In The Region: Gingrich Outlines Plans, Burglary Suspect Robbed

Editor’s note: One person’s name was removed from this report because he or she was found not guilty.

– Duluth Patch

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Newt Gingrich outlined his plan to renew and transform the country with the help of the people during a forum Wednesday (Nov. 2) at the in Duluth.

“I do not ask anyone to be for me because if they’re for me, they’re gonna vote and go home and say I sure hope Newt can fix it,” Gingrich said. “And I don’t believe any one person in our system can fix it. So I go around the country, and I ask people to be with me because I believe it is very, very important that we plan to be side by side for eight years insisting on the level of change – reminding Congress, reminding the governor, the state legislature, the city council, the county commission, and the school board.”

During his talk, Gingrich frequently referred to the 10 legislative proposals in his 21st Contract for America displayed on a banner next to the podium. The proposals include repealing President Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms, creating jobs through tax cuts and regulatory reforms, balancing the federal budget, increasing U.S. energy production, saving Medicare and Social Security, revitalizing the country’s security, and enforcing the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by transferring power from the federal government back to the states and the people.

“If we apply the 10th Amendment and we shrink the Washington {DC} bureaucracy, we have to grow citizenship back home to fill the vacuum we’re gonna create by reducing government in Washington. So this is a very, very profound change.”

Since leaving Washington, Gingrich has written several best-selling books and served as a regular political commentator and an analyst on television news. He is the founder and/or chair of American Solutions for Winning the Future, Center for Health Transformation, Gingrich Productions. and Renewing American Leadership.

– Stone Mountain Patch

[Name Removed], 26, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the fatal shooting of Travis Moore last January, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

Sherriff's deputies apprehended the suspect at his job at 500 Spring House Circle in unincorporated Stone Mountain.

[Name Removed] is accused of fatally shooting Moore in his head, chest and leg with a handgun on Jan. 1, 2011 over an alleged carjacking by the victim.

– Sandy Springs Patch

The victim of a Halloween home invasion in Cumming has been arrested for a September burglary in Sandy Springs.

Sandy Springs Police arrested David L. Geary, 28, on an outstanding warrant for a Sept. 28 burglary at 5820 Greenbrier Road, near Hammond Drive and Glenridge Road. Cash totaling $10,000, jewelry, a vehicle title, and car and home keys were among the items taken in the burglary.

On Halloween, Geary became the victim of an armed robbery and assault when Sean M. Kinney, 27, and Jodie Marie Davis, 22, allegedly broke down the door of Geary’s home and beat him in an attempt to force him to disclose the location of the $10,000 taken in the burglary.

After an hour, Geary revealed to Kinney and Davis where the money was located. The couple then tied Geary up using shoestrings, placed a plastic bag over his head and left with a large amount of cash.

According to police, as the investigation into the home invasion continued, it became clear that Geary knew his attackers.

"These two perpetrators went in there and knew he had money. They were going to rip him off,” said Lt. Col. Gene Moss, with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities located Kinney and Davis later that day and took them into custody. Both have been charged with armed robbery and aggravated assault.