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$20,000 reward offered for safe return of missing girl

Georgia sheriff issues statement on missing girl; $20,000 reward offered for safe return

Maria Gomez-Perez, 12, was last seen on May 29.

COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH A DEBATE ON A ROAD PASSING POOLER. THE CITY WANTS TO EXPAND ITS USE WHILE PEOPLE LIVING NEARBY WORRY ABOUT SECURITY ISSUES. HUMOUS WEATHER AND STRONG WINDS ARE ON THE WAY. HOW STORMS WILL IMPACT YOUR DAY. MORE – A DOMESTIC INCIDENT… WHICH BECAME FATAL IN RICHMOND HILL. WHAT OFFICERS TELL US LEADS TO VIOLENCE. THANK YOU FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. My name is Frank SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS JOINS US NOW… NOW HERE IS YOUR STORM TRACKING RADAR… TODAY 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MOSTLY AFTER 3:00 P.M. PARTLY SUNNY, WITH HIGH NEAR 92. WEST WIND AROUND 6 MPH BECOMING NORTH IN THE MORNING. TONIGHT, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY, MAINLY BEFORE 3:00 AM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 72. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING CALM AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE RISK OF PRECIPITATION IS 50% RIGHT NOW – A DEBATE ON THE FUTURE OF PINE BARREN ROAD IN POOLER. FOR A PROPOSED PLAN TO BUILD FLEXIBLE WAREHOUSES. WJCL 22 NEWS' SAVANNAH YOUNGER JOINS US LIVE FROM THIS AREA. AND SAVANNAH… YOU TALKED TO SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THIS AREA… WHO IS – *AGAINST THIS. YEAH FRANK… IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING DOCUMENT.. WHEN ASKED IF THE PROPOSED PLAN WOULD CAUSE TRAFFIC.. IT SAYS IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP. I SPOKEN TO TRISH BROWN…A RESIDENT WHO LIVES NEAR THIS “WE NEED SIDEWALKS BECAUSE IT INCREASES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS HERE, PEOPLE WHO WILL INEVITABLY MOVE HERE. IT'S NO SECRET THAT POLAR IS GROWING. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO STOP THE GROWTH OF COOLER. WE LET'S TRY TO INCREASE THE THINKING BEHIND THE CITY OF POOLER'S PLANNING YOU MAY REMEMBER… LAST YEAR.. A PERSON WAS KILLED IN A HIT-RUN.. RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING MEETING. AND ZONING WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AT 3:00 P.M. AND A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS REZONING WILL BE HELD NEXT MONDAY.. BACK TO YOU THANKS SAVANNE IS ALSO HAPPENING TODAY – A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE INCREASE. OF THE MILLAGE RATE IN PORT WENTWORTH. THE CITY'S PROVISIONAL BUDGET REQUIRES A HIGHER MILLAGE RATE THAN THAT COVERED BY THE CURRENT TAX REASSESSMENT UNDER GEORGIA LAW, THE CITY WILL HOLD THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO HEAR THE PUBLIC ON THE INCREASE. TAXES. THE FIRST OF THESE MEETINGS TAKES PLACE TODAY. THIS MEETING STARTS AT 9:00 THIS MORNING AT PORT WENTWORTH TOWN HALL ON ROUTE 21. THE NEXT MEETINGS ARE HELD ON JUNE 13 – THIS THURSDAY – AND JUNE 20. SAVANNAH POLICE ARRESTED A FIFTH SUSPECT IN A MAY MASS SHOOTING IN ELLIS SQUARE THAT LEFT 11 INJURED. JACOREY PORTER, 30, ARRESTED FRIDAY AND CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND TWO WEAPON CHARGES. PORTER JOINS FOUR OTHER SUSPECTS WHO WERE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MASS SHOOTING. SAVANNAH POLICE WILL PROVIDE A FULL UPDATE ON THIS CASE LATER TODAY. SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING…AFTER BEING SHOT DURING A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PARTY THIS WEEKEND IN BEAUFORT. THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS… IT HAPPENED ON HORACE DAWSON LANE… AROUND 11:00 P.M…. FRIDAY NIGHT. MEMBERS SAY…FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT. A RESIDENCE… AND SEVERAL CARS ALSO DAMAGED BY BULLETS. DEPUTIES SAY THREE VICTIMS LEFT THE SCENE TO FIND MEDICAL CARE. A 38-YEAR-OLD VICTIM… REMAINS AT THE SCENE. FORTUNATELY…EVERYONE HAD ONLY MILD INJURIES. DEPUTIES SAY…THE SHOOTERS LEFT THE SCENE…BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED. /// RIGHT NOW… AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO A FATAL DOMESTIC DISPUTE IN RICHMOND HILL. According to the Bryan County Sheriff's Office, the shooting happened at a home on Sunbury Road shortly after nine Saturday evening. WJCL 22 News' Kyron Neveaux tells us what we know. A NEIGHBORHOOD DESCRIBED AS QUIET AND FAMILY FRIENDLY FILLED WITH POLICE CARS SATURDAY……AFTER A NIGHT LATER DEADLY DOMESTIC DISPUTE…….IN A HOUSE IN RICHMOND HILL FRIDAY EVENING. (CARS PASSING BY) ACCORDING TO THE BRYAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY WERE ALERTED BY TWO 9-1-1 PHONE CALLS… ONE FROM THE VICTIM AND THE OTHER FROM A CHILD SAYS HER FATHER SHOT HIS MOTHER AND THE THREE SIBLINGS WENT TO A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE FOR SAFETY…. BOTH CALLS 15 MINUTES AWAY… CAUSING SEVERAL AGENCIES TO RESPOND TO THE SCANNER'S NAT: “ALL THE UNITS ARE ARRIVING, LET’S JUST STAY NEAR THE CARS HERE TO FIND OUT WHO’S ON SCENE AND WHERE WE NEED THEM… HERE IN GSP CARS.” BUT “BULLOCH COUNTY SWAT IS ABOUT TO STOP TOO” THE MAN PREVENTED THE POLICE FROM ENTERING INSIDE… PREVENTING THEM FROM GETTING NEEDED MEDICAL CARE TO THE WOMAN. NAT FROM THE SCANNER: “WE HAD MOVEMENT ON THE PORCH. LIGHTS! ALL THE LIGHTS INSIDE ARE OFF. THERE WAS MOVEMENT ON THE BLINDS ON THE ALPHA SIDE, THE SECOND WINDOW. IT FINALLY LEFT THE POLICE AND THE MEDICS INSIDE. WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO SAVANNAH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF SPEED OFF AMBULANCE NATS (LEWIS VIDEO) POLICE RESUMED NEGOTIATIONS WITH HIM FIRE OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING SEVERAL FIRES THAT BROKE OUT. IN OUR AREA THIS WEEKEND…OFFICIALS ARE STILL WORKING TO DETERMINE WHAT STARTED THIS FIRE. 80 SQUARE FEET ON THE GRASS WERE BURNED AND THE PIER WAS TEMPORARILY STOPPED SATURDAY IN REIDSVILLE, A FIRE DESTROYED THIS TWO-STOREY STRUCTURE LATE SATURDAY EVENING OFFICIALS SAY IT HAPPENED ON FID MOSLEY ROAD WHEN THE FIRST FIREFIGHTERS. WHEN ARRIVED, THE HOUSE WAS ALREADY COMPLETELY ENCLOSED. ADDITIONAL TEAMS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM SURROUNDING AGENCIES. WAY STREET HAS BEEN RELEASED AND IS DOING WELL. Although no people were injured in the fire, three dogs died in the fire. THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. PART TWO OF A SUPPRESSION CLINIC TAKES PLACE TODAY. FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF THE TABERNACLE HOSTS THE CLINIC AS PART OF THEIR “JUNE OF JUSTICE” MONTH. THE CHURCH IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DEVETTER LAW AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHALENA COOK-JONES. THIS CLINIC FOLLOWS ONE HELD EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE GROUP HOPES TO INFORM PEOPLE OF THEIR OPTIONS TO CLEAR THEIR CRIMINAL RECORDS. <> “WHAT REALLY STRIKES ME FOR A LOT OF CLIENTS IS THAT HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD IS SUCH A MENTAL BURDEN. THEY HAVE THIS BLACK MARK ON THEIR RECORD THAT HAS BEEN HANGING OVER THEIR HEAD FOR MAYBE DECADES .SO TO SEE PEOPLE GIVING BEING Given this second chance and this opportunity, I mean, you can really hear it in their voices and see it in their faces” (NANCY DEVETTER, DEVETTER LAW FIRM. , 0:16) THE CLINIC WILL BE HELD TODAY AT THE FIRST MISSIONARY TABERNACLE. BAPTIST CHURCH ON ALICE STREET FROM 5 P.M. TO 7 P.M. TONIGHT. AND HERE'S A LOOK, THERE IS NO PROBLEM ON T

