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News Nearby: Chambliss Won't Seek Re-Election to U.S. Senate

Rounding up the top headlines from around metro Atlanta for Friday, Jan. 25.

Citing an issue he covered with a metro Atlanta Rotary Club last year, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss announced on Friday that he is not seeking re-election in 2014.

“This is about frustration, both at a lack of leadership from the White House and at the dearth of meaningful action from Congress, especially on issues that are the foundation of our nation’s economic health," Chambliss said in a statement. "The debt-ceiling debacle of 2011 and the recent fiscal-cliff vote showed Congress at its worst and, sadly, I don’t see the legislative gridlock and partisan posturing improving anytime soon.

Chambliss said he was confident he would have won re-election had he decided to seek another term.

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Suspects Arrested in East Cobb Murder

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Cobb Police have charged two teens from DeKalb County with the murder of an East Cobb resident at his apartment earlier this month.

Dedric Baisden, 19, of Lithonia, and Dwight Moore, also 19 and from Lithonia, are being held without bond at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center after being charged with murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery and burglary, according to Cobb Police.

Read more at East Cobb Patch.

Truck Driver Charged in Cobb Crash

A Florida truck driver has been charged with second-degree vehicular homicide after an early-morning accident on Cobb Parkway killed a Marietta motorist and halted traffic on the busy thoroughfare for several hours.

Marietta Police said James David Rast Jr., 47, of Jay, Fla., who also was charged with failure to yield, is being held in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center on a $250,000 bond. The victim was identified by police as Mahmoud Dabdoub, 49, of Marietta.

Read more at East Cobb Patch.

Smyrna Robbery Suspect at Large

Smyrna Police are asking citizens to help identify a suspect in the armed robbery of two Smyrna Subway restaurants Wednesday night.

Officers responded to the Subway restaurant located at 2550 Cobb Parkway after receiving a report of an armed robbery. Approximately 20 minutes later, officers responded to a second armed robbery at the Subway restaurant located at 2517 Spring Road, said Smyrna police spokesman Michael Smith.

Video evidence recovered from both stores confirmed that it is the same suspect in both incidents.

Read more at Smyrna-Vinings Patch.

Armed Robbery at Waffle House

The Cobb County Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons Unit is investigating an aggravated assault and armed robbery that occurred at a Waffle House on Austell Road in Marietta on Thursday.

The perpetrators entered the Waffle House and demanded money from the cash register, according to Cobb Police. The perpetrators received an undisclosed amount of cash and then fled the business on foot in an unknown direction of travel.

Read more at Marietta Patch.


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