Around the Region: Chicken Man’s Home Explodes, Black Panther Party Leader Arrested and Students Disciplined for Nose Spray Use

– Roswell Patch

Years of legal hassles - first over keeping chickens on his property, then over city code violations and finally over his foreclosure - came to an explosive end Monday afternoon when the Alpine Drive home of Andrew Wordes blew up while Fulton County Marshals were on the property to evict him.

Roswell Police Spokesman James McGee told Roswell Patch a body was found inside the home by firefighters, but could not confirm whether or not it was Wordes.

– Stone Mountain-Redan Patch

Hashim Nzinga, a New Black Panther Party leader who gained attention when he announced a $10,000 bounty on George Zimmerman in connection with the highly publicized Trayvon Martin case, has been arrested, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office said.

Nzinga, 49, was arrested for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to a release sent by sheriff's office spokesman Adrion Bell.

– Suwanee Patch

Two students at Sycamore Elementary in Sugar Hill have been disciplined by school officials for medication use in class, a Gwinnett schools spokesman said.

Two fifth-graders brought and used prescription nose spray in class, according to Jorge Quintana of GCPS.

For privacy reasons, Quintana would not confirm the exact nature of the discipline.