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Meth in mail from Mexico: suspect arrested in Hart Co

A man named Arturo Gonzalez is behind bars in Hartwell, arrested with what the Hart County Sheriff's Office says was methamphetamine—47 pounds of meth in a package that was mailed from Mexico. Gonzalez was arrested in Bowersville. 

Police in Gainesville arrest a Barrow County man on shooting charges that date back to last year: 23 year-old Jose Maldonado was arrested in Winder and booked into the Hall County jail. He's the second suspect charged in a series of drive by shootings that happened in July of last year. One person was shot and wounded. Anthony Thomas was arrested earlier.

Charges that included battery have been dismissed, but even with that development Tangee Puckett has lost her job as City Clerk in Oakwood. The charges—stemming from an arrest last month—were dropped in a hearing before a Hall County magistrate. 

Two dozen suspects are arrested on child sex charges in Forsyth County: the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office says the arrests cap an undercover operation that lasted for several months. Two of the 24 suspects are from Tennessee; the others are from northeast Georgia and metro Atlanta.

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