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Social media seminar offered in Dunwoody

The Dunwoody and Sandy Springs Chambers of Commerce will host a seminar, “The Power of E-mail Marketing and Social Media Marketing Made Simple,” Tuesday, Feb. 7, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

The seminar is designed to help small businesses and nonprofits achieve success through e-mail marketing.

The seminar will be held in the Dunwoody Baptist Church dining room at 1445 Mt. Vernon Road, Dunwoody. For more information, visit http://conta.cc/xPWMK4.

Illinois resident pleads guilty to mailing threats to schools

Valtrez Stewart, 29, of Oak Lawn, Ill., recently pleaded guilty in federal court to mailing bomb threats to four Atlanta area schools, including Stephenson Middle School in DeKalb.

U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said Stewart mailed threats to at least four schools between Jan. 28, 2011, and Feb. 2, 2011. The threats contained collages of newspaper and magazine clippings of words and numbers. The messages claimed that a bomb would detonate at the school killing at least 20 people, and promised brutal murders if money was not paid to certain individuals by a certain date, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

Stewart pleaded guilty to mailing the threats to Northview High School, Marietta High School, Stephenson Middle School and Meadowcreek High School. He was indicted in July 2011, and pleaded guilty to four counts of mailing threatening communications on Jan. 27. He could receive a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.