(GA. NEWS NETWORK)
*Decatur police are looking for the suspect who burned political signs in a small city-owned greenspace. A resident reported that the fire appeared to spread from one sign through the mulch, and then to other signs at the Bee Garden near Willow Lane and Superior Avenue Monday. Decatur fire units put the fire out before it spread to any homes. There’s no description of a suspect.
*A search is underway for an escaped detainee from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement prison in Folkston. Charlton County’s sheriff says a Haitian national likely stripped off his clothes and climbed over a razor-lined fence to escape Sunday morning. The 35-year-old is reported as likely being injured and dangerous. More than 22-hundred ICE detainees were being kept in Folkston as of this summer.
*A historic building in downtown Athens is in need of repair due to damages from a Wednesday accident. Part of the building at Jackson and East Broad streets collapsed after a truck slammed into it, which killed the driver. Athens-Clarke County police say they had been attempting to help the driver suffering from an apparent mental health crisis nearby, but he drove away shortly before the crash. Magnolias Bar, inside the building, will now undergo a complete rebuild.
*Three suspects are facing charges in the discovery of a newborn baby outside a Savannah motel. A grand jury indicted the mother for attempted murder and two others for lying to police this week. It was October 10th when police responded to the Quality Inn on Abercorn Street. They reportedly found the baby alive inside a trashcan.