Judge conducts status hearing in Milton teens’ murder case

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By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com

ATLANTA — The two Milton High School student athletes accused in the 2021 murder of an Alpharetta man appeared via Zoom for a Jan. 23 case management hearing in Fulton County Superior Court.

Cameron Walker and Jonathan Murray, of Roswell, were indicted Feb. 11, 2022, for the murder of Connor

Police Blotter

Woman’s purse pilfered while dining at restaurant

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — While having lunch at Panera Bread on Medlock Bridge Road Jan. 18, a woman said a person reached into her purse and removed the contents of her wallet without her knowing.

The woman told Johns Creek Police her purse was open and hanging on the back of the chair. Her wallet was open inside the purse, she said, and she did not realize the theft until after she left the restaurant.

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She later received a notification from her husband, the police report said, who had been contacted by American Express about someone trying to make a purchase at a Walmart location.

The suspect attempted to use several of the woman’s credit cards but was unsuccessful. The woman told police she was concerned that her driver’s license might be used to steal her identity.

Police gave her instructions on how to obtain a copy of the incident report so that she could obtain a new license.

Mediate, 24, who was found in the parking lot of his Alpharetta apartment complex with gunshot wounds to his neck on Oct. 14, 2021. He died on the scene. Walker and Murray were 17 and 18 at the time. Walker and Murray were arrested Nov. 18, 2021 on three counts of felony murder, murder, criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal attempt to purchase marijuana and possession of a firearm

Good Samaritan bilked at gas pump

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A woman told Johns Creek Police Jan. 19 that an man in his 40s, along with a small child, approached her at the QuikTrip on Jones Bridge Road asking for gas.

The woman said she swiped her card at the pump and told him to only take $5. According to the police report, the woman went inside QuikTrip, and when she came out, she discovered the man had charged the card for $52.

The vehicle was a dark colored older van, she said.

Bank reports customer deposited fraudulent checks

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A loss prevention officer with Delta Community Credit Union contacted Johns Creek Police Jan. 20 regarding a fraudulent check deposit.

The woman said a man entered the bank on two occasions to deposit checks and withdraw the money. The two checks returned fraudulent, she said.

The named suspect came into the bank Jan. 4 and deposited a $2,485 check with a teller, the police report said. He returned the following day to deposit a $2,460.50 check with a teller. After depositing the check, the woman during the commission of a felony. The teens were denied bond in March 2022. said the man went to the bank’s ATM and made another withdrawal.

At the Jan. 23 hearing, the prosecutor told Judge Shukura Ingram she recently received the ballistics report which will give information on the firearms used in the murder. She also sent the report to the defense.

Judge Ingram said the “status check” was complete and the case would move forward sometime in February.

The woman said both checks were fraudulent, which resulted in the bank losing money.

She said the bank has not been able to contact the man.

The woman said the bank has photographs and recordings of the man depositing the checks and withdrawing the money.

Suspect blackmails man with nude photographs

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek Police spoke with a man Jan. 21, who said a person posing as a female contacted him requesting nudes.

The suspect first messaged the victim on Instagram and eventually added him on Snapchat.

Once the man sent the nude photos, the suspect demanded $400, or that they would release the photos to the man’s gym.

The man did not send the funds, but called 911 and spoke to the reporting officer.

Police informed the victim not to transmit any funds and to block the offender, the report said, and that the photos would most likely be released by the offender and to prepare for that. Police also went over restricting the privacy on his social media accounts.

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