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Jodi Arias says she 'deserves a second chance'

Jodi Arias says she 'deserves a second chance'

In an unexpected jailhouse interview Tuesday, Jodi Arias says she deserves a second chance at freedom.

Daniel Araujo was arrested for allegedly stealing money from a 90-year-old bank customer, according to Atlanta police.

Cops: Banker steals $10K from 90-year-old customer

Mary Massey thought she was signing a slip to transfer money from her checking account into her savings account.Turns out, the 90-year-old was being tricked into signing a cash withdrawal slip, Atlanta police said Tuesday. And once the $10,600 was taken from Massey’s account, a bank employee deposited it into ...

Bank robbers don't keep bankers' hours in Oakwood

Employees at the Bank of the Ozarks off Mundy Mill Road thwart an attempted bank robbery Monday afternoon by closing on time.  As they locked up, one bank staffer noticed two men in ski masks trying to get in.  At least one had a gun.  Staffers called police and were ...

Family and friends of Michael and Adina Parson believed the couple was happily married. But Michael Parson is now accused of shooting his wife multiple times near their Sandy Springs apartment.

Trial begins for man accused of shooting wife 8 times

Her shooting came as an utter shock to family and friends. Who could have shot the vibrant attorney, wife and church volunteer eight times just outside of her Sandy Springs apartment? When police made an arrest, those who knew Adina Parson were shocked again. Her husband, Michael Darnell Parson, was ...

 Violent crimes per 1,000: 23.4 * Population: 102,357 * 2011 murders: 52 * Median income: $22,672 * Unemployment rate: 18.9%

Do you live in one of the country's most dangerous cities?

The FBI has crunched the numbers and has found out which US cities are the most dangerous. The crimes looked at - violent crimes, murder, population and income. Some of the cities, like Detroit, are expected to be high on the list, but there are others that are included, or ...

Deal calls Brooks indictment regrettable

Gov. Nathan Deal says he expects to receive a copy of the 30 count indictment against state Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta) early next week. Fourteen days after he receives it, Deal will create a three-member panel made up of Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens and a state House and Senate ...

Johns Creek man charged with faking his kidnapping

A Georgia Gwinnett College student couldn’t bear to tell his parents he was flunking English class — for the second time — so he faked his own kidnapping, according to Johns Creek police. Now Aftab Aslam, 19, has more to worry about than an ‘F’ in English class. On Thursday, ...

Two shot; no one's talking

APD detectives are not having an easy time connecting the gunfire in two separate shooting. The victims are refusing to cooperate and people living along Lakewood Ave. where a man was found shot in both his legs and along Phillips Dr where a man was found shot twice in the ...

Teens busted on shoplifting charges at Walmart

Two 19-year-olds have been arrested for shoplifting and underage possession of alcohol for stealing more than a dozen bags of margarita mix from the Walmart on Ashford-Dunwoody Road. Dunwoody Police Officer Tim Fecht tells WSB Quintravis Williams and Marcus Ballard had gone into the store on Monday to scout out ...

Jmaal Malik Keyes, 19, was reported missing nearly two weeks ago. He is a freshman at Middle Georgia State College.

Remains could solidify teen's guilt

A body has been found near the home of a murder suspect.  Now state investigators need to determine if the human remains are those of a missing Cobb County student. 19 year old Jmaal Keyes was a student at Middle Georgia State College when he vanished.  A long search turned ...

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