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Officer involved shooting leaves suspect shot
It began Wednesday afternoon around 1:30 when a police officer spotted a suspected computer thief near Lenox Square. “The individual was riding a bicycle when the officer noticed him,” said Atlanta Police Major Darryl Tolleson. The officer tried to talk with the young man, who got off his bike and ...
Gingrey introduces SAFE Act in Congress
Within hours of Monday’s US Supreme Court decision striking down an Arizona law that required registered voters to prove their citizenship, Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey introduced what he entitled the SAFE Act. “SAFE stands for Securing America’s Fair Elections Act,” Gingrey explained in an interview with WSB’s Pete Combs. “That ...
Panel to decide possible suspension for Burrell Ellis
A felony criminal trial won’t be the least of DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis’s worries. And it won’t be the first of his worries either. “There’s a Georgia statute that provides for his potential suspension,” said WSB legal analyst Ron Carlson. In addition to the criminal case resulting from Tuesday’s indictment ...
Two charged in cover-up of Douglasville death
Douglasville authorities said the actress in an up-and-coming rapper’s music video should have followed the script in real life. Instead, Kaleigh Denig, 21, is jailed without bond along with her 22-year old boyfriend, Zachary Shipp, accused of covering up the death of their 24-year old friend, Michael Topper Duffy. In ...
Georgia's reaction to Arizona decision
Georgia has a law requiring proof of citizenship from those registering to vote that is almost identical to Arizona's. What’s the reaction from state officials under the Gold Dome? Both Attorney General Sam Olens, mentioned specifically in the Supreme Court brief voting down Arizona’s voter registration law, and Georgia Secretary ...
Dragnet from Ala. synthetic pot bust reaches Ga.
US Postal Inspectors and agents from the Alabama ABC Drug Task Force swarmed a squalid efficiency apartment on the edge of the University of Alabama-Birmingham campus last week, gathering evidence and taking pictures. Inside, agents had found what they said was a synthetic marijuana manufacturing and distribution operation worth more ...
Thursday's storm brought twisters and blackouts
The air in Canton was filled with the sound of chainsaws as residents dug out from under trees felled by Thursday night’s severe storms, as the National Weather Service confirmed a small tornado touched down. The tornado was an EF-1, according to Cherokee County Emergency Management Director Robby Westbrook, with ...
Severe storms roll through metro Atlanta
Heavy rain, high wind and fierce lightning left tens of thousands without power as severe storms tore across metro Atlanta Thursday evening. Power is out all over. Georgia Power reports more than 100,000 were in the dark as of 2 a.m. About 58,000 of those are in metro Atlanta. Many ...
Cherokee man faked Purple Heart
A one-time cop at the center of a stolen valor controversy was arrested Thursday, Cherokee County authorities said. Former Holly Springs Police Officer Shane Ladner was accused of lying about his military background to get a tax-free Purple Heart license plate. “Basically, our detectives discovered he was not a Purple ...
APD release sketch in hunt for East Atlanta criminals
Atlanta Police have a new weapon in their search for suspects in a deadly East Atlanta crime spree. It’s not a gun, it’s a drawing. Police are now linking two pedestrian robberies on Kirkwood Avenue in Southeast Atlanta to the May 25th murder of Patrick Cotrona, gunned down while ...
Body found on college campus concerns attendees
The GBI had issued no word as of midday Monday on the identity of a body found in a grassy area of the Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston campus Monday. Students complained they received no information from the school about the discovery, saying they were worried about what they didn’t know. ...
Road washed out during yesterday's rain
Even as the torrential rains fell, Penny Davis knew there would be trouble. “Across the road… it was completely underwater,” she said, standing at the bottom of Stony Creek Road in the Hickory Glen subdivision near Woodstock. When the sun came up, the Davises and about 30 other families realized ...
Woman rescued from Allatoona Lake dies
An Acworth woman has died after authorities said she was pulled from Lake Alatoona Tuesday. Debra Hansard, 46, was swimming with friends on Lake Alatoona Tuesday afternoon around one o’clock, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office. “Some of the witnesses say they saw her floating in the lake,” said ...
Police are searching for Forrest Hill Drive rape suspect
It was like the scene from a nightmare. A 56-year old woman was walking down Forrest Hill Drive alone just before 1:00 a.m. May 17th when she was ruthlessly attacked. “The suspect dragged her into an abandoned house, beat her, then forcibly raped her,” said Atlanta Police Lt. Janet Brady. ...
Protestors say 'NO' to immigration reform
Dozens of protestors were crowded onto the sidewalks at the busy intersection of Cobb Parkway and Aikers Mill Road Wednesday afternoon, drawing stares, honks and thumbs-up from passersby over their angry signs denouncing immigration reform. And few of these people are more angst-ridden about it than attorney Karen Sacandey. “Oh, ...
Civil action suit filed against Narconon
Besieged by allegations of credit card and insurance fraud, negligence and even a wrongful death, Narconon of Georgia is now the focus of a class action lawsuit filed by families of patients who say they were bamboozled and left heartbroken by the Scientology-based drug rehab program. Read more about Pete ...
Chesire Bridge businesses safe for now
Adult businesses along Cheshire Bridge Road will not have to move after all, now that the Atlanta City Council has voted against a proposal that would have banned the businesses over a five year period. “It’s a sad day for neighborhoods,” said Jane Rawlings, president of the Neighborhood Planning Unit ...
Atlanta City Council to vote on sexually oriented businesses on Cheshire Bridge
It’s a 15-year old war of words between the owners of adult businesses on Cheshire Bridge Road and the neighborhoods that surround them and smack in the middle of it is Atlanta City Council District 6 Alex Wan, who represents District 6. “It’s been easily the most significant piece of ...
State Supreme Court to hear from ousted DeKalb School Board members
Who runs one of the state’s biggest school district is on the docket at the Georgia Supreme Court today, as justices hear the case of those DeKalb school board members replaced earlier this year by Governor Nathan Deal. At the heart of the issue: Did Governor Deal have the right ...
Two officers hit near Cobb jail
Two Cobb County law officers are hurt after a bizarre incident at the sheriff’s office, where they were run down in their own parking lot. Officials said it all started with a woman who refused to turn down her car radio while parked near the jail. She was warned once. ...
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