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Antonio Brown, suspect in murder of Atlanta grandmother, allegedly stole vodka before home break-in

The man accused of stabbing a 77-year-old woman to death inside her Atlanta home was reportedly intoxicated and stole a bottle of vodka from a liquor store before the killing.

Antonio Brown, 23, allegedly walked out of a nearby package store with a bottle of vodka before hopping the fence into the affluent gated community in Buckhead where police say he slaughtered Eleanor Bowles in a botched carjacking Saturday.

Brown tried to buy a $20 bottle of Absolut Vodka from Buckhead’s Best Wine & Spirits around 11:30 a.m., but was turned away because “he was already intoxicated,” according to a police report obtained by The Post.

A store employee told police that he then “snatched” the bottle and walked out of the store on Northside Parkway NW. She said staffers tried to stop him, but he was acting “aggressive.”

The employee said Brown was known by locals and was “always under the influence.” She said she and others believed he was homeless, according to the report.

Antonio Brown was arrested Monday and charged with murder, aggravated battery, possession of a knife, elder abuse and hijacking a motor vehicle.
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Brown was arrested on a lengthy list of charges, including murder and elder abuse.
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About a half hour after the shoplifting, Brown entered the community where Bowles lived, broke into her home and allegedly stabbed the grandmother multiple times in the garage, officials said.

Brown was trying to steal Bowles’ 2021 Lexus RS350 when she interrupted, police believe.

He is accused of stabbing her to death and taking off in the car, which was recovered later that night.

Bowles’ lifeless body was found in her garage by her son several hours later around 5:30 p.m., police said.

He was coming to visit his mother for the holidays when he made the heartbreaking discovery.

Eleanor Bowles, 77, was found hours after the slaying by her son.
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“I was on my way to visit her for the holidays and got to her a few hours too late,” Michael Bowles told FOX 5. “Finding her like that is something that will be with me forever. What happened to her was her worst nightmare. It’s most people’s worst nightmare.”

Brown was arrested Monday and charged with murder, aggravated battery, possession of a knife, elder abuse and hijacking a motor vehicle. He was booked into Fulton County jail.

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Raphael Warnock, Hershel Walker heads to likely runoff in Georgia Senate race

Herschel Walker says he’s still racing at full speed.

“I’m like Ricky Bobby – I don’t come to lose,” he said, referencing the 2006 Will Ferrell comedy movie “Talladega Nights” at his suburban Atlanta watch party.

The former football hero pulled a line from a famous movie in another sport to show supporters he’s not giving up his chase of Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock, as their election contest heads to a likely runoff.

With 94% of the vote in, Warnock has 49.3% of the vote compared to Walker’s 48.6%. Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver scored 2.1% of the vote.

Walker or Warnock need to get 50% or more of the vote to avoid a Dec. 6 run-off that looks increasingly likely.

Warnock told supporters late Tuesday that he is monitoring results in a race he expected to be close.

Hershel Walker compares himself to fictional NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby during his speech on Nov. 8, 2022.
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With 94% of the vote in, the crucial Georgia Senate race continues.
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“That’s where we are, so y’all just hang in there,” the Senator said. “I’m feeling good.”

The runoff would be a familiar territory for Warnock, who was elected via runoff in a 2020 special election to fill the reminder of Sen. Johnny Isakson’s term. He defeated Kelly Loeffler, who had been appointed to the Senate and served for one year, with 51% of the vote.

With Post wires.

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Herschel Walker denies paying for abortion, son rips him

Georgia GOP senate candidate Herschel Walker vehemently denied a report that he had paid for a girlfriend to get an abortion in 2009 — blasting the claim as a “repugnant hatchet job.”

Walker, a staunch anti-abortion advocate who has supported a national abortion ban, took to Twitter Monday to forcefully repudiate reporting by the Daily Beast that claims the former NFL player paid for his then-girlfriend to have an abortion in 2009.

“This is a flat-out lie — and I deny this in the strongest possible terms,” the 1982 Georgia Bulldog Heisman Trophy winner turned political candidate said.

“This is another repugnant hatchet job from a democratic [sic] activist disguised as a reporter who has obsessively attacked my family and tried to tear me down since this race started,” Walker, 60, continued.

The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Daily Beast that she and Walker mutually agreed not to go ahead with the pregnancy.

Herschel Walker accused the Daily Beast of targeting his family following their report.
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She provided a $575 receipt from an abortion clinic as well as a signed personal check for $700 from Walker and a “get well” card purportedly signed by the former Dallas Cowboys star.

The Post has not been able to independently verify the allegations.

Meanwhile, Walker’s statement was slammed by his 23-year-old son Christian Walker, who the former running back shares with ex-wife Cindy DeAngelis Grossman, according to Politico.

Herschel Walker’s son, Christian, blasted his father for pretending to be a “moral, Christian, upright man.”
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“I know my mom and I would really appreciate if my father Herschel Walker stopped lying and making a mockery of us,” Christian Walker said.

“I don’t care about someone who has a bad past and takes accountability. But how DARE YOU LIE and act as though you’re some ‘moral, Christian, upright man.’ You’ve lived a life of DESTROYING other peoples lives. How dare you,” he continued later.

In response to his son’s accusations, the senate hopeful wrote: “I LOVE my son no matter what.”

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Herschel Walker is running against Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock.
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Walker is hoping to defeat Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock in November on the strength of an endorsement from former president Donald Trump. It is in one of the nation’s most competitive Senate races.

He was trailing Warnock by two percentage points in the Peach State at the end of September, according to FiveThirtyEight.



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Georgia toddler Ethan Moore finds elderly Nina Lipscomb

A young Georgia boy discovered a disoriented elderly woman who had been missing for days.

The keen-eyed toddler, Ethan Moore, was chasing bubbles when he located 82-year-old Nina Lipscomb while he and his mother played with bubbles in their backyard last Friday.

Georgia toddler Ethan Moore is held by his mother. The boy is being hailed a hero for helping find a missing woman.
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The child spotted the feet of the woman, who had been missing since Aug. 8, in the woods when he ran near the fence of his home, according to CBS 46.

“I went over there and was like, ‘What do you see buddy?’ and he pointed and said, ‘Feet,’” mother Brittany Moore told the television station.

“‘Okay, buddy can you say that again. What did you say?’ And he said, ‘Feet.’”

After she crouched down to her son’s level, she also saw a pair of feet.

Lipscomb was missing for days before she was spotted.
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“If you get on his level and look through, you can see some of the broken sticks and that’s where she was laying,” Moore reportedly said. “I didn’t know if I needed to go into fight or flight because I had my little boy out here and the other inside.”

After calling for help, first responders realized it was Lipscomb, who has early-stage Alzheimer’s, CBS 46 reported. She was alive but disoriented.

“We pulled out every resource we thought we needed but it was a little boy and she’s very fond of children,” said daughter Karen Lipscomb told the outlet.

The elderly woman and young boy met after she was released from the hospital. Turning 83 on Friday, it was Lipscomb who gave the little boy a bag of toy bubbles, according to the news report.

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