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Alongside aggravated assault and firearms charges he was charged with possessing less than 1 ounce of marijuana, and police took him to the Fulton County Jail.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1},"details":{"agencies":["Atlanta Police Department"],"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["possession"],"setting":["street","vehicle"],"charges":["possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana","aggravated assault","possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony","second-degree criminal damage to property"],"case_stage":"charged","force":["shots-fired"],"date_precision":"exact","region":"Fulton County"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[2],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.charges":[2],"details.force":[1],"details.products":[2],"details.setting":[2],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.charged":[1]},"tags":["atlanta","fulton-county","marijuana-possession","rideshare","firearm"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["Only the 1-ounce threshold is published for the marijuana, so no weight is recorded; the exact quantity was not reported.","The 42-year-old driver was shot in both legs according to one WSB-TV account that could not be opened from outside the United States, so no injury count or detail is recorded here.","CBS Atlanta reports officers were flagged down near 884 York Ave. SW and found the driver there, while other accounts describe the driver driving himself to reach police; the Atlanta Police Department statement itself could not be opened.","No court date, bail or plea was reported for any of the four charges.","Atlanta News First reported the same charges but its page could not be reopened during this review, so no fact depends on it."],"sources":[{"title":"Passenger accused of shooting rideshare driver after argument in Atlanta's West End","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/passenger-accused-of-shooting-rideshare-driver-after-argument-in-atlantas-west-end/","publisher":"CBS Atlanta","date":"2026-11-09","archived":null},{"title":"Passenger charged after rideshare driver shot in Atlanta","url":"https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/passenger-charged-after-rideshare-driver-shot-atlanta","publisher":"FOX 5 Atlanta","date":"2026-11-08","archived":null}]},{"id":"perry-operation-snow-hill-12-arrested","code":"CET-T0ZT4F","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/perry-operation-snow-hill-12-arrested/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/T0ZT4F/","date":"2026-11-06","added_at":"2026-11-08T21:23:44.953672Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"us/ga","country_name":"Georgia, United States","place":"Perry, Houston County, Georgia","coordinates":[32.4582,-83.7316],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["raid","seizure"],"title":"12 arrested in Perry-led Operation Snow Hill in Houston and Peach counties","summary":"Perry police and partner agencies arrested 12 people on 6 November 2026 after searching 10 homes and three businesses in Houston and Peach counties, Georgia, in an inquiry into an alleged cocaine and marijuana distribution network. 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The 7 November 2026 publication date of both outlets differs from the reported date.","The charges are from police; no indictments, arraignments, pleas, bond amounts or court dates were reported.","The accounts do not say which of the 12 arrests rested on marijuana evidence; three of the 12 face only methamphetamine and drug-paraphernalia charges.","Whether the three searched businesses are among those connected to the marijuana charges is not stated.","Both outlets reproduce the same Perry Police Department release, so they are not independent reporting; the department's own statement could not be opened.","The primary WMAZ article on 13wmaz.com returned a 403 error, so its text was read from the MSN syndicated copy, and the Perry police Facebook statement could not be opened.","WMAZ's text calls the charge a violation of Georgia's RICO Act and 41NBC calls it counts under the Georgia RICO Act; the report uses RICO Act for both.","WGXA names only four men at the head of the investigation and gives no cannabis weight, plant count, cash or cocaine quantity, so no figures are added.","The Friday wording could describe 6 November 2026; the exact date rests on the earlier report's WMAZ/MSN account."],"sources":[{"title":"12 arrested in Perry-led drug trafficking investigation spanning Houston and Peach counties: release","url":"https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/12-arrested-in-perry-led-drug-trafficking-investigation-spanning-houston-and-peach-counties-release/ar-AA2gYMcG","publisher":"WMAZ-TV (13WMAZ), via MSN","date":"2026-11-07","archived":null},{"title":"Perry police arrest 12 in multi-county drug investigation","url":"https://www.41nbc.com/operation-snow-hill-perry-police-drug-arrests/","publisher":"41NBC/WMGT","date":"2026-11-07","archived":null},{"title":"Operation Snow Hill sweep nets 12 arrests in Houston and Peach county drug probe","url":"https://wgxa.tv/news/local/operation-snow-hill-sweep-nets-12-arrests-in-houston-and-peach-county-drug-probe-13-locations-commercial-residential-locations-perry-warner-robins-centerville-fort-valley-cocaine-marijuana-ga-rico-act-deltravious-shavad-hill-shane-giovani-brown-craigor","publisher":"WGXA","date":"2026-11-09","archived":null}]},{"id":"colquitt-traffic-stop-marijuana-firearm-arrest","code":"CET-ZEV53T","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/colquitt-traffic-stop-marijuana-firearm-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZEV53T/","date":"2026-11-05","added_at":"2026-11-09T17:09:25.391906Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"us/ga","country_name":"Georgia, United States","place":"Highway 27 near MLK Street, Colquitt, Miller County, Georgia","coordinates":[31.1713,-84.7333],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"One arrested after Colquitt traffic stop finds marijuana and a gun","summary":"A Georgia State Patrol trooper stopped a vehicle on Highway 27 near MLK Street in Colquitt on the evening of 5 November 2026 and found marijuana and a firearm inside. 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