Around the Region: School Wins ‘Glee’ Grant, Teen Burglars Arrested and Man Robbed at Partyland

- Cumming Patch

Students, teachers and staff at Liberty Middle School have much to be happy about today.

The Forsyth County school is one of 10 schools in the U.S. to win a $25,000 grant from the Glee Give a Note Campaign to support music education.

“I can’t tell you how thrilled and honored we are to have won this money to support Liberty’s band program,” said Principal Connie Stovall. “While this brings an accolade to our school’s music program, I am most excited about our real winners … Liberty’s band students.”

The Glee Give a Note Campaign was created to bring attention to the importance of music education in schools and also to help provide funding to school music programs in need.

- Dunwoody Patch

Three 17-year-old males were arrested Tuesday for the burglary of a home in the Dunwoody North subdivision.

The trio was caught after a neighbor called in a suspicious vehicle in the subdivision, for which they gave the cars tag number.

Police pulled the vehicle over shortly after the call.

The driver, Corey Freeman, 17, of Decatur, was in the vehicle. It became evident that he’d been waiting for two additional males who were burglarizing a nearby residence on the 4300 block of East Kings Point Circle.

Freeman was arrested. The two males who were allegedly burglarizing the home were also arrested. They were Dondre McDade, 17, of Conley and Emmanuel Lett, 17 of Lithonia.

The three were interviewed at the Dunwoody Police Department and then taken into custody at the DeKalb County Jail.

- Loganville Patch

Chief Mike McHugh confirmed that an armed robbery occurred at Partyland in Loganville at 910 Athens Highway at around 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 15.

The investigation is still underway, but it is confirmed that a man fled with an undetermined amount of money; no injuries were reported.