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At least 7 in GA sickened in Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a Salmonella outbreak connected to cucumbers has sickened at least seven people in Georgia. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The CDC and public health officials are investigating a multi-state Salmonella outbreak linked to recalled cucumbers. RELATED STORY: Georgia Grown cucumbers not impacted by recent recall, GA agriculture department says Those recalled cucumbers should be no longer for sale. As of May 23, the CDC reports there have been 45 cases and 16 hospitalizations in 18 states. No deaths have been reported. TRENDING STORIES: Delta flight with nearly 200 on board forced to turn back to Atlanta over pressurization issue North GA man accused of trying to force woman into his truck with crossbow 'Honestly, I just miss my wife': Alpharetta newlyweds separated after ICE arrests wife The health agency cautioned that the true number of sick people is likely much higher than the number reported. Many people recover without seeking medical care and without being tested for Salmonella. Salmonella bacteria can make people sick with an illness called salmonellosis, the CDC said. The bacteria is a leading cause of food-borne illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths. People who are young, old or have weakened immune systems are particularly at risk for severe infections, health officials say. Talk to your physician if you have concerning symptoms, including diarrhea and/or vomiting that lasts longer than two days, blood in your stool or urine, a fever higher than 102 degrees and signs of dehydration. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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Peachtree City police use ‘pursuit yeet technique' on fleeing car, caught on video
Police in Peachtree City said they used what they termed a 'pursuit yeet technique' on a car after a man fled a traffic stop on Thursday. Police said Paul Orndorff had a 'habitual violator' revocation of his license but was driving. He also has pending felony charges from a neighboring jurisdiction. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Orndorff fled when officers tried to stop him, police said, making the forcible stop necessary. Video shows the police vehicle colliding into the car. The car spins 360 degrees and slides against the concrete median. The police vehicle is shown hitting the car again, and it goes over the median and into the oncoming lanes. It eventually comes to a stop in a turning lane on an intersecting road. TRENDING STORIES: Braves starting pitcher likely out for rest of season A trip to a GA Burger King's drive-thru led to a high school graduate's dream he never saw coming 'The Wire' actor says his son was 'thrown 300 feet' from their home in Henry County tornado Police said they deployed K9 Draco when Orndorff refused to follow officers' orders. He was then arrested. Officers said they found a firearm, methamphetamine and mushrooms in the car. Peachtree City police said they have encountered this person before. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter] Orndorff fled from officers on Nov. 7, 2019, leading to a pursuit that ended with his vehicle crashing, police said. Authorities said he was caught by K9 Ejmyr, and officers found methamphetamine in the vehicle.
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6 hours ago
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Neighbors describe searching for injured 18-year-old, watching tornado touch down in Henry County
Residents are recalling the moments they saw a tornado touch down in their Henry County neighborhood and the subsequent search for an injured man. NewsChopper 2 flew over Fresh Laurel Lane where an EF-2 tornado destroyed a home on Thursday afternoon. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Malachi Chaney, 18, was thrown 300 feet from the house and severely injured. He remains in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital. Channel 2's Tyisha Fernandes visited what was left of the home on Friday and spoke with neighbors who described the terrifying moments. 'It was just raining, there was no wind, just a steady rain, and I was standing in my kitchen, and I started hearing like 'ping, ping, ping,' and I was like, 'What is that?' And I pulled the sliding glass door back right here, and I see right over here a funnel touching the ground. I immediately ran in my closet, covered my head, and took cover, and just started praying, panicking, and I could hear things hitting the house. It was really loud," Courtney Bucio said. RELATED STORIES: 'The Wire' actor says his son was 'thrown 300 feet' from their home in Henry County tornado Tornado touches down in Henry County, 18-year-old critically injured Tornado touches down in Henry County, crosses I-75 When the noises stopped, neighbors came outside and learned their neighbor Tray Chaney, an actor who played Malik 'Poot' Carr on 'The Wire,' and his 18-year-old son were in the home. Neighbors say Malachi Chaney was upstairs playing video games when the tornado hit. Fernandes took neighbors' concerns for their safety to the homebuilder, Century Communities. They say their homes are well-constructed. A spokesperson said that any home would have looked like that if it was directly hit by a tornado. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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8 hours ago
