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Man charged after knife attack
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A 31-year-old Palmetto, Ga., man was arrested Saturday after reportedly assaulting several people with a knife.

When deputies from the Newton County Sheriff’s Office arrived, they found that the man, later identified as Eric Javarr Little, had cut a juvenile with a knife while fighting with another adult male and was trying to stab that male and a woman at the time.

Deputies found that one juvenile had a small cut on his hand, and another juvenile had a red mark on the back of his neck where Little had allegedly grabbed his neck and moved him out of the way to get to the adults. A third child in the house had called 911.

Little was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, criminal trespass, cruelty to children and battery under the Family Violence Act.

April 3 crash kills two young adults, injures third
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NEWTON COUNTY — Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, a head-on collision on Highway 212 left two young adults dead and a third hospitalized.

Joe Navarro, 21, was driving the vehicle and Breanna Smith, 18, was in the passenger seat. Katie New, 20, sat between them.

According to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle lost control while going around a curve and crossed the centerline, where it collided head-on with a box truck. The crash report shows that their vehicle traveled another hundred feet after impact before coming to a stop. It spun, ended up facing the opposite direction on the shoulder of the opposite lane.

Navarro and Smith were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. New was airlifted to Grady Hospital. Her current condition is not known. 

Navarro, Smith and New were not believed to be wearing seatbelts when the collision occurred.

The driver of the box truck was not reported to have suffered any injuries.

This is an ongoing story. The News will post updates as they are made available.