The Duluth Police Department held its annual Awards Luncheon to honor the top officers for 2012. Also present were local business owners and community leaders that have joined together to help continue this banquet since it was cut from the City budget several years ago as a cost saving measure. Chief Randy Belcher said “because [...]
Firefighters responded to a report of a garage fire behind a house in the 2800 block of Springtime Court in Lawrenceville, at 4:50 A.M on Thursday, February 7, 2013. The caller was a resident of the house who saw flames coming from a vehicle and trailer parked inside the garage. On arrival, crews found heavy [...]
Gwinnett County fire investigators completed the origin and cause examination of the fire which destroyed a Lilburn home in the 5200 block of Stafford Drive on February 1, 2013. The fire was incendiary in nature and was determined to be caused by an act of arson to cover a burglary. The homes residents told investigators [...]
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday awarded a construction contract for pedestrian safety improvements along Lawrenceville Highway/U.S. 29 in Lilburn. Crews will add just under a mile of five-foot-wide sidewalk along the north side of the highway as well as install curb and gutter and make other improvements to the roadside shoulders. The [...]
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a contract to build Gwinnett’s second diverging diamond interchange. Construction will begin this spring on the bridge at Jimmy Carter Boulevard and I-85. Gwinnett’s first project of this type is currently under construction a few exits away, at Pleasant Hill Road. Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash said, [...]
Gwinnett County Firefighters were dispatched to a house fire incident at 3300 Block of Southhampton Way, Lilburn, at 3:19pm on February 4, 2013. Homeowner arrived home to find fire coming out of the door on the right side of the home. With the assistance of a neighbor, the resident determined that the kitchen was fully [...]
Caller to the 911 emergency dispatch center stated that there is a fire in their garage and that a family member is in the house. Crews arrived to the scene to find an active fire incident at 700 Block of Stacey Court, In Lilburn, at 1:43pm. Firefighters removed the complainant from the house and assessed [...]
Gwinnett County firefighters were called out to an apartment fire incident at 3600-F Springs Ln, Norcross (Valencia Park Apartment Homes) at 4:48pm, on Saturday, February 2nd, 2013. The caller stated that there is a grease fire and that the kitchen in the unit was on fire. When crews arrived to the incident they noticed smoke [...]
Today we received notification that the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department Jail Docket had supplied us with incorrect information regarding an arrest we posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2011. We have been informed that Colonel Donald Pinkard of the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department has already retracted this incorrect information from the Docket on January 4, 2012. [...]
Firefighters responded to an occupant report of a house fire at the 1900 block of Suwanee Trace, in Lawrenceville On arrival, crews found heavy smoke and flames showing from the garage and roof area of a small one story wood frame house. All occupants were outside – safe when the fire department arrived and no [...]
