Hall County, Georgia Stories
A list of the most recent stories about Hall County, Georgia.
Police: Man impersonated officer for prescription meds
A Hiram man faces charges after police said he posed as an undercover police officer at a Roswell pain management clinic . Police have charged Ted Hardison, 47, with felony impersonating an officer stemming from the April 2011 incident. Sheila Dilbeck, the officer manager at Bender Orthopedics, told Channel 2's ...
Deputy: Police impersonator had guns, German shepards and decked out cruiser
Hall County investigators said a man accused of impersonating an officer took it further than they've ever seen. Nicholas Wilbanks, 32, was arrested Friday after deputies spotted his black Dodge Charger with dark tinted windows and emergency lights in the rear windshield. "A lot of the things looked correct on ...
Husband wants justice as wife's accused killer walks free in Mexico
A Channel 2 Investigation found a local fugitive charged with murder, hiding in plain sight in Mexico. The shore of Lake Lanier is where Jesus Murillo Bravo finds peace, and prays for justice. His mind is focused on Maria Reyes, his wife of 15 years and Jorge Montiel, the man ...
Company 6 weeks late with youth roller hockey team jerseys
A local youth roller hockey team is missing their new jerseys that were supposed to be delivered six weeks ago. The Peachtree Booster's Club Predators 8 and under and 10 and under travel teams prepared for their third weekend tournament without uniforms on Thursday. Barbara Young told Channel 2's Amy ...
State lawmakers flying high on taxpayers' dime
A channel 2 investigation uncovered state planes flying with no passengers aboard. It's costing you tens of thousands of dollars. State rules allow the flights for state business. But Channel 2 investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer discovered some state officials also use the planes as a taxi service, avoiding the congested ...
Police investigating fatal boat crash
An overnight boat collision at Lake Lanier has left one person dead. Police said three others, including an injured woman in serious condition, were taken to the hospital after the crash that happened at about 1 a.m. Sunday in Buford. Police are still trying to determine how the crash occurred. ...
Prominent Gainesville businessman killed
Hall County sherriff's deputies are investigating the death of a well-known Gwinnett County businessman who was killed during a robbery. David Sanchez, 46, died from his injuries at a hospital after he was shot Thursday near a food-processing plant on Industrial Drive in Gainesville. "It doesn't even seem ...
Police: Father, son drown at Lake Lanier family outing
A father jumped into Lake Lanier to save his son, but neither of them made it out alive. Hall County Fire Services and Forsyth County Fire Department divers told Channel 2 Action News they recovered the 40-year-old father and his 14-year-old son Saturday night. "Unfortunately, this is what we see ...
Woman claims fisherman bilked her out of $50,000
A Hall County woman says she lost $50,000 in a real estate investment proposed by a local fisherman. Julie Grant told Channel 2’s Kerry Kavanaugh she used inheritance from her father to purchase hunting land in Crittendon County, Ky. Grant said her friend, Robbie Sowash, a sport fisherman from the ...
Slain Hall County horse shot 5 times
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the gunman who shot two horses, killing one of them. The Humane Society of Northeast Georgia is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. The horse owner told Channel 2’s Diana Davis the animals were shot in ...
Biker killed in Speedway crash
A Hall County man was one of two people killed in a motorcycle crash at a Vietnam veterans rally at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina this weekend. Authorities said 66-year-old Alan Richard Mockus, of Alto, and 71-year-old Thomas Franklin Hollingsworth, of Piedmont, S.C., died at area hospitals. Their motorcycles ...
Georgia Lotto players win big in $640 Mega Millions drawing
Three jackpot winning tickets for Friday's historic $640 million drawing were sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland. Georgia Lottery players also won big. Winning numbers from the drawing were: 2-4-23-38-46 and the Mega Ball number was 23, lottery officials announced Saturday afternoon. Six Georgia players won $250,000 prizes, and 48 ...
Georgians vie for Mega Millions
Six people in Georgia won $250,000, and another 48 won $10,000 --smaller prizes in the record Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said. The Mega Millions jackpot jumped from a world record of $540 million to $640 million for Friday night's drawing. The winning numbers are 46-23-38-4-2. The megaball is 23. ...
Police: Men terrorize 10 people inside Gainesville home
A 15-year-old Gainesville girl is being hailed as a hero after masked men held her family at gunpoint. Antonia Santos was able to slip away and call police when four masked men held her family -- including nine children -- at gunpoint. Santos' grandmother, Delores Velasquez, 80, was in tears ...
Arrest made in Buford woman's violent death
Gwinnett County police have arrested a man suspected of beating a woman to death in their apartment off of Power Avenue in Buford. Investigators went to a home in the 300 block of Power Avenue for a welfare check on Wednesday afternoon and found Vickie Bowles, 54, dead on the ...
Smartphone auto-correct puts school in lockdown
A wrong number and a word changed by a smartphone’s auto-correct feature put two Hall County schools on lockdown Wednesday, school officials said. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said someone received an anonymous text message that read “gunman be at west hall today” and immediately called police to report it. ...
Family withdraws co-valedictorian honor
The family of Charlie Bryant, appointed as Gainesville High School's co-valedictorian this year, decided to withdraw the student from participating in the ceremonial recognition at graduation. "Because of Cody’s unique position of being our first African American valedictorian, we propose that Gainesville High School utilize the upcoming graduation ceremony to ...
Parts of metro Atlanta under tornado watch
Severe Weather Team 2 is tracking severe weather moving across metro Atlanta on Friday. Showers quickly developed into severe storms, prompting tornado watches and warnings throughout the morning. By noon, all tornado warnings had expired, but a tornado watch, affecting many of the area’s counties south and east of Interstate ...
School mourns death of 8-year-old killed in car crash
Classmates are mourning the loss of an 8-year-old girl killed Monday afternoon in a Hall County crash. Flags at World Language Academy Charter School where Aylin Rodriguez was a second-grade student, were flown at half-staff, Channel 2’s Diana Davis said. Davis spent the day speaking with school leaders who called ...
Witnesses describe relationship between murder suspect, victim’s wife
The widow of a slain Dunwoody businessman defended herself against accusations she was having an affair with the suspect, but the prosecution called a string of witnesses to testify otherwise. The suspect, Hemy Neuman, stood trial for a second day Wednesday. He is accused of shooting Rusty Sneiderman to death ...
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