LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) – Police say they’ve arrested a suspect on a murder charge in the killing of 19-year-old Marcaysia Dawkins, who was gunned down at a bus stop outside Atlanta.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that Dawkins, a recent graduate of Lithonia High School, spent much of her childhood in Clairton, Pennsylvania, before moving to Georgia.
DeKalb County police Capt. Steve Fore said a fugitive squad on Friday took the man into custody without incident.
Police wouldn’t release the name of the suspect or provide further details due to the ongoing investigation.
Police say officers found Dawkins lying on the bench with a gunshot wound at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority stop in the Lithonia area around 10 a.m. Nov. 23.
Surveillance video shows a man who appears to take something from her.
Baby of dead pregnant woman in critical condition
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A man whose pregnant fiancee was struck and killed by a van in a Pittsburgh parking lot says their son was born by emergency cesarean section and doctors are evaluating whether he was harmed by a lack of oxygen.
George Weatherwalk told reporters that baby Trace Joseph was in critical condition Thursday, a day after the crash that killed his mother.
Authorities say 30-year-old Jodie Guthrie was sitting outside a drugstore Wednesday afternoon when an elderly driver trying to park jumped a curb and pinned her against the wall.
Police say 88-year-old Allen Massie may have hit the gas instead of the brake.
Police say the accident remains under investigation and a decision on whether to charge Massie will be up to the district attorney.
Cops: Woman drops cocaine baggie in police station
Uniontown police say 23-year-old Savannah Turachak, of Lemont Furnace, was patted down for weapons but not otherwise searched when she was brought to the station Nov. 19. That’s because police were just citing and releasing her.
But police say Turachak returned moments later to report being harassed by someone and, in the process, fluffed her shirt to straighten it out — and the drugs fell out.
Surveillance video shows she tried to pick up the bag but instead left it when three other people walked in. Police found it a short time later and charged her.
Online court records don’t list an attorney for Turachak.
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