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🌱 Patch AM: What prompted the four-hour SWAT standoff at a Stone Mountain complex?
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- What prompted the four-hour SWAT standoff at a Stone Mountain complex?
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📰 News we're reading
• Man wanted for armed robbery arrested after hours-long SWAT standoff (fox5atlanta.com) — A man wanted in connection with an armed robbery was arrested after barricading himself for nearly four hours inside an apartment at The Park at Stonehaven complex in Stone Mountain. DeKalb County SWAT officers eventually entered the unit before 8 p.m., taking him into custody without injuries. Police have not yet released his identity or details of the original robbery.
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I always saw on TikTok or twitter that people came across the little figurine, now I can be a witness to have one. Thank you to whoever are leaving… (Nextdoor Treehills Parkway) - We leave snacks and drinks out for delivery people and occasionally forget to take them in at night.
Whenever we do, around 3:30 am, we get a visitor who seems to favor the popcorn, Ruffles and Lays chips! If he/she belongs to anyone, please let him… (Nextdoor Anderson Plantation)
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- 2 men arrested after drugs, guns found during Athens traffic stop (fox5atlanta.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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