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Milton man arrested in online predator sting

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011, 9:50am
Milton man arrested in online predator sting

WINDER, Ga. -- Barrow County police have arrested a Milton man in connection with an ongoing undercover investigation into online sexual predators.

According to investigators, an undercover agent posed as an underage girl and chatted online with 20-year-old Garrett Gregory Fiddyment.

After chatting for only an hour, police say Fiddyment, who was in Athens at the time, suggested that he and the girl meet for sex.

Fiddyment drove to Barrow County, where he was arrested.

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Man accused of killing ex in front of their kids

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, June 6th, 2011, 6:05am
Man accused of killing ex in front of their kids

MILTON, Ga. -- A 25-year-old Canton man is accused of killing the mother of his children in front of them.

Christopher Erdman waived his first appearance hearing Monday morning. He faces a number of charges, including murder, aggravated assault, cruelty to children and tampering with evidence.

According to Capt. Shawn McCarty with the Milton Police Department, Erdman shot 25-year-old Shannon Lawrence four times in the face and neck in the parking lot of the Birmingham Crossroads shopping center in Milton on Sunday.

McCarty said the former couple had two children together and used the shopping center as the drop-off point when exchanging custody of the kids.

The couple's children witnessed the shooting, according to McCarty.

Dispatchers received a call of shots fired at around 2 p.m.

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Man indicted on 52 counts of forgery

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011, 7:11am
Man indicted on 52 counts of forgery

MILTON, Ga. -- A Michigan man has been indicted on 52 counts of first degree forgery after allegedly stealing $153,000 from his cousin and her ex-husband, who live in Milton.

On Friday, May 13, Dwight H. Windom, 29, of Westlaw, Michigan, was indicted by a grand jury.

Brad Malkin, head of the Fulton County District Attorney's Office White Collar Crime Unit, and Milton police detective Stephen Hewitt presented evidence stretching back to 2008 against the defendant.

According to police, Windom stole checks from his cousin, DeShawn Snow, and her then-husband Eric Snow, made them out to himself and cashed them.

DeShawn Snow notified police of the missing money in February of last year, after it was discovered by the Snows' bookkeeper.

Windom was arrested in March 2010 and charged with two counts of first degree forgery. He left jail on a $10,000 bond.

Windom will be extradited from his home state of Michigan for the trial.

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Feds crack down on prescription drug trafficking

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Friday, May 13th, 2011, 1:42pm
Feds crack down on prescription drug trafficking

ATLANTA -- A federal grand jury in Atlanta has charged a total of 13 defendants from two states with illegally trafficking in oxycodone and other prescription drugs.

The two cases arise out of intensified efforts to address Georgia's growing problem with prescription drug abuse.

"Prescription drug abuse is our nation's fastest-growing segment of illegal drug use, causing significantly more overdose deaths than cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin combined," said United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates.

In the first incident, 11 Georgia residents were charged with conspiring to forge oxycodone prescriptions and sell the illegally obtained tablets.

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Milton police now posting arrests on Facebook, Twitter

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Thursday, May 12th, 2011, 10:40am
Milton police now posting arrests on Facebook, Twitter

MILTON, Ga. -- The Milton Police Department has begun posting arrests on the city's social media accounts.

These posts do not contain suspects' names, ages or addresses.

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Man charged with three Milton burglaries

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011, 2:56pm
Man charged with three Milton burglaries

MILTON, Ga. -- Milton police have announced the arrest of a man suspected of breaking into at least three homes.

Reginald Dwayne Byrd, 43, of Roswell is currently being held in the Fulton County Jail on $20,000 bond. He has been charged with burglary, financial transaction card fraud and financial transaction card theft.

Additional charges are possible, according to Milton police.

The three burglaries in question occurred earlier this year:

* Feb. 11: 14705 Birmingham Highway
* Feb. 18: 15450 Thompson Road
* Mar. 7: 255 Hickory Flat Road

Items stolen from the three homes include jewelry, electronics and credit cards.

Milton police detective Kevin Berry reported that Byrd allegedly used one of the stolen credit cards. Surveillance photos showed a car that was possibly used in one of the crimes; the car was eventually linked to Byrd.

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Traffic stop leads to $85,000 drug bust

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, March 21st, 2011, 10:42am
Traffic stop leads to $85,000 drug bust

MILTON, Ga. -- Officers with the Milton Police Department arrested a Norcross man after he tried to carjack two motorists and had seven pounds of marijuana and $85,000 in his car -- all while his six-year-old son was with him.

On Tuesday, Mar. 15 at 10:21 p.m., Monroe Le-beau III, 28, was stopped for speeding on Deerfield Parkway at Fawnvista Lane.

Officers allegedly noted that Le-beau's 2007 Dodge Charger smelled of marijuana. When asked to step out of the car, Le-beau refused, citing his son as the reason.

Eventually, Le-beau left the car, but while being questioned, he began running toward the Morris Lake subdivision, leaving his child behind.

Police eventually found the suspect hiding in the back of a gold Toyota Avalon, which he had allegedly carjacked from a 40-year-old Alpharetta man.

Le-beau began to run again, this time toward Fasherstone Drive.

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