Stories for December 2011
Stories for Thursday, December 29
103-year-old gifted with mattress after nearly losing home
A 103-year-old woman and her elderly daughter were gifted with new mattresses on Thursday for the Atlanta home they were almost evicted from due to foreclosure. Mattress Firm brought a truck to the home of Vinia Hall and her 84-year-old daughter. Paul Wallace of Mattress Firm told Channel 2 Action ...
Women charged with using kids to shoplift
Two adults in two separate cases are behind bars after police say they used children to help them shoplift. Rosa Hightower, 34, and Joelle Mulumba, 23, are both charged with theft by shoplifting and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Clayton County police officers said Hightower shoplifted from the ...
More doctors rejecting new Medicare patients
The New Year may bring new hurdles for Georgia seniors looking for health care. That's because more doctors are limiting the number of Medicare patients they accept, leaving elderly patients out of options, unless Congress acts soon. A wave of aging baby boomers will soon join the estimated 1.2 ...
Local teen is face for 'The Who' frontman's cancer charity
A Gwinnett County teenager says her battle against cancer landed her the most important role of her life after a legendary rock star chose the teen to be the face of his charity. Roger Daltrey of “The Who” and 16-year-old Sara Sterner are now a unique pair, helping teenagers fight ...
Teen driving with child accused of street racing
Alpharetta police said they found a 7-year-old in one of two cars pulled over for street racing down a busy North Fulton road. Officers arrested two teenagers and charged them with reckless driving and racing on a street. The incident report shows an officer was running radar along Old ...
Investigators: Teen may have left with online friend
Investigators believe a missing Gwinnett County teenager may be with an older man she met online. Fourteen-year-old Galilea Magana disappeared on Dec. 19 during a shopping trip with her mother at an outlet mall in Jackson County. The girl's mother, Linda Valencia, said Galilea stepped away to use the restroom, ...
Arrests made in break-ins targeting Indian families
Roswell police have made arrests in a violent home invasion at a Roswell home Wednesday. It was the latest in a series of robberies targeting Indian families in metro Atlanta. The attack happened around 7:45 p.m. at a home on Windsor Drive. Raj Sharma told Channel 2’s Mike Petchenik he ...
Cheap Trick rocks the Buckhead Theatre
Classic rockers Cheap Trick thrilled the crowd at the Buckhead Theatre Wednesday night. The band behind such hits as "I Want You To Want Me," "Surrender" and "The Flame" played a benefit show for the World Wildlife Fund and Coke's Arctic Home Holiday campaign. The campaign raises awareness and funds ...
Missing Arkansas teen found in man’s apt.
Police found a missing Arkansas teen in a man’s Norcross apartment on Christmas Eve. According to a Gwinnett police report, officers were sent to a unit at the Sinclair Apartments on Saturday to look for a 14-year-old. Police said at the apartment, the girl told them she was a runaway ...
Police: Drugs confused Buckhead ‘hostage’
A hostage situation that brought Atlanta’s SWAT team and dozens of police officers to a Buckhead home Thursday morning turned out to be a big confusion, Atlanta police said. Officers were called to a home on Darlington Road after a 911 caller told dispatchers a 19-year-old was being held hostage ...
Rapper says he was not involved in robbery at his studio
Rapper Yung Joc addressed accusations that he was connected to the robbery where thieves stole more than $70,000 worth of equipment from his northwest Atlanta studio. The rapper said he had nothing to do with the robbery. Yung Joc, whose real name is Yamar Robinson, said thieves took ...
2 women say massage therapist assaulted them
A massage therapist has been charged with sexual battery after two women filed reports with the Fulton County Police Department alleging he touched them inappropriately during a massage. “This has destroyed my life,” one woman told Channel 2’s Amy Napier Viteri. The woman did not want to be identified. She ...
Man shot in face at home
Police in Cherokee County are investigating after a man was shot in the face while his wife and children were home. Just after midnight Thursday, Cherokee County deputies got the call to the Forest Creek subdivision in Canton. Police said a man and his brother were “horsing around” ...
1 killed at Gwinnett house party
Gunfire erupted inside a Snellville home early Thursday morning, leaving one person dead. Dozens of college students were attending a party on Trotters Way Drive when the shooting happened just after 1 a.m. Police said they’ve been called to the home several times this year for various complaints. Homicide detectives ...
Stories for Wednesday, December 28
Police seek trash can arsonist
Gwinnett County police are looking for the person responsible for a series of fires set to residential trash cans. The arsons happened in the Dacula/Lawrenceville area of eastern Gwinnett. Around 20 trash bins have been burned since August. Multiple bins have been targeted in areas around Highway 316. According to ...
Police shooting protest turns violent
A protest against police violence turned violent in Union City Wednesday night. Some of the people who had gathered to speak out against the shooting of an unarmed 19-year-old man by a Union City Police officer tore up a street sign, spray-painted vulgar graffiti on government buildings and broke out ...
New lead may identify boy's remains found in 1999
It's a case that's haunted the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office for more than a decade. "It weighs on everyone; it really does," forensic investigator Linda Gochenour told Channel 2 investigative reporter Aaron Diamant. In February 1999, police discovered the body of a 5- to 7-year-old boy in the woods ...
Walmart shopper finds another syringe in shopping bag
Several more syringes have turned up at a Cartersville Walmart. At least 14 syringes have been discovered hidden in clothing or in other areas of the store since Nov. 22. The motive and who might be responsible remains a mystery to investigators and shoppers. “Still an active investigation, we’re working ...
Parents scramble to find new schools for former New Birth students
Dozens of metro area families are left wondering where their children will go to school next week after the New Birth Christian Academy suddenly closed its doors. The school had operated for 18 years inside New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a once thriving megachurch pastored by Bishop Eddie Long. In ...
Teens arrested in Craigslist car scheme
Clayton County police have arrested two teens accused of using Craigslist to rob people in at least two counties. Channel 2’s Tom Jones was in court Tuesday when one of the suspects, 19-year-old Dalvin Walker, Jr., faced a judge for armed robbery charges. Police said Walker and 19-year-old ...
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