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Forsyth releases more courthouse attack details
Timely training helped deputies ward off assault
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By the time Dennis Marx drove onto the Forsyth County Courthouse plaza June 6 and started a gunbattle with sheriff’s deputies, he had already shot himself in the leg, according to information authorities released Tuesday. Sheriff’s office representatives included those details and others — including that some deputies had trained for just such an attack the day before — in a presentation at the morning meeting of the Lanier Forsyth Rotary Club. The officials laid out a timeline of the events, as well as previous interactions the sheriff’s office had with Marx, who was scheduled to appear in court that morning to enter a guilty plea on drug and weapon charges.
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Where a new subdivision is being developed off Lake Lanier
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Construction crews prepare new single-family homes and townhomes currently going up Wednesday, April 2, 2025, off Chestatee Rd. near Bolding Mill in Hall County at the new Falcon Landing subdivision. - photo by Scott Rogers
A new housing development is springing up off the shores of Lake Lanier.
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