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Around the Region: Man Shot in Macy's Parking Lot, Financial ID Theft and Crash Involving Motorcycle Kills Two
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Smyrna-Vinings Patch
The Cobb County Police Department’s “Crimes Against Person” Unit is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a man reportedly involved with the killing of a Powder Springs man early Saturday evening outside Cumberland Mall.
According to investigators and witness information from the crime scene, George B. Tabetando, age 29, and an unidentifiable male got into a physical fight in the Macy’s parking lot at approximately 8:15 p.m. The perpetrator allegedly pulled a gun and shot Tabetando multiple times. Tabetando died as a result of the injuries after being transported by ambulance to Emory-Adventist Hospital at Smyrna.
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Witnesses reported that the perpetrator fled the scene in what was described as a brown, charcoal or gray BMW. The perpetrator is described as a black male with “dreadlocks’’ and was last seen wearing dark clothing. He was reportedly armed with a handgun.
Suwanee Patch
Gwinnett Police arrested a man earlier this month on charges stemming from the use of a stolen credit card number at several different retail locations.
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According to Home Depot officials, several purchases were made by phone from various Home Depot locations in the name of Blalock Construction. The purchased items were returned to different stores without a receipt. The customer was given a gift card for the returned items.
The suspect, Jerome Terrell Nimmons, was arrested at a Suwanee Home Depot and taken to the Gwinnett Detention Center where warrants were obtained for financial identity fraud and theft by deception. Nimmons still is being held without bond on the identity fraud charge and other charges including probation violation.
Cartersville Patch
A Saturday evening traffic crash claimed the lives of a man and child, Georgia State Patrol officials said.
The deceased have been identified as Ronnie Eugene Callahan, 28, of Fairmount, and Michael Jaimes, 10, of Acworth. GSP spokesman Gordy Wright said the crash happened about 7:20 p.m. Saturday on Highway 61 near Old Alabama Road in Cartersville.
Callahan was operating a Honda motorcycle at a high rate of speed on Highway 61 South and crashed into the right rear of the van as it was making a left turn, Wright said. The motorcyclist was thrown from the bike and killed. Michael Jaimes, a passenger in the van, was seated in the right back seat and also was killed in the crash which remains under investigation.