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Chamber hosts June 4 reception
TrammellCrow announces new
office development in Forsyth
TrammellCrow Company, a
. major U.S. developer,
announced the first mid-rise
Class A office development in
Forsyth County at a reception
at the Cumming Forsyth
County Chamber of
Commerce. The project,
McGinnis Park, will include
100,000 square feet plus class
A office buildings. Phase I, a
100,498-square-foot building
will be available November,
1998.
TrammellCrow managing
director, Tom Daniel stated,
“This will be the first office
push into Forsyth County. To
• some extent it is pioneering.
• We want to compete not only
► on price, but also on quality.”
. TrammellCrow Co., Triad
Properties and McGinnis
Ferry Realty Group have
joined together in a limited
partnership to develop
McGinnis Park on a 24-acre
site adjacent to Windward
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that only the killer(s) and law
enforcement close to the investiga
tion would have.
In any homicide investigation,
if the killer admits knowledge to
key elements of the murder that no
one else could have, that admis
sion could be strong evidence for
the prosecution.
But if those details have been
widely reported in the media, the
strength of that evidence is drasti
cally diminished. When investiga
tors are trying desperately to bring
a killer to justice, Stephens says
the potential damaging effect of
leaked information “can’t be
emphasized enough.
“Those involved in a crime
have first-hand knowledge, and
they are the only people who do.
We work very diligently to get bits
and pieces of physical evidence
from the scene and from witnesses
to form a building block ... But if
that information is put out into the
community, we’re losing ground.”
Another concern is that erro-
Sun Trust Bank groundbreaking
for regional facility is June 10
A new regional office for
Sun Trust Bank will be built at the
intersection of Hwy. 20 and Haw
Creek Parkway in Cumming.
A groundbreaking ceremony for
the new building is set for June
10 at 9 a.m., said Ken Shugart,
first vice-president and regional
manager for the bank.
The new office will be the
fourth for the bank. Other loca
tions are Tri-County, Frances
Corners and Laurel Springs,
inside Publix.
It will be 7,000 square feet and
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tures three identical four
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tioned around a focal com
mon plaza.
Pat Topping, president of
the Cumming/Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce said,
“McGinnis Park is the result
of the hard work of developers
in Johns Creek, Windward,
The Meadows and Bluegrass
business parks. Forsyth
County has prepared itself for
the next wave of development,
and that is the type of devel
opment TrammellCrow is
doing in McGinnis Park.”
Topping continued, “Our
elected officials and develop
ment authorities have laid the
groundwork that attracts this
type of development, and we
will continue to see this
expansion happen in Forsyth
County.”
TrammellCrow Company,
founded in 1948, is one of the
neous information circulating
through the community will lessen
the credibility of new leads: “We
have to be able to discern fact
from fiction and know who
embellishes on stories and who
doesn’t.
“Leaks create barriers for us
that we don’t need.”
At the request of law enforce
ment, the Forsyth County News
has intentionally withheld
rumored and confirmed details of
the investigation on several occa
sions and will continue to do so in
the interest of bringing Levi’s
killer to justice.
Stephens says he believes “the
general public wouldn’t want
those details if they knew it could
jeopardize a criminal investiga
tion” and potentially cause a mur
derer to go free.
Speaking about the role of the
media and the balance between the
people’s right to know and a vic
tim’s right to justice, Stephens
said, “What we would ask is for
will house commercial lending,
retail and mortgage lenders.
The new location was chosen
because of its micromarket,
Shugart said, pointing out the
homes, retail stores and profes
sional buildings in the area.
“As close as it is to Tri-County,
it is still a separate market,” he
said.
Sun Trust Bank* Northeast
Georgia Forsyth County Regional
facility has loan assets and
deposits of approximately
$100,000,000.
This will be the
first office push
into Forsyth
County.
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largest diversified commercial
real estate services companies
in the nation. TrammellCrow’s
Atlanta office manages more
than 12 million square feet of
office and industrial space.
They have developed more
than 3 million square foot of
office space in metro Atlanta
area, including Nortel head
quarters in Windward.
The Cumming/Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce is a
900-plus member organization
dedicated to providing leader
ship, promoting planned growth
and providing services to the
business community of Forsyth
County.
them (the press) to take pause -
and to be responsible.”
He said he believes solving
Levi’s murder will take “a com
munity effort,” and said media
who respect that balance are acting
“in keeping with the spirit” of the
community effort “and have done
their job,...acting responsibly, and
we’re grateful for that.”
