No charges have been filed so far in a case involving a husband shooting his wife multiple times; Michael Knowles told police that he thought that his wife was an intruder. Atalaya Knowles was wounded in her legs and upper torso; she told police that her husband did not shot her on purpose. The wife remains in the surgical intensive care unit at Phoebe Memorial.
Several vehicles crashed into each other when a pickup truck hydroplaned and traveled into oncoming traffic. The driver of the second vehicle saw the truck heading in their direction and hit the brakes; thats when the third vehicle rear-ended the breaking vehicle. The driver that was rear-ended was transported to the Madison County hospital in serious condition. No other injuries were reported.
Melvin Woodard and Melita Curtis had been estranged for months when he attacked her last week at her Clayton County residence and set her on fire. She remains hospitalized in critical condition at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial with third degree burns. Curtis had spent years advocating for victims of domestic violence. Woodard drove Curtis to the hospital and then returned to her home and hid in the attic where police found and arrested him. He was sought by the authorities on family violence and other charges from last December.
Clarion Garrison has been charged with multiple violations including the murder of her two year old daughter in Albany. The body of the child was discovered hidden in the family’s apartment. Garrison was taken into custody later in Ocala, Florida and the charge there was concealing a death. The child’s autopsy report revealed prescription drugs in her system and asphyxiation.
The body of a 29 year old female was discovered at an RV Park in Lake City. Police confirm that the woman had been dead for as long as 36 hours. They are working to notify her family prior to releasing her identification.
State tax collections rose by 4.1 percent last month compared to May of last year. The Georgia Department of Revenue took in $1.56 billion during May, an increase of $58.6 million over the same month in 2015. Counting an additional $72.4 million the state brought in from the transportation funding legislation the General Assembly passed last year, the May increase in revenue rose to 9.2 percent. Individual income taxes were up 4.8 percent last month over May 2015, while gross sales tax collections rose by 1.7 percent.