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‘Honestly, I just miss my wife': Alpharetta newlyweds separated after ICE arrests wife
An immigrant from Colombia, just married in February and with no criminal record, is now separated from her husband after agents arrested her outside the couple's Alpharetta apartment. Daniela Joly Landin, 24, entered the United States last May, turned herself in to the U.S. Border Patrol and applied for asylum. Channel 2's Bryan Mims talked to her husband, Richard Landin. He said she was threatened by violent paramilitary groups because of her work with charities promoting civil rights and helping people get off drugs. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] But in September, an immigration judge in Georgia denied her asylum request. She filed an appeal with the Board of Immigration Appeals, and a decision is pending. For months, Daniela Landin had been wearing an ankle monitor. On the morning of May 12, three Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents knocked on her apartment door. Richard Landin said the agents initially told them they were here to check her ankle monitor, but after she stepped outside, they announced she had an order for deportation because of her asylum denial. 'She looked over to me, and I saw her eyes all teary,' Richard Landin said. 'She looked terrified, she looked scared, her eyes were watering.' Daniela Landin spent nearly two weeks at the Stewart Detention Center near Columbus but was moved to the El Paso Service Processing Center in Texas on May 25. 'For someone that has a flawless record, it kind of just doesn't make sense,' he said. He said she's among 80 women in a pod at the facility, and they talk by phone every day. 'There are times she sounds anxious and defeated,' he said. 'She tries to have a brave face.' The two met online and soon went out to dinner, where they talked for hours and hit it off. TRENDING STORIES: Braves starting pitcher likely out for rest of season A trip to a GA Burger King's drive-thru led to a high school graduate's dream he never saw coming 'The Wire' actor says his son was 'thrown 300 feet' from their home in Henry County tornado 'We just kind of talked about our lives, our hopes and dreams,' he said. On Feb. 8, they were married in Alpharetta. Richard Landin is now living with his mother in Marietta, too upset to return to his apartment. 'It's painful being there without her,' he said. 'We moved into that apartment together.' Jameel Manji, Daniela Landin's immigration attorney, said ICE detentions have spiked 'across the board' since President Donald Trump took office. 'Generally speaking, she's not high on the priority list of individuals they need to worry about,' he said. But he said the Trump administration has zeroed in on undocumented immigrants who have been in the country for less than two years, whether they have committed crimes or not. 'Two years is kind of an arbitrary marker that this administration is using, but basically when someone's been in here for less than two years, they consider them prime candidates for expedited removals,' he said. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter] In previous administrations, he said, someone appealing an asylum ruling would not be detained while a decision was still pending. 'The way generally individuals will get into detention if they have a pending case is if they break the law,' Manji said. As for why Daniela Landin was denied asylum, he said applicants have a high threshold to meet. 'Asylum is very difficult to win, in particular in Georgia,' he said. The couple has hired other attorneys who are trying to get her released from detention on bond. 'Honestly, I just miss my wife,' he said. 'That's really just it, I miss my wife. I miss being able to hug her, I miss being able to see her face to face.'
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4-year-old boy dies of gunshot wound in Statesboro
A 4-year-old boy died Thursday from a gunshot wound, police in Statesboro said. Police say preliminary investigation suggests the boy may have shot himself with a gun left unsecured. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Police and emergency medical personnel responded to an apartment in The Hamptons on Rucker Lane in Statesboro amid reports of a child with a gunshot wound. Emergency personnel immediately gave the boy medical help. The boy was then taken by Bulloch EMS to East Georgia Regional Medical Center, where he died of the gunshot wound. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Coastal Crime Lab is investigating and will conduct an autopsy on the boy. Detectives searched the apartment and interviewed the apartment's occupants and the boy's family members. The evidence suggests the boy was able to get an unsecured gun and shot himself. The case file will be turned over to the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit's District Attorney's Office for review after the investigation is over. Channel 2 has reached out to Statesboro PD for more information. TRENDING STORIES: 'The Wire' actor says his son was 'thrown 300 feet' from their home in Henry County tornado A trip to a GA Burger King's drive-thru led to a high school graduate's dream he never saw coming Grandfather dies saving twin granddaughters from falling tree limb in Dacula [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
