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Alpharetta woman arrested for killing ex-husband

Alpharetta woman arrested for killing ex-husband

ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- A 48-year-old Alpharetta woman is behind bars Friday for fatally shooting her ex-husband.

Jennifer Pugh is being held without bond in the Fulton County Jail.

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Alpharetta Department of Public Safety spokesman George Gordon said Pugh is accused of shooting 52-year-old Brian Pugh at a home on Serenity Court Thursday evening.

Brian Pugh was shot multiple times, Gordon said. He was taken to North Fulton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

There was no immediate word on a motive in the shooting.

Man sentenced for selling $9 million in stolen property

Man sentenced for selling $9 million in stolen property

ATLANTA -- A Swainsboro man was sentenced Monday to seven years and three months in federal prison for selling millions of dollars' worth of stolen property on eBay.

Robert A. Hill, 51, obtained all his merchandise from a group of identity thieves who bought the expensive items with fraudulent credit cards in their victims' names, according to information presented in court.

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"Robert Hill fueled his Internet-based fraud with the help of a group of identity thieves who gave him a steady supply of merchandise," U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said in a statement. "His use of the Internet expanded his reach and magnified the crime, ending in millions of dollars of damage to both individual victims and retailers."

Suspects arrested in Milton murder

Suspects arrested in Milton murder

MILTON, Ga. -- Milton police have arrested three men suspected of shooting and killing 19-year-old Christopher Walker on Mar. 12.

Richard Davidson, 20, of Roswell; Michael Grant, 23, of Roswell; and Matthew Goins, 20, of Alpharetta are being held without bond in the Fulton County Jail.

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Walker was shot to death in the driveway of his home on Silhouette Court. Milton police said investigators believe the suspects spotted Walker's gold chain at an Alpharetta Taco Bell and decided to follow him home.

All three suspects face charges of murder, aggravated assault and attempted robbery. Davidson also faces two firearm possession charges.

Alpharetta murder suspect captured

Alpharetta murder suspect captured

ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Police have arrested the second man accused of killing Zachary Rose in Alpharetta in January.

Shane Demetrice Woods was arrested Tuesday evening in DeKalb County, according to Alpharetta Department of Public Safety spokesman George Gordon.

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Woods was wanted in connection with Rose's Jan. 28 death. The 22-year-old Canton man was shot while answering the door at a friend's condo.

The first suspect, 22-year-old Jerad Owens, was arrested Jan. 31 and has been in the Fulton County Jail ever since.

Mother cries for help finding son's alleged killer

Mother cries for help finding son's alleged killer

CANTON, Ga. -- It has been two weeks since Sherry Garland said goodbye to her son Zach Rose as he walked out of the door of their Canton home. Zach Rose told his mother to watch over her grandson. That's what Zach called his pet Great Dane Mathias. Garland never saw her son alive again.

Garland spoke to 11Alive News, going public for the first time since her son's murder. It was difficult for her, but she wanted to do it because the man wanted for her son's murder is still on the loose. "We need him off the street before somebody else's family is devastated, before another life is stolen," she said. "This is like the hardest thing ever."

Shane Demetrice Woods, 22, aka "Yung Slim ABG", is wanted by Alpharetta Police, and he is believed to be armed and dangerous. This isn't the first time Woods has been in trouble with the law.

SPECIAL REPORT: Drug traffickers operating Sandy Springs rehab center

SPECIAL REPORT: Drug traffickers operating Sandy Springs rehab center

11Alive News has learned that two metro Atlanta men who recently pled guilty to federal drug trafficking charges have been operating a Sandy Springs facility for recovering addicts for several years.

In October, federal prosecutors announced the indictment of Drew T. Green, Thomas Malone Jr. and eight others for drug trafficking, money laundering and conspiracy, alleging they were operating one of the largest synthetic drug cartels in the country.

Federal prosecutors say Green and Malone's company Nutragenomics sold millions of dollars worth of chemicals used to manufacture so-called designer drugs like synthetic marijuana and bath salts.

"I've come to a point where I refuse to use the term synthetic marijuana. It gives these poisons too much credence," said Lance Dyer whose son Dakota committed suicide after smoking a synthetic marijuana product named "Mr. Miyagi."

 "These drugs are literally poisons."

Stolen credit cards used at North Point Mall

Stolen credit cards used at North Point Mall

ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Cherokee County Sheriff's investigators are looking for two women suspected of stealing credit cards from a local park.

The credit cards were reported stolen from a car at the Badger Creek Soccer Complex in Woodstock on Nov. 11, according to Cherokee County Sheriff's Lt. Jay Baker.

That same day, two women were captured on surveillance video using the cards at North Point Mall in Alpharetta.

Baker said the suspects took about $2,000 worth of makeup and perfume from Dillard's, jcpenney and Macy's.

Anyone who can help identify the suspects is asked to call the sheriff's office at 770-928-0239.