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4 suspects rob convenience store

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, May 19th, 2014, 10:54am
4 suspects rob convenience store

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- Cartersville Police are working to identify the men accused of robbing a convenience store last week.

The suspects hit the Kangaroo gas station at Joe Frank Harris Parkway and East Felton Road on May 12.

Cameras inside the store captured images of two of the men.

Anyone who recognizes them or can help solve this case is asked to call Cartersville Police at 770-606-5337.

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Woman charged in fatal wreck

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, March 31st, 2014, 12:49pm
Woman charged in fatal wreck

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. -- An Adairsville woman faces a number of charges in a crash that killed one person Sunday night.

Michele Blum, 47, has been charged with first-degree vehicular homicide, DUI, injury by vehicle, driving on the wrong side of the road and driving without headlights.

The Georgia State Patrol said the wreck happened on Highway 140 near the Bartow-Floyd county line.

Blum's 2014 Dodge Ram 1500 slammed head-on into a Mercedes-Benz E350, killing 55-year-old Nim Bernal Russell of Adairsville.

The GSP said Blum and two others -- one passenger in each vehicle -- were injured and taken to Floyd Medical Center. Blum is still in the hospital Monday afternoon.

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Burglary suspects' car gets stuck in mud

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Thursday, March 13th, 2014, 11:47am
Burglary suspects' car gets stuck in mud


BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. -- Three people were arrested after getting their car stuck in mud outside the scrap yard they are accused of burglarizing.

The suspects' car was found abandoned at the entrance to Martin's Auto Salvage on Highway 411 near the Bartow/Floyd county line on Feb. 19.

Bartow County Sheriff's Sgt. Jonathan Rogers said investigators determined parts had been taken from several cars inside the scrap yard.

Evidence gathered from the abandoned car and at the crime scene pointed sheriff's officials to three suspects -- 30-year-old Ronald Keith Angel, 22-year-old Lagrissa Marlene Miller and 28-year-old Joshua Wayne Watson.

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Man on the run since 1997 arrested in Bartow County

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, March 10th, 2014, 10:54am
Man on the run since 1997 arrested in Bartow County

EUHARLEE, Ga. -- A man wanted in Massachusetts for nearly two decades was arrested in Bartow County Monday morning.

Phillip Andrew Lewis was taken into custody at around 6:20 a.m.

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The 43-year-old suspect was wanted in Springfield, Mass., for raping a child, according to Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force Commander Mark Mayton. A warrant for his arrest was first issued in 1997.

Lewis was arrested at a house on Campfire Trail in Euharlee and was taken to the Bartow County Jail pending his extradition to Massachusetts.

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement placed a hold on Lewis after his arrest.

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Man shot while demanding debt payment

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, March 10th, 2014, 10:13am
Man shot while demanding debt payment

CANTON, Ga. -- A 23-year-old Cartersville man was shot while trying to collect a debt in Cherokee County.

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Ryan Jones was shot at around 4:30 p.m. Sunday outside a house in the 9900 block of Bells Ferry Road near Holly Street in Canton.

Witnesses told Cherokee County Sheriff's investigators that Jones arrived at the house with a BB gun and demanded to be paid for a debt he claimed he was owed.

A person inside the house, 43-year-old Brian Turner of Woodstock, shot Jones with a shotgun. Turner was a guest at the house, according to Cherokee County Sheriff's Lt. Jay Baker.

Jones was taken to Northside Hospital Cherokee with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

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Woman charged with taking $585K from employer

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Wednesday, February 26th, 2014, 12:38pm
Woman charged with taking $585K from employer

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- A Cartersville woman has been charged with 15 counts of theft by conversion for stealing money from her employer.

Jennifer Streetman, 39, was arrested when she turned herself in to Cartersville Police Tuesday morning. She is being held in the Bartow County Jail.

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Cartersville Police Capt. Mark Camp said Streetman worked as an officer manager for Telenet Systems. Between June 2012 and February 2014, she reportedly stole at least $585,000 from the company.

Camp said Streetman took the money by recreating paid invoices and writing checks that listed her as the payee for the invoice amounts. She printed 34 forged checks before she was caught.

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Man convicted after confessing to robbery

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, February 10th, 2014, 7:25am
Man convicted after confessing to robbery

MARIETTA, Ga. -- A Cartersville man has been convicted of robbing a man in Marietta last summer.

Larry Charles Bell made a videotaped confession to Marietta police that he threatened the victim with a gun and took $800 from him on Franklin Road.

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Jurors deliberated for a short time before finding Bell, 33, guilty. He will be sentenced at a later date.

A co-defendant, Rashad Jamal Rush, pleaded guilty in December and was sentenced to 20 years, with 11 to be spent in prison.

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