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Police stop Roswell suspect with controversial maneuver By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
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Longtime Martin’s Landing residents Michael Litten and Scott Crawford edge toward the Chattahoochee River while questioning proposed plans to renovate the adjacent pool at their neighborhood club house. The project is at the center of a lawsuit filed against individual members of their homeowners association board, which alleges misconduct over a vote on a related $1.1 million special assessment.
Suit against Martin’s Landing directors alleges misconduct in $1.1 million vote By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The owner of the Lake House at Martin’s Landing is suing more than a dozen homeowners association board directors over how they allegedly conducted a vote on a $1.1 million special assessment. The assessment, for renovations to the 50-yearold neighborhood pool, will charge nearly $600 to each of the community’s some 1,900 homeowners, according to documents provided to Appen Media. Critics of the proposed project say it poses an
environmental issue, as the pool lies just a few feet away from the Chattahoochee River. They also urge the importance of staying privy to association dealings within your neighborhood. The Nov. 1 filing to the Fulton County Superior Court alleges board directors, as well as the property manager, “aimed to mislead and to ensure their favored outcome on what was supposed to be a community association vote by members.” The firm 29th Street Capital filed the suit “on behalf of” Martin’s Landing Foundation, Inc., the
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs Police arrested a 40-year-old Atlanta man Dec. 16 after a high-speed chase on Ga. 400 and I-285, ending with a road intervention known as a PIT maneuver. A PIT, or precision immobilization technique, is a method used by law enforcement to stop a vehicle by forcing it to abruptly turn 180 degrees and stall. It’s a police procedure with a controversial reputation. Sandy Springs Police allows officers with the right training to use it under certain circumstances. The department has not said how they came to the decision to pursue the suspect coming out of Roswell or execute the PIT maneuver to immobilize the suspect’s vehicle. Appen Media first found out about the Dec. 16 incident through a Sandy Springs Police Department Facebook post. Early Monday morning on Dec. 16, Roswell police attempted to pull over a vehicle for failing to use a turn signal,
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