Local Stories for September 2011
Stories for Tuesday, September 27
Ruling may mean tax cut for Gwinnett residents
A judge’s ruling could resolve a three-year-long tax dispute between Gwinnett County and its 15 cities. County officials and city leaders have not been able to agree on how much in taxes residents in incorporated cities should pay for services, like police. Now attorneys from both sides are reading through ...
Woman renting homes she doesn't own may not be charged
The foreclosure boom has forced tens of thousands of Georgians from their homes, but a Channel 2 Action News investigation has found one case where the bank is backing down and the woman who says she now owns the home got it for free. Susan Weidman is under indictment in ...
Attempted carjacking victim shot in back
DeKalb County police are looking for two gunmen in an attempted carjacking. The victim was shot at a Citgo gas station Food Mart on Gresham Road in unincorporated DeKalb County, DeKalb County police Sgt. Steven Dean said. The attack happened shortly after midnight Tuesday. When the robbers tried to ...
Paint store manager arrested over drugs, attempted carjacking
A paint store manager was arrested after, authorities said, he did drugs and fought a female employee. Patrick Byrum, 33, faces a laundry list of charges including aggravated assault and attempted carjacking. Police said he was covered in white paint when officers arrived at a Sherwin-Williams on Highway 5 in ...
Stories for Monday, September 26
2 killed in shooting, crash with MARTA bus
Two people were killed in a shooting and crash with a MARTA bus on Sunday. The crash happened at the intersection of Barge and Campbellton roads in southwest Atlanta. Several people are recovering from injuries. Atlanta police detectives said it all started when someone opened fire on the victims ...
Stories for Friday, September 23
Fallen tree cuts power, blocks Sandy Springs road
Residents of a Sandy Springs neighborhood were left without electricity after huge tree fell on top of a live power line during a storm Friday morning. The sound of chain saws was music to the ears of families as crews worked to clear the mess in the River Oaks neighborhood ...
Note from Clinton missing from music hall of fame
A former high school band director said he loaned a note from former President Bill Clinton to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, and now it's missing. Retired Macon Central High School band director Bob Barnette told The Telegraph of Macon that Clinton wrote the note on some sheet ...
Woman says she was violated during massage
A woman is speaking out after she said a student therapist at the American Professional Institute in Decatur touched her breast during a massage. “It’s just been devastating to me,” said Sonya Smith. She said the incident happened to her last May. She said one of the student therapists, Jamall ...
Heavy rains cause flooding, accidents
Flood water engulfed a busy road overnight and caused a number of accidents and power outages. Police said too much water from the rain at the Spring Street underpass to Centennial Olympic Park Drive caused flooding Friday morning. A car got stuck in the water beneath the bridge, but was ...
Infant dies in Ga. shopping cart fall
Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says a 3-month-old infant died after falling from a shopping cart outside a grocery store. Police say the infant, James Anderson Berg, was secured in a car seat, but the seat was not secured to the cart. Police detective Pamela Williams says the ...
Women evicted for not calling 911
Several residents of an apartment complex in northeast Atlanta say they're being evicted for not calling 911 after seeing illegal activity take place outside their apartments. Eight women who live at The Village of Bedford Pines at Boulevard and Rankin said they all received the same eviction letters with the ...
Gwinnett officer involved in shooting
Police in Gwinnett County said an officer-involved shooting Thursday afternoon was the result of increased patrols to stop burglaries in a Lilburn neighborhood. Police said an officer patrolling Worcester Place at 2 p.m. saw two men walking down the street, so the officer approached them and tried to talk to ...
Former Atlanta panda is male, not female
Turns out a panda born at Atlanta's zoo and returned to China for breeding will end up being a dad and not a mom as originally thought. Rebecca Snyder, curator of mammals at Zoo Atlanta, said zoo staff and a researcher from the panda research center in China ...
Governor signs bill freezing gas tax
Gov. Nathan Deal has signed legislation ratifying a freeze in the state's gas tax that took effect July 1. The bill had passed during a special session of the state Legislature last month. Deal had issued an executive order in June halting an automatic increase linked to rising ...
Stories for Thursday, September 22
Guard surrenders in seeing-eye dog dispute
A guard at a Social Security Office has been jailed over the expulsion of a woman with a service dog. Leroy Huff turned himself in to Barrow County authorities on Wednesday. He is being held at the Barrow County Jail. Melissa McMann said she suffered bruises and a minor shoulder ...
5 accused in business armed robberies
Five men are accused in a series of armed robberies at businesses in Fayette County. The investigation involved the armed robberies of the Peachtree City Target Store in Kedrom Village last month and the Pit Stop convenience store on Petrol Point last week. Peachtree City police said the robberies were ...
Strip club must pay $1.75M in fatal crash
A DeKalb County strip club has been ordered to pay $1.75 million to the family of a woman killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 20 in Douglas County in 2008, authorities said. A jury returned the verdict recently against Club Blaze. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit maintained the club ...
Police find illegal gambling at business
Investigators carried computers out of the Campbellton Connection Business Center in southwest Atlanta on Wednesday. Police said the computers were used for illegal online gambling. The Wednesday raid was the culmination of a week-long undercover investigation at the business. “They offer a service where people can play online games and ...
Troy Davis executed after long legal battle
After hours of waiting, shortly before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the ruling saying Troy Davis was to be executed as planned. Davis’ attorneys filed a last minute appeal to the high court in hopes they would re-consider Davis’ case. Hundreds of protesters stood outside the ...
Cab driver shot 3 times
College Park police are searching for the person who shot a cab driver three times. Police said the victim picked up the shooter, and then drove to the Old Town Villa Apartments on Godby Road. Officers said the passenger opened fire on the driver at the apartment complex. The victim ...
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