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Alpharetta takes aim at flooding problems By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com
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Former Roswell Police Officer Daniel MacKenzie is placed in handcuffs Feb. 28 after pleading guilty to punching and tasing a handcuffed man in 2018. MacKenzie will serve 12 months in jail, followed by five years on probation.
Former Roswell police officer pleads guilty to using excessive force in 2018 incident
Judge sentences MacKenzie to year in jail, probation By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ATLANTA — Former Roswell Police Officer Daniel MacKenzie was immediately handcuffed and taken into custody Feb. 28 after pleading guilty to punching and tasing a handcuffed man in 2018.
Under an agreement with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, MacKenzie will serve 12 months for battery and simple battery, followed by five years on probation for aggravated assault, making a false statement and two counts of violation of oath by a public officer. A “nolle prosequi” was filed for a single charge of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The
motion acts as if the charge had never been filed and is often used in cases where the prosecutor feels there is insufficient evidence to obtain a conviction but leaves the door open to pursue the same charge again in the future. MacKenzie was initially indicted in September for allegedly committing assault when he tased and punched Mario
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Downtown residents faced flooding in their neighborhood may soon see the city implement plans to address the issue. The Alpharetta City Council discussed the matter in depth at its Feb. 28 meeting, addressing the concerns that residents of Meadow Brook Hills, Milton Glen and Milton Estates have been dogging the city about for years. Assistant City Administrator James Drinkard presented some history on the issue, as well as proposed solutions, to the council. City Council members did not vote on any of the proposals, but they told residents they would be working to implement solutions as quickly as possible. Residents have blamed the development of large new homes in the area for disrupting the flow of stormwater, redirecting water into the yards of the older, smaller homes. Drinkard didn’t dismiss the idea that new developments could cause stormwater issues, but he said construction standards that the city placed in recent years should have reduced the new homes’ impact. He said bodies of water change
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