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Actor has been sentenced after allegedly attacking woman

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Zachery Ty Bryan, the actor who played the oldest son on the long-running 1990s sitcom “Home Improvement,” has been sentenced in a domestic violence case. (Eugene Police Department via AP)

Zachery Ty Bryan, the actor who played the oldest son on the long-running 1990s sitcom “Home Improvement,” has been sentenced in a domestic violence case. (Eugene Police Department via AP)

Credit: AP

Credit: AP

According to a police report, Bryan’s 27-year-old victim told police she had a dispute with the actor before he allegedly “impeded her breathing” and took the victim’s phone when she attempted to call 911, police wrote in a report.

Bryan, who last appeared on television in 2009′s “Thor: Hammer of the Gods,” reportedly lives in Newport Beach, California, with his wife Carly, whom he married in 2007, their three daughters Gemma, Taylor and Jordana, and their son Pierce, according to IMDB.

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Thinking about coming to South Fulton to commit crimes during NBA All-Star Weekend? Think again. nnYou decide to come...

Posted by City of South Fulton Police Department on Monday, March 1, 2021

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COVID-19 vaccination rates for Georgia counties

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By Emily Merwin DiRico and John Perry
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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The maps below show current rates* of coronavirus vaccinations administered at sites in each Georgia county. People often travel across county lines to get vaccinated, so the rates shown are informative but not absolute. For example, Miller County in southwest Georgia has a tiny population, but it has a hospital, a care center and a health department that received thousands of vaccine doses and probably administered many to residents of neighboring counties. The vaccines administered in Georgia so far include Pfizer’s and Moderna’s. This page will update daily.

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