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A Gainesville man is being held without bond at the Hall County Jail after investigators acting on a cybertip found child sexual abuse materials at his home. Hall County Sheriff's Office spokesman Derreck Booth said investigators have charged Martin Santillan, 57, with six counts of electronic exploitation of a minor and one count of second-degree forgery; all of the charges are felonies. Booth said a preliminary investigation this past July turned up three images of child pornography on Santillan's electronic devices. He said the suspect also uploaded the photos onto his Facebook Messenger...

A wide-ranging investigation will be held to determine the cause of a liquid nitrogen leak in a poultry processing factory in Georgia, which killed six people and sent 11 others to hospital.

Six people were killed, while 11 others were sent to a hospital on Thursday after a liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry plant. Authorities said at least three of those hospitalized were in critical condition. According to Zachary Brackett of Hall County Fire Services, firefighters responded to a report of burns at the Foundation Food Group plant, formerly Prime Pak Foods, in Gainesville at around 10:12 a.m. Brackett noted that within 10 minutes, they had updated it to a hazardous materials response, NBC News reported.  "Once the units arrived, they found a large contingent...

Sheriff's deputies, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the state fire marshal were investigating the deaths and cause of the leak.

Georgia woman charged with stealing $107K from church January 22, 2021 GMT GAINESVILLE, Ga, (AP) — A north Georgia woman has been arrested on charges that she stole about $107,000 from the church where she worked. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said 49-year-old Alycia Christy turned herself in on a felony theft charge on Jan. 15. Hall County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Derreck Booth told The Times of Gainesville that Christy worked as an administrative assistant at Northlake Baptist Church and took funds from the church between January 2018 and January of this year. Investigators said ...