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Web posted Wednesday, July 28, 2004
| From Wire Reports

Police department worker fired in theft

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ATLANTA - An employee of the Atlanta Police Department has been fired after being accused of using financial information from an officer's bank account to make a $700 online purchase.

Lakeisha Nicole Griffith, 22, who worked in the department's fiscal division, was fired after her arrest on a financial identity theft charge Friday, the department said.

The officer, who works on the department's SWAT team, noticed July 6 that $700 had been withdrawn from his bank account and used to make a purchase at Lowe's.

Investigators identified Ms. Griffith from surveillance tapes.

Home invasion ends with suspect dead

ATLANTA - A suspect is dead and another man wounded after an apparent home invasion in downtown Atlanta early Wednesday morning.

Police answered a call at about 12:30 a.m. to gated apartments across from the Atlanta Civic Center.

A burglar entered the apartment and shot one of the men inside, police said. But the man's brother fired back with a gun of his own.

The suspect was dead at the scene, Police Sgt. Bob Creasy said. The brother who was shot was brought to Grady Memorial Hospital for surgery.

Missing 6-year-old is found dead in pool

DOUGLASVILLE - The body of a deaf 6-year-old Douglasville boy was found Wednesday in a neighbor's swimming pool.

The boy, Ayan Wilder, went missing Tuesday night from his home after he was last seen watching television, said his mother, Tiffany Wilder.

Authorities used a helicopter and bloodhounds to search for the boy. Ayan apparently drowned, authorities said.

Man is fatally shot while chasing robbers

NORCROSS - A man chasing three masked robbers out of his home died after he was shot in the chest, police said.

The robbers knocked on the door of 36-year-old Scott Michael Monty early Tuesday morning and forced their way in, said Detective J.P. Wilbanks, of Gwinnett police. Then they pulled out a gun and demanded money.

Mr. Monty struggled with one of the robbers and pursued him outside the duplex, when he was shot once in the chest, Detective Wilbanks said.

--From the Thursday, July 29, 2004 printed edition of the Augusta Chronicle



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