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Around the Region: Fire Destroys Loganville Mobile Home, Police Release Chase Footage, and Student Arrested for Threats

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-- Loganville-Grayson Patch

Gwinnett County fire officials are investigating an overnight fire in a Loganville mobile home. The fire was in a mobile home park in the unincorporated part of Gwinnett County.

According to a report from Lt. Eric Eberly, public information officer from Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services, the home was unoccupied at the time and utilities to the location were not activated.

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In a press release Eberly said crews arrived at 23:52 p.m. Thursday to find a single-wide trailer heavily involved. Firefighters battled the fire in a defensive mode due to the intensity of the fire and managed to get it under control within about 30 minutes. Although the home was a total loss, firefighters were able to prevent the fire spreading to other occupied homes nearby.

Officials said the cause of the fire is undetermined at this time and is under investigation. At this time, officials had not been able to contact the out of state owner.

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– Douglasville Patch

The  has released the patrol car footage of the chase that occurred Wednesday and ended in a rollover crash after  was robbed. Speeds reached in excess of 80 mph.

 

– Dallas-Hiram Patch

Hours before  students awoke for another day of classes Wednesday, Paulding County deputies arrested one of the school’s freshmen for allegedly threatening Tuesday to shoot his peers the next day.

According to a news release from the , 17-year-old Dustin Wade England admitted to making threats online that he would shoot multiple students at the school Wednesday.

England is charged with making terroristic threats—a felony. He is currently being detained at the Paulding County Detention Center where he is being held with no bond.


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