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Reward offered for information about hit-and-run driver in DeKalb

By Daniel Brown

Crime Stoppers is offering a $1000 reward for information about a hit-and-run driver who struck a police vehicle last week in DeKalb.

On Oct. 16, police discovered their “speed enforcement trailer” with “significant damage” in the 200 block of Fairview Drive, according to DeKalb County Crime Stoppers.

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