Man Kidnapped from Driveway; Ex-Kennesaw State Manager Arrested

 - Buckhead Patch

Atlanta Police Investigators are still searching for the two suspects that robbed and then kidnapped a man from his Buckhead home on Karland Drive around 2 a.m. Friday.

"The victim advised that he was outside his residence smoking a cigarette when two gunmen came up and demanded his wallet," according to Officer Kim Jones. The incident happened on Karland Drive, between Habersham Road and Roswell Road.

Officer Jones says that the two suspects found the wallet and keys to the man's Mercedes, then took the victim with them to an ATM machine on Northside Parkway to withdraw cash. See Buckhead Patch for more on this story.

Fraud Investigation Leads to Arrest of Ex-Kennesaw State Manager - Kennesaw Patch

Kennesaw State University's former executive director of environmental health and safety was arrested Thursday night in connection with a crime ring that allegedly defrauded the state of nearly $1-million.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Kennesaw State Police Department arrested Gerald Donaldson on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the state, according to a statement on the university's website. See Kennesaw Patch for more on this story.

- Cascade Patch

Carbon monoxide is the expected culprit in the tragic deaths of a father and son who lived on Graywall Street near Headland Drive in the City of East Point.  According to reports, a family member discovered the 2 bodies while doing a welfare check on the family Wednesday afternoon.

There were two survivors in the accident.  A 13 year old boy and a 2 year old girl were both survivors. See Cascade Patch for more on this story.

Suit Over 'Girls Gone Wild' Video Gets Court's OK - Cartersville Patch

Cartersville resident Lindsey Boyd can sue two companies over the use of  images taken of her that were used in a Girls Gone Wild video, the Georgia Supreme Court said in an opinion issued March 28.

Boyd sued MRA Holding and MANTRA Films in federal court seeking damages against the companies she claims are responsible for those images, shot when she was 14 years old. Chief U.S. District Judge Julie E. Carnes sent questions to the Georgia Supreme Court on Sept. 27, saying that resolution on the defendants' motion for summary judgment depended on these unsettled questions of Georgia law. See Cartersville Patch for more on this story.