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  • Teenage victim of accidental Brunswick shooting identified; Moms Demand Action pushes for prevention

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    Action News Jax has learned the name of the victim who was accidentally shot and killed in Brunswick over the weekend, according to police.

    The Glynn County Coroner confirmed with Action News Jax that the victim was 14-year-old Dazariah Easton.

    The Brunswick Police Department said it responded to Altama Avenue Saturday night regarding a person shot inside of a home. Neighbors we spoke with said it happened near Stonewall Street.

    Investigators said 17-year-old Daquarius Wallace “was mishandling a firearm when the victim was shot.” Wallace was arrested along with 21-year-old Bobby Sullivan in connection to Easton’s death. Wallace is charged with second-degree murder and cruelty to children, among other counts. Sullivan faces cruelty to children and other related charges.

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    According to research by Everytown for Gun Safety, so far this year, there have been at least 154 unintentional shootings by children nationwide, resulting in 62 deaths and 95 injuries.

    They also note that Georgia leads the country with 12 unintentional shootings by children this year. Florida currently ranks 2nd with 11.

    “Firearm deaths are the leading cause of death among our children and teens in this country,” said Jennifer Massey with Moms Demand Action.

    Massey is the chapter lead with Moms Demand Action Florida, a grassroots movement of Americans advocating for gun safety measures. She says accidental or unintentional shooting deaths are preventable.

    “They’re preventable because there are preventable ways to keep our children safe, and that is through securing firearms, through secure storage of using gun locks, using gun box, gun safes, and things like that,” said Massey.

    RELATED: Gun safety back in focus after another child is accidentally shot in Jacksonville

    We are working on getting the mug shots and arrest reports for both suspects. We tried reaching out to Easton’s family, but we have yet to hear back.

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  • Car crashes into Ted’s Fish Fry in Brunswick

    Car crashes into Ted’s Fish Fry in Brunswick

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    BRUNSWICK, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A car crashed into the Ted’s Fish Fry on Hoosick Road in Brunswick Tuesday evening. There was heavy damage to the vehicle and the front of the building.

    The fire chief told NEWS10 the driver suffered a medical emergency, and there were no serious injuries.

    The restaurant said they closed for the rest of the night and are unsure of when they will be able to reopen. They are waiting on an inspector to check the condition of the building.

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  • Report shows system deficiencies a year before firefighting foam spill at former Navy base

    Report shows system deficiencies a year before firefighting foam spill at former Navy base

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    BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A fire suppression system at a Brunswick Executive Airport hangar showed deficiencies about a year before it discharged gallons of firefighting foam containing harmful chemicals in Maine’s biggest accidental spill of the fire suppressant on record, according to a recently released report.

    It’s not known, however, if those deficiencies, which included some non-functioning sensors, led to what happened on Aug. 19 i n Hangar 4. The system released 1,450 gallons (5,490 liters) of firefighting foam concentrate mixed with 50,000 gallons (190,000 liters) of water at the former Navy base.

    An investigation is underway into why the fire suppression system discharged. The foam, which contains chemicals known as PFAS, was removed and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention had advised the public not to consume or to limit consumption of freshwater fish from four nearby bodies of water.

    The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, which is overseeing redevelopment of the property, recently released a fire suppression inspection and testing report from July 2023. The authority was actively trying to get a technician out to address any deficiencies following the report, Kristine Logan, the group’s executive director, told The Associated Press in an email on Friday. She said “no one was able to be scheduled.”

    Logan also said the group also was working on finding alternatives to having an active foam system in the hangar.

    “We were not ignoring the issue,” she said.

    Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are found in everything from food packaging to clothing and are associated with health problems including several types of cancer. Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency, for the first time, proposed limits on the chemicals in drinking water.

    Brunswick Naval Air Station officially closed in 2011, and automated fire suppression is mandated in large hangars. The hangars once housed P-3 Orion subhunters and other aircraft.

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  • Thousands impacted by Capital Region power outages

    Thousands impacted by Capital Region power outages

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    COLONIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — According to the National Grid Power Outage Map, thousands are being impacted by power outages in the Capital Region. There are outages in Guilderland, Colonie, Albany, Menands, Clifton Park, Watervliet, Troy, North Greenbush, Brunswick, Altamont, Knox, and Schodack.

    The Guilderland, Colonie, Albany, and Menands outages are affecting over 3,000 customers according to the power outage map. They are expected to be restored by 8 p.m. in some areas and in others they are being assessed for restoration time.

    The Watervliet power outage is impacting 2,288 customers but is expected to be restored at 3:45 p.m. The power outage map says that the Clifton Park and Halfmoon outages have over 5,000 affected customers and are being assessed for restoration time.

    The outages in Troy, North Greenbush, and Brunswick are impacting nearly 3,000 customers and are being assessed for restoration. The Altamont and Knox power outage affects 2,367 customers with no expected restoration time at this moment.

    There is also an outage in Schodack impacting 1,127 customers that is expected to be restored around 5:15 p.m. Check the latest outage map from National Grid here.

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  • Hearing delayed for ex-DA charged in wake of Arbery killing

    Hearing delayed for ex-DA charged in wake of Arbery killing

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    BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A judge has postponed a court hearing this week for a former Georgia prosecutor charged with meddling in the police investigation of the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

    Superior Court Judge John R. Turner ordered that the court appearance for former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson’, initially scheduled for Thursday, be held later, according to court records. The judge has not set a new date.

    Johnson has not appeared in court since she was indicted in September 2021 on charges of violating her oath of office and hindering police investigating Arbery’s killing. White men in pickup trucks chased the young Black man on Feb. 23, 2020, after spotting him running in their neighborhood outside coastal Brunswick. The chase ended with Arbery being shot dead in the street.

    The man who initiated the chase, Greg McMichael, was a retiree who had worked as an investigator for Johnson. She was still Glynn County’s top prosecutor when Arbery was killed, but lost her reelection campaign a few months later.

    The indictment against Johnson accuses her of using her office to try to shield Greg McMichael and Travis McMichael, his adult son who fired the fatal shotgun blasts, from prosecution.

    Both McMichaels and a neighbor who joined the chase and recorded cellphone video of the killing, William “Roddie” Bryan, weren’t arrested until more than two months later when the video leaked online and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the case from local police.

    The McMichaels and Bryan all have since been convicted of murder and federal hate crime charges.

    Johnson has denied wrongdoing, saying she immediately recused herself from the investigation into Arbery’s death.

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  • Neighborhoods evacuated near burning Georgia chemical plant

    Neighborhoods evacuated near burning Georgia chemical plant

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    BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Authorities evacuated neighborhoods Monday near a chemical plant where a large fire was burning in coastal Georgia.

    Smoke hazards and a risk of explosions prompted officials Monday morning to order people to evacuate three neighborhoods within a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) radius of the Symrise chemical plant, Glynn County government spokesperson Katie Baasen said. People within a 3-mile (5-kilometer) radius were being told to shelter in place.

    The fire sent a thick plume of smoke rising into the air from the plant located outside the port city of Brunswick, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) south of Savannah.

    The fire had been contained and was expected to burn itself out, Baasen said in an email message to The Associated Press. She said hazards from the smoke posed the largest concern, though there was also a potential the fire could cause explosions.

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