Former Atlantic Beach police chief found dead

Atlantic Beach’s former chief of police, Michael Classey, 54, of Woodstock, was located deceased Monday morning on the campus of a high school in Cherokee, Georgia. According to the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office,  Classey was identified as the former ABPD chief and had what appeared to be self-inflicted wounds and the death is an apparent suicide. A knife was located near his body. ...

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