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DeKalb theives robbing homes in daylight
A band of fast moving thieves are targeting one DeKalb County neighborhood - breaking into homes in the middle of the day. Investigators say the burglars work quickly in and out of homes often times in less than sixty seconds. Detective Jason Gagnon tells Channel 2 Action News ...
Fmr. Clayton Sheriff Hill still can't post bond
From a jail cell in Gwinnett County, former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill maintains the charges against him are politically motivated. A grand jury on Wednesday indicted Hill on 37 counts including racketeering, theft by taking and violation of his oath of office. As of late Thursday, Hill ...
Boys, 14 & 11, speak out against synthetic pot
A 14-year old boy and his brother want you to know the real life dangers that can come from smoking synthetic pot. Brett Duffey and his 11-year old brother Brandon both tried the power herbal incense in their backyard. "When I first got to the hospital," Brett said, ...
War of words between former & current Clayton sheriffs
We should know later Wednesday if a grand jury will accept or reject a proposed indictment of former Clayton County sheriff Victor Hill. Hill possibly faces a list of charges including violations of RICO statutes, theft, making false statements and violation of his oath as a public officer. ...
Marietta cops release video of store clerk's shooting
Marietta Police hope the release of surveillance video will help them to find a gunman who wounded a store clerk. The shooting happened late Wednesday night during an attempted robbery at a Marietta grocery store. Marietta police said officers responded to a "person shot" call at 11 p.m. ...
Missing Cobb 9-year-old girl found
A 9-year-old Powder Springs girl has been located. She's cold, but okay. Investigators began searching for Satori Tufts when she didn't come home after school. Satori Tufts had last been seen getting off of a school bus in the Lost Lakes subdivivision Thursday afternoon around 2:45pm. Fire officials tell WSB ...
Nationwide fake ID ring busted in Lilburn
Federal agents bust a ring selling fake ID's on the black market. Agents from the departments of Homeland Security and the U. S. Postal Inspector swarmed a home in Lilburn Wednesday, part of a nationwide bust called "Operation Island Express." "The indictment unsealed today alleges that from April ...
2 million pages of airport concession docs released
Two companies initially disqualified from winning lucrative vending contracts at Hartsfield airport won them on the second time around. And one of people on the committee that chose the food and beverage concessionaires used to work for one of the winning companies. The city of Atlanta Tuesday released ...
DeKalb fire captain gets job back, court rules
A dismissed DeKalb fire captain is being reinstated almost two years after losing his job. Sell Caldwell, a 17-year fire department veteran, and four others were dismissed after fire took the life of Dunwoody's Ann Bartlett. Bartlett called 911 when she smelled smoke. Firefighters responded to the home ...
Reed releases names of airport concessions panel
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has signed concessions contracts at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport worth more than $3 billion. The mayor's office also released the names of the airport evaluation committee members for the first time in the city's history. The mayor's office says the members were fully vetted to rule ...
Personnel shake up at DeKalb schools
Just as the new DeKalb School Superintendent comes aboard, a couple of high profile employees are being reassigned. Marcus Turk, a 15-year employee with the school system, had been working as the Chief Financial Officer. He's being reassigned to another position in the Central Office. Uladia Taylor, the school district's ...
Atl. assistant principal charged with DUI
An assistant principal in the Atlanta City Schools faces DUI and hit-and-run charges in Douglas County. Police say Tanisha Thomas, 36, struck one driver on Waterford Road and continued driving. Then they say she hit a car driven by Willie Foster head on. "I was on my way to work ...
Mayor Reed angry about airport concession flap
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says he will release the names of the 15 airport employees who chose the winners of $3 billion in airport concession contracts. First he wants to tell the people they're names are going public. Reed is also visibly angry with critics who've pointed out that some ...
Atlanta council OKs $3B in airport contracts
The Atlanta City Council has approved concessions contracts at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport worth more than $3 billion. The retail contracts and another series of contracts involving food and beverage were approved with a 12-3 vote on Tuesday evening. But one of Kasim Reed's most vocal critics was urging city ...
Unemployment insurance tax to double
Georgia businesses are bracing for a hefty tax increase in 2012. The state is about to double the unemployment insurance tax on every worker to get the cash Georgia needs to repay a $720 million loan from the federal government to pay unemployment benefits. The news has startled many lawmakers ...
Fake attorney arrested in Cobb
He looked and talked like an attorney - even represented clients in Cobb's courts, but now Glover Carl Lewis is the one who needs a lawyer. There is no record he ever attended law school or took and passed the bar exam. Cobb County deputies have arrested Lewis and charged ...
Court: Atlanta to pay Park Atlanta millions
The city of Atlanta's dispute with Park Atlanta will cost the city millions of dollars. The city hired Park Atlanta to step up parking enforcement when Atlanta needed an infusion of cash, fast. In the contract, Park Atlanta agreed to pay the city $5.5 million per year for seven years. ...
Recordings released of accused North Ga. terrorists
We now know why a federal judge refused to grant bail to four men accused in a north Georgia terror plot. Recordings of conversations between the men secretly recorded by the FBI over an eight month period influenced the judge's decision to deny bond. Fred Thomas, Dan Roberts, Sam Crump ...
Larry Munson, Legendary Voice of the Dogs, dies
Larry Munson, the legendary voice of the University of Georgia Bulldogs, died Sunday evening at his Athens home. He was 89. Munson died of complications from pneumonia. He had been hospitalized in September. The legendary broadcaster called games for UGA for more than 40 years. He gradually retired from broadcasting, ...
Gov. Deal addresses tolls on I-75/I-575
Toll roads on I75 and I575 may not be a done deal after all. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, in a one-on-one interview with Channel 2 Action News said the project may not be worth the $300 million dollars of taxpayer money. "I'm certainly a long way from being convinced," Deal ...
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