REGIONAL REPORT: Bomb Threat at School; Criminal Posed as Maintenance Worker

Police Searching for Thief Posing As Maintenance Man - Barrow Patch

The thief enters commercial businesses posing as a maintenance employee and then steals women's wallets, according to a Winder Police Department news release. The department is asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect. 

The man is described by witnesses as a heavy set, middle-aged black male wearing gold-rimmed eye glasses. The man also matches descriptions and video images from similar incidents that took place this past weekend in Clarke County and Oconee County. 

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School Evacuated After Bomb Threat - Douglasville Patch

Students returned to class Wednesday afternoon at Chestnut Log Middle School after a bomb threat caused them to evacuate the school while deputies from the Douglas County Sheriff's Department and bomb-sniffing dogs searched the building.

The threat was emailed to the school's main office at between 10 and 10:30 a.m. Kids were evacuated and parents were immediately notified via their emergency contact method.

Douglasville Patch has more on this story.

'Blind Side' House on the Market for $3.9M - Buckhead Patch

The Tuxedo Park house used as the home of the Tuohy family in the 2009 Oscar-nominated "The Blind Side" is on the market for $3.9 million.

The interior of the home, listed at 3394 Knollwood Drive NW, was used as the East Memphis home of the family, which famously took in teenaged Michael Oher, now a Baltimore Ravens linebacker.

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Rabid Bat Found in Forsyth County Backyard - Cumming Patch

A rabid bat was discovered recently in the backyard of an east Forsyth County home located on Riverhaven Drive, according to the Forsyth County Health Department .

The homeowner's two dogs discovered the bat that was alive on March 10. 

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