughter worked as an assistant manager at a Dollar Tree store.

Meadows says there was no sign of forced entry, but there were signs of a struggle in the kitchen and bathroom.

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FBI Hopes DNA Can Help Solve Heist

Submitted by 41 News on Thu, 2010-03-04 08:43

The FBI is hoping advances in DNA technology can help solve a 20-year-old Boston art heist.

A spokeswoman for the FBI's Boston office tells The Boston Globe the lead agent in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum case is resubmitting evidence taken from the scene for DNA analysis.

Agent Geoffrey Kelly said he could not disclose what evidence would be reviewed, but experts familiar with the case said it would
probably include duct tape used to bind two museum security guards.

Animal Cruelty Sentencing

Submitted by 41 News on Thu, 2010-03-04 08:17

Two men from Woodstock, Ga., who were convicted of abusing their horses during an extended pack trip in western Montana have been sentenced to six months in jail.

A District Court jury last week convicted 72-year-old Craig Heydon and his 38-year-old son, Curtis Heydon. The elder Heydon was found guilty of nine counts of animal cruelty to three different horses. His son was convicted of 10 counts - the additional charge coming for abandoning a dying horse tied up without water on a trail.

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