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i www.starnewsga.com StarNews NOVEMBER 7,2010 Page 13 Carrollton’s violent crime rate per 1,000 is 28.84; Douglasville, 9.13; Newnan, 5.65 by Carole Scott On Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 2:05 AM a violent incident took place on the Square in Carrollton. A Fight that started at the Irish Bred Pub spilled out the front door and was spotted by a Carrollton Police Officer at nearby Plates. By the time the officer got there, the victim, 29-year-old Ian Fitchpatrick of Carrollton, had been stabbed 14 times with a short-bladed knife. His injuries were not life threatening. The suspect, Blake David Wilbanks, a 28 year- old from Covington, ran away on foot down Bradley Street, where he was apprehended. Blake was charged with aggravated assault, obstruction of an officer, and criminal trespass. The last charge arose out of the fact that he collided with and damaged a car while running away. Another fight on the square that resulted in a serious injury took place on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 2:30 a.m. Matthew Lawrence, 21, of Temple was hit one time and was seriously injured when he fell and hit his head. As a result of the blow to his head, Lawrence had blood on his brain. Arrested as a result and charged with aggregated battery was Dustin Morgan, 21, of Carrollton. Lawrence, who is now in a wheelchair, is back home trying to learn to walk and talk again. The district attorney has decided to no bill a case arising out of a 2009 fight that took place on the square because the injured man, who suffered a serious eye injury, was the one who started the fight during which he was injured. Carrollton police Captain Chris Dobbs says that plans are being made to post more officers at the square during the times when such incidents as those described above are most likely to take place. Since these incidents, the city has stepped up police coverage on the square after midnight on weekends. According to a study done by Walletpop.com, the City of Carrollton’s violent crime rate per 1,000 is 28.84. By comparison, the City of Newnan’s is 5.65; City of Douglasville 9.13; and City of Fairbum 1.58. The rate for the state as a whole is 4.97. Data by neighborhood is available only to subscribers. Unavailable, too, is any data for the other cities in Carroll County. However, data for individual Atlanta neighborhoods is available. An Atlanta neighborhood at the northeastern edge of the Atlanta University Center (in ZIP codes 30313 and 30314) is the 5th most dangerous neighborhood in the United States. Its violent crime rate per 1,000 is 126.77. The 7th most dangerous neighborhood is also in Atlanta. Located just south of the Georgia Tech campus and including the Centennial Olympic Park (in ZIP codes 30314 and 30303), its violent crime rate per 1,000 is 114.18. At four, Atlanta has more neighborhoods in the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods in the country than does any other city. The fact that a city has some neighborhoods where the crime rate is relatively high does not mean that it has no relatively safe neighborhoods. Coming in at number 17, is an Atlanta neighborhood where there is an intersection of Pryor Street and Ralph David Abernathy Professional Boulevard (in ZIPs 30303 and 30312 ). Its violent crime rate per 1,000 is 94.94. Coming in at number 22 is £ neighborhood on whose northwestern bordei is an intersection of Glenn Street and Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard (in ZIP code 3010). Its violent crime rate per 1,000 is 82.96. www. walletpop. com/blog/2010/10/04/25- most-dangerous-neighborhoods-2010/ fo> more information Counseling Individuals • Couples • Teens Ted Ceccoli, MA Licensed Professional Counselor Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist 770-838-9806 Depression Anxiety PTSD Grief OCD Panic Trauma Phobias Insomnia Weight Control Smoking Cessation Member: the American Counseling Assoc. and The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Most Insurance Accepted * T1R.ICARE certified provider Counseling Hypnosis Gutded Imagery BodyMind Therapeutics, Inc, 415 Dixie Street, Carrollton J Smith Lanier & Co. Insuring People and Business Since 1861 "Fait days filled with lots of f memories that will last for y secure with insurance from .making happy re your family's / that’s been arc: Let for you with o Carriers such as Grdnge in " */; . *>*• . > ' mK —a** ^ ‘x J ,4.*'' • -7515 1 Call us fodav Homer Life, Commercial I Business ^ you money/* Insurance
