News Nearby: Middle School Student Dies; Pair Accused of Abusing Special Needs Child

Local Middle School Student Dies on Spring Break - Roswell Patch

Over the weekend, the families of North Fulton students learned the sad news that a local middle school student had been killed over spring break.

Former Hillside Elementary student James McHenry was vacationing with his family on Hutchinson Island last week when he was hit by a car Wednesday, April 3, according to a notice sent out by Hillside Principal Maisha Otway over the weekend. Roswell Patch has more on this story.

BridgeMill Beating Fugitive Arrested in Florida - Canton-Sixes Patch

A Cherokee County woman who was wanted for allegedly beating her ex-boyfriend has been arrested in Florida after being on the run since early 2012.

Karen Lynn King was . .

Previous to investigators focusing their investigation on finding King, five other suspects,including Smith's sons, were arrested and charged with the assault. Canton-Sixes Patch has more on this story.

Tenant Charged with Burning Down Rental Property - Barrow Patch

A Winder man has been charged with arson after Barrow County Sheriff's Office investigators say he burned down the residence he was renting.  

Richard Evan Page, 33, was arrested April 2 following a two-week investigation into a suspicious fire at 315 E. Wright St., Apartment B, in Winder. He has been charged with arson in the first degree and criminal damage to property in the second degree. Barrow Patch has more in this story.

Marietta Pair Accused of Abusing Special Needs Child - Marietta Patch

A 2-year-old special needs child was abused so bad last month that he has recurring seizures and may have permanent neurological damage.

The man who allegedly hit the boy and the woman who failed to get him medical treatment in a timely manner were arrested Friday afternoon, according to online jail records.

In Cobb County criminal warrants, authorities allege that between 7 p.m. March 29 and 6:58 p.m. March 31, Kenneth Lamont Thompson of Marietta hit the boy multiple times on both of his legs, thighs and buttocks, which caused multiple bruises. Marietta Patch has more on this story.

- South Cobb Patch

A 13-year-old girl complained of pain and bleeding from her right ear after a Mableton man allegedly grabbed, punched, pushed and threw her.

The incident occurred in front of a 9-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy around 6:30 a.m. April 3 inside a residence in the 590 block of South Gordon Road.

According to a Cobb County criminal warrant, Serafin Diaz allegedly grabbed the girl by her hair; struck her in the face with his closed fist and open hand; placed his hands around her neck; threw her out of her bedroom; and pushed her into a hallway wall.  South Cobb Patch has more on this story.

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