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Week in Review for Dec. 12-18: Suspect in Scams Faces Multiple Charges, Opening Date Set for Theater

Check out the top stories from the past week on Barrow Patch.


  1. Joe Quick, 45, 1528 Shenta Drive in Norcross faces multiple charges after police say he approached elderly women claiming their cars were broken before demanding to fix them on the spot.

  2. The much-anticipated Carmike Cinemas is set to open its doors Jan. 13, 2012.

  3. The superintendent, county schools administrators and board of education members were on hand Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, to break ground on a new middle school.

  4. A customer attempted to use multiple counterfeit bills at a Winder business and another received counterfeit money as change.

  5. An employee at Publix in Winder filed a report with the Winder Police Department after a customer said he wanted to kiss her.


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