Although the reports apparent
ly stemmed from an interview
conducted with Levi’s mother,
Marilyn Parkman, Stephens says
the GBI continues to have “open
lines of communication and a
good rapport with Parkman - as
with most other members of the
family.”
Parkman allegedly disclosed
details of the murder she learned
from questions posed during her
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‘Road rage’ arrest is county’s first
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
A 24-year-old Alpharetta
woman is free on bond after
allegedly pointing a gun at anoth
er driver on Ga. 400 early
Tuesday afternoon.
Theresa Muzzio was arrested for
carrying a concealed weapon and
pointing a pistol at another person.
According to statements given
to Sheriff’s office deputies,
Muzzio was traveling north on
Ga. 400 in the left lane.
John Bentley of Ballground tried
Clubhouse break-in investigated
By Michael Kurtz
Staff Writer
Investigators are trying to determine if an early
morning break-in at the Polo Golf and Country Club
clubhouse Wednesday is connected to a similar theft
in a neighboring county.
Sheriff’s office deputies responded to an alarm at
the clubhouse about 3 a.m.
According to the incident report, someone threw a
basketball-sized rock through the front door of the
clubhouse.
Clubhouse personnel are still trying to determine
the amount of equipment taken, but Sheriff’s office
own polygraph examination.
According to one report, Parkman
also stated that one of her former
boyfriends has been polygraphed,
as well, and that officers have
recently asked her to disclose
names of past boyfriends.
One law enforcement official
said he understands that Parkman
believed some of the statements
she made to the reporter who came
to her home were off the record
and would not be published.
A relative of Parkman said
Levi’s mother understood she
would be allowed to read the arti
cle before it was published but
may not have been able to do so.
Parkman's mother, Janice
Hamby, pointed out that some of
the questions posed to Parkman
during the polygraph exam may
several times to pass. He said
Muzzio would speed up and slow
down to keep him from getting
by.
After Bentley finally passed,
Muzzio reportedly pulled out a
pistol, held it out the driver’s door
window and pointed it at him.
The two pulled to the side of the
road at the McFarland Road exit
ramp where Bentley called 911.
When deputies arrived, Muzzio
was still in her vehicle.
She denied having a gun, but
deputies found a 9 mm Beretta in
a fanny-pack holster.
Capt. Bill Miller said the theft was extensive.
“They took quite a bit of golf clubs and equip
ment,” Miller said.
He said there was recently a report of a break-in at
a country club in the North Fulton area.
Investigators sent bulletins to other golf coufses
and clubs in the North Georgia area asking for sus
pect descriptions, crime scene information and other
evidence that could link Wednesday’s theft to other
cases.
A spokesperson for the country club said they are
still trying to determine the value of the stolen
goods.
not have contained accurate infor
mation, thereby making the details
released potentially innaccurate as
well: "They have to do that to find
out whether people are telling
them the truth," she said.
While the Forsyth County
News was able to reach a resident
at the home, Parkman was unavail
able for comment.
If the reports gave readers the
impression the investigation has
reached a dead end, Stephens says
that’s not the case: “If it was
stalled, I wouldn’t have three
agents assigned to the case daily,”
he said.
The agent likened a homicide
investigation to “chipping away at
a large stone,” saying, “There are
leads now, and leads continue to
come in. The idea is to stay there
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Friday, Jun* 5,1998 I
She reportedly did not hkve a
license to carry a gun and was
arrested for carrying a concealed
weapon.
Sheriff’s office spokesperson
Karleen Chalker said Tuesday’s
incident of “road rage” is not a
common occurrence in the coun
ty, though more reports of high
way shootings and other violence
are always reported in big cities.
“We’ve had some complaints
about people waving a gun as
they passed other vehicles,”
Chalker said. “But we haven’t had
a shooting or anything like that.”
and keep working.”
He says agents are “out there
every day” doing just that: “We
have not forgotten Levi Frady, and
we won’t forget Levi Frady.”
Agents say they continue to
need the public’s help and still
believe there are others who may
have heard or seen something on
Oct. 22, 1997, the day Levi disap
peared.
• • •
If you have information, you
are urged to phone investigator? at
the Frady hotline, (800) 432-9284
or the GBI at (770) 535-5423. To
mail information anonymously,
write to: Frady Case, P.O. Box
229, Dawsonville, Ga. 30534.
There is a $15,000 reward for
information leading to a convic
tion in the murder.
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