Polk County detectives believe the driver who hit an 84-year-old man with a walker, knocking him to the ground and driving off, may not have even known they did it. Even worse, Sheriff Grady Judd said no one bothered to help as the man struggled to stand back up.
Police, family intensify search for missing Union City man
Police say 29-year-old Preston Grissom was last seen of February 10 on Stonewall Tell Road.
UNION CITY, Ga. - Union City police are asking for the public s help to find a missing 29-year-old man. Preston Grissom was last seen on February 10 on Stonewall Tell Road.
Union City police and his family held a news conference on Thursday to give an update on the case. We just need some help. We don t know where to look, said Grissom s Grandmother.
Preston Grissom, 29, has been missing since Feb. 10, 2021. (Union City Police Department)
The disappearance of Preston Grissom has left his family with pain that s palpable.
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Mario Blanding, 33, is also charged with shooting one man in the leg during an attempted carjacking.
Blanding was arrested on Feb. 18 on Apogee Drive and charged with fatally shooting two men on Feb. 3. He is charged in the death of Antone Baines, 38, of Durham in the 200 block of Cushman Street shortly before 6 p.m. on Feb 3. He is also charged with the death of Corey Gooch, 40, of Durham a short time later in the 500 block of Hardee Street.
Blanding has since been charged in connection with several robbery cases.
One victim told officers he was getting into his vehicle Feb. 9 in the 1900 block of Holloway Street when a man pointed a gun at him.