Georgia sheriff issues statement on missing girl; $20,000 reward offered for safe return

Maria Gomez-Perez, 12, was last seen on May 29.

Video above: Your headlines from Monday It's been nearly two weeks since a 12-year-old Georgia girl went missing. Authorities are now offering $20,000 for the safe return of Maria Gomez-Perez. According to the Hall County Sheriff's Office, Maria was last seen at her home in Gainesville on May 29 around 10 a.m. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall, about 110 pounds, with long black hair and brown eyes. On Monday, Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch released a statement that said, in part: “As Sheriff, I am deeply grateful for the outpouring of support from the community as the men and women of the office Hall County Sheriff's Department continues their investigation to locate Maria Gomez-Perez. Our community as a whole has faced many challenges over the years, but our resilience. and our determination always sustains us. Our top priority remains Maria's safe return. I assure you that we are sparing no effort in our quest for a positive outcome. “If you have any information on his whereabouts, contact the Hall County Sheriff's Office at 770-536-8812.TRENDING STORIESMiddle school administrator arrested after three people found tortured, killed along highway of GeorgiaSearch: Georgia investigators seek fugitive murder suspect Sex trafficking ring: 4 suspects arrested in Savannah following grand jury indictments

Video above: Your Monday headlines

It's been nearly two weeks since a 12-year-old Georgia girl went missing.

Authorities are now offering $20,000 for the safe return of Maria Gomez-Perez.

According to the Hall County Sheriff's Office, Maria was last seen at her home in Gainesville on May 29 around 10 a.m.

Hall County Sheriff's Office

She is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs approximately 110 pounds with long black hair and brown eyes.

On Monday, Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch released a statement that read in part: “As Sheriff, I am deeply grateful for the outpouring of support from the community as the men and women of the Sheriff’s Office of Hall County are continuing their investigation to locate Maria Gomez-Perez. Our community as a whole has faced many challenges over the years, but our resilience and determination always sustain us. Our top priority remains Maria's safe return. the pursuit of a positive result.

If you have any information on his whereabouts, contact the Hall County Sheriff's Office at 770-536-8812.

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