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COWETA COUNTY, Ga. - Four people have been arrested after a brawl at a Coweta County fast-food restaurant including two employees over the weekend, deputies said. The incident, which was caught on camera, left the 65-year-old manager, who was trying to break it up, unconscious. Donniesha Green and Tauzhanae Williams as well as employees Demarius Lovette and Michael West were all charged in the fight. It happened at the Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen on Fischer Crossing in Sharpsburg last Saturday. Coweta County Sheriff’s deputies said they were called there twice to break up fights between employees and their family members. Investigators...

The man accused by New Orleans police of murdering Domino's delivery driver Michael Price late last month has a history of armed robbery and weapons charges in Houston and New Orleans.Michael Portis, 24, is facing a possible first-degree murder charge after his arrest Wednesday morning (April 1) in the 4900 block of Pauger Street. His arrest came a little more than a week after police found Price's bullet-riddled body inside his car shortly before 1 a.m. on March 24 in the 6100 block of North Roman Street in the city's Lower 9th Ward.Details of Portis' arrest and alleged involvement in...

MILLERSBURG, Ohio - The leader of a breakaway Amish group allowed the beatings of those who disobeyed him, made some members sleep in a chicken coop and had sexual relations with married women to "cleanse them," federal authorities said as they charged him and six others with hate crimes in hair-cutting attacks against other Amish. Authorities raided the group's compound in eastern Ohio on Wednesday morning and arrested seven men, including group leader Sam Mullet and three of his sons. Several members of the group carried out the attacks in September and October by forcefully cutting the beards and hair...

Cops say this guy discovered Subway doesn't sell $2 sandwiches and shot the people working there. ​A man walked into a Fort Lauderdale Subway store last night and asked the two employees if they sold $2 sandwiches. The employees said they didn't, so the guy demanded cash and shot both of them. The Broward Sheriff's Office says this happened around 10:30 p.m. yesterday in the 2800 block of West Sunrise Boulevard, and investigators don't yet know who or where the gunman is. According to police, the man started demanding cash after he was told there were no $2 sandwiches. The...

Mall Melee Involving 100 Rowdy Teens What's the matter with kids today? Updated 11:09 AM EST, Mon, Dec 28, 2009 More than 100 rambunctious teens turned the Westfield Trumbull into a giant mosh pit Saturday night, according to police. Two teens were ultimately arrested for returning to the after being thrown out by mall security for allegedly bothering customers. The fight erupted at a bus stop outside the shopping center, said police, and ultimately grew to include more than 100 young people. Trumbull police say they had to call in Bridgeport and state police officers for backup and were forced...

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) - A man was sentenced to four years in prison for helping to extort $67,000 from an elderly Amish widower in exchange for keeping quiet about his solicitation of a prostitute. "I am aware of the pain I have caused people, and how terrible my actions were," Patrick Lansdowne said in court Wednesday.