A man and woman are arrested after a police chase in Hall County: Gainesville Police say 23 year-old Ronald Loggins and 26 year-old Amber Shaft were caught with heroin. Loggins, from Monroe County, faces charges that include DUI; Shaft, from White County, is looking at drug possession charges.
The body of a man from Kentucky has been pulled from Lake Lanier: Jeffrey McElfresh was 55 years old, from Louisville. He drowned at the West Bank Park on Lake Lanier.
A teenager from Habersham County was killed in a weekend crash on Georgia Highway 17: Kira Scott was 19 years old, from Clarkesville. Georgia State Troopers are investigating.
There are theft charges for a 48 year-old Forsyth County man who works as a sheriff’s deputy in Gwinnett County: Gwinnett Sheriff’s Sergeant Kenneth Everson was released from the jail in Lawrenceville after posting more than $5 thousand dollars in bond.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she will form an Anti-Violence Advisory Council, her latest proposal for fighting a spike in violent crime in Atlanta.
The GBI is investigating two more officer-involved shootings in Georgia: police shot and wounded one man in Bartow County and shot and killed another in Savannah.