Georgia lawmakers will study the rise in crime in Atlanta this summer.
The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee plans to hold a series of hearings to look at the causes and solutions for the increase in crime in the state s capital city. We want to have productive hearings that can get down to exactly what s going on because, as you all know, the success of the city of Atlanta is directly impacted by the success of Georgia and vice versa, Committee Chair J. Collins, R-Villa Rica, said.
As of the week ending May 15, the Atlanta Police Department saw a 13% year-over-year increase in serious crimes. The department reported a total of 8,500 rapes, murders, assaults, auto thefts, burglary, robberies, car break-ins and other thefts over the last year, data shows. Rape has increased by 82% compared with 2020, and murder has increased by 50% over the year.
South Fulton police search for missing 11-year-old girl
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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SOUTH FULTON, Ga. - The City of South Fulton is asking for the public’s help to find a missing 11-year-old girl.
South Fulton police are seeking the public s assistance as they continue to search for a missing 11-year-old girl.
According to authorities, Gabrielle Faith Troy has not been seen since she left a Publix grocery store shopping plaza in the 5000 block of Campbellton Road on May 21. Earlier she was seen leaving her home around 7 p.m. on Friday.
Police describe Gabrielle as a black female, with brown hair, 5 feet tall, weighing around 109 pounds.
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South Fulton police searching for Gabrielle Faith Troy, 11, who was last seen in a Publix store on Friday
Updated: May 23 2021, 23:25 ET
POLICE in Georgia are appealing for the public s help to find an 11-year-old girl who has been missing for 48 hours.
Gabrielle Faith Troy has not been seen since she left a Publix grocery store shopping plaza in South Fulton on Friday.
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Gabrielle left her home at around 7pm, police said.
She was last seen leaving the Publix Plaza, located at 5829 Campbellton Road, with another juvenile around an hour later.
It s currently unclear where she headed from there.