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'Loud music killing' trial may have echoes of Zimmerman

Monday, February 3rd, 2014, 9:56am

'Loud music killing' trial may have echoes of Zimmerman

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A white software developer is about to go on trial in Florida in the death of a black teenager -- in a case that raises comparisons to the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of 47-year-old Michael Dunn.

Police say Dunn fatally shot 17-year-old Jordan Davis in 2012 outside a Jacksonville convenience store after arguing over loud music that Davis and his friends were playing from their SUV.

Dunn says he fired multiple shots into the SUV after the teens threatened him and one raised a shotgun. Dunn was arrested the next day.

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Tuesday, January 21st, 2014, 8:39am

Suspect in loud music killing asks for trial delay

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Florida man will ask to delay his trial on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of a teenager following an argument over loud music.

An appeals court judge ruled last week that Michael David Dunn's trial judge must release more evidence to the public.

Dunn plans to argue Tuesday for another trial delay.

He faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted of killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis at a Jacksonville gas station in November 2012. Dunn complained about loud music from Davis' car and told police he fired into the vehicle when he thought he saw a gun.

Davis, who once attend Wheeler High School in Cobb County, died. His funeral was held in Powder Springs, and he is buried at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta.

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Saturday, January 11th, 2014, 1:11pm

KENNESAW, Ga. -- A 22-year-old Austell woman has been charged with shooting a Kennesaw State University student to death last year.

Sparkles Lashayla Lindsey is accused of killing Kimberly Kilgore near the entrance to a Kennesaw apartment complex on Oct. 11, 2013.

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Lindsey faces a number of charges in Kilgore's death, including malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and firearm possession.

Cobb County police said the crime began as a road rage incident. When Kilgore tried to pull into the Shiloh Green apartment complex on Walton Green Way, Lindsey followed her.

Lindsey reportedly pulled out a gun and shot Kilgore. The 21-year-old college student later died at the hospital.

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Friday, December 6th, 2013, 7:25am

Cobb residents convicted of forgery, ID fraud

COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- Two Cobb County residents have been found guilty of participating in an elaborate forgery ring.

Alphonsus Idiku, 35, of Kennesaw was convicted Oct. 23 and sentenced to six years in prison. He will be deported to Nigeria after completing his sentence.

On Wednesday, 31-year-old Miesha Sanyell Hunter of Austell was convicted by a Cobb County jury.

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Both defendants were charged with six counts of identity fraud and four counts of financial transaction card fraud for their part in what Cobb County Assistant District Attorney Hannah Palmquist called "a window into a larger and more sophisticated forgery scheme."

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Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013, 7:52am

POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. -- Cobb County police believe a man found dead in Powder Springs was murdered.

The victim, David Scott, was found Tuesday afternoon inside a house on Glendora Drive.

Police will not release the cause of death until the Cobb County Medical Examiner performs an autopsy, according to Cobb County Police Sgt. Dana Pierce.

No suspects have been named.

Anyone with information in Scott's death is asked to call Cobb County police at 770-499-3945.

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Monday, September 23rd, 2013, 12:32pm

AUSTELL, Ga. -- Cobb County Police are still searching for the man accused of fatally shooting another man at an Austell apartment complex last week.

The shooting happened on Monday, Sept. 16 in a unit at the Riverside Apartment Townhomes on Twin Hill Road.

When investigators arrived, they found 27-year-old Terrence Washington dead of apparent gunshot wounds, according to Cobb County Police Officer Mike Bowman.

Police have issued a warrant for their shooting suspect, 41-year-old Harold Antonio Parks, charging him with murder, aggravated assault and firearm possession.

Anyone who sees Parks is asked to call 911 or Cobb County Police at 770-499-3945.

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Friday, September 20th, 2013, 4:31pm

4 indicted for killing man outside gas station

MABLETON, Ga. -- Four Cobb County residents have been indicted by a grand jury for killing a man outside a Mableton gas station.

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Johnathan Anthony, Kemonta Bonds, Antonio Pass and Jekari Strozier are accused of beating and stomping 36-year-old Joshua Chellew, then pushing him into the path of a car on June 30.

The defendants were indicted Thursday. They face charges of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, aggravated battery and violating Georgia's Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.

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