Teen charged in Riverdale home invasion death


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/28/08

A Riverdale teen who was out on bond in an aggravated assault case has been charged with murder in a neighbor's home invasion.

Alan Michael Hudson, 17, was arrested in the Wednesday evening shooting death of Anthony Wroten, 29, of Riverdale. The two lived less than a half mile from each other in a subdivision between Taylor Road and Ga. 138.

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Riverdale police Assistant Chief Todd Spivey said four men kicked in the back door of the Wroten home. Wroten was shot and later died. Hudson was also charged with burglary and aggravated assault.

Clayton Magistrate Court records show Hudson was out on $7,000 bond on an aggravated assault case from February. Police said Hudson threatened his two sisters with a knife after one of them turned down the volume on music he was listening to.

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