Local Stories for November 2011
Stories for Wednesday, November 30
Police: Driver of stolen truck ran across yards
Police are searching for a man after a wild chase that stretched from Cobb County to southwest Atlanta. Officers told Channel 2 Action News they spotted a stolen pickup truck in Smyrna and attempted to pull the vehicle over. The suspect raced off, driving erratically while trying to loose police ...
Stories for Tuesday, November 29
Teen found dead in friend’s back yard
A teen was found dead and his friend’s parents were arrested on unrelated charges at a home in Gainesville. Fifteen-year-old Trey Spencer was found unresponsive in the back yard of a home on Walnut Cove Court early Monday, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. His friend, 14-year-old Ethan Lancaster, ...
Adviser: Cain reassessing his campaign
Herman Cain told aides Tuesday he is assessing whether the latest allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior against him "create too much of a cloud" for his Republican presidential candidacy to go forward. Acknowledging the "firestorm" arising from an accusation of infidelity, Cain only committed to keeping his campaign schedule for ...
APD major suspended over traffic stop probe
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's office has announced that a police major will be suspended for his handling of a traffic stop involving the mayor’s older brother. Tracy Reed resigned his city job earlier this month after it was reported that he had been stopped driving a city car on ...
Students pulled from school in gang bust
Clayton County deputies are going after gang members in public schools. Channel 2's Erin Coleman was with investigators as they made four arrests Monday. The investigation began several weeks ago with an alleged sexual assault near Morrow High School. Investigators linked it to suspected gang members and went after ...
Stories for Monday, November 28
Woman alleges long affair with Cain
A Georgia businesswoman said Monday she and Herman Cain had a 13-year extramarital affair, an allegation the Republican presidential hopeful denied as strongly as earlier allegations of sexual harassment. "Here we go again. I didn't do anything wrong," Cain said on CNN. He acknowledged he knew the woman who was ...
Deputies raid horse racing, gambling operation
Deputies broke up an elaborate horse racing operation that featured gambling, liquor and professional equipment at a location in northeastern Meriwether County, official said. Authorities who raided the site on Sunday said they found up to 300 people and an elaborate race track with fencing, a starting gate and professional ...
Atlanta council member promotes city businesses
As the holiday shopping season kicked off, Atlanta City Council member Kwanza Hall ramped up his support of the Keep it InTown campaign. The District 2 councilman has been promoting the effort to get people who live in town to spend discretionary dollars at locally owned independent businesses. "They need ...
Police: 13-year-old stabs boy over bike
A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized after a 13-year-old stabbed him in the back, Atlanta police said. Witnesses said the attack stemmed from a dispute over a bicycle. Tara Terrell said her brother, Chauntavious, a student at B.E.S.T. Academy, was attacked by their neighbor Sunday night. She said the accused attacker ...
Stories for Saturday, November 26
Police say couple nailed door to toddler's room
Police arrested a Cobb County couple when they found children living in deplorable conditions, and one child locked in a room with the door nailed shut. Kyle Erwin Skinner, 24 and Cindy Marie Cantu, 23, were arrested earlier this week. Officers were forced to kick down a door at the ...
Plane crash kills 3 in Haralson County
The lone survivor of the single engine plane crash Saturday in rural Haralson County died Sunday morning at the burn unit at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Haralson County Coroner Danny Hutcheson told Channel 2's Tony Thomas. Hutcheson said that 56-year-old Kim Woliver and his 53-year-old wife, Patricia Woliver, died ...
Neighbors call a pair of house fires suspicious
Fire heavily damaged two homes in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood and a neighbor told Channel 2 Action News he saw a man start the fire. The two-alarm fire started at neighboring houses on Lois Place just after 10 p.m. on Friday. Investigators said they were not sure if the fires ...
Stories for Friday, November 25
Man collapses, dies after 10K
A Georgia man collapsed at the finish line and later died after a 10-kilometer road race in Marietta, authorities said. The Marietta Daily Journal reports that 53-year-old Allen Scott Gill, of Paulding County, was running in the annual Thanksgiving Day Gobble Jog with his wife, Rose. Authorities said his ...
Shoppers crowd stores for Black Friday
With Black Friday kicking off the holiday shopping season, metro Atlantans turned out in droves at retail stores across the area. Despite the financial downturn, economists said they expect an uptick in sales. At the Best Buy on Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth, about 1,600 people came through the ...
Stories for Wednesday, November 23
Poll shows HOT lanes despised by public
It's clear new toll lanes on Interstate 85 are not popular with some drivers, but a new InsiderAdvantage/Channel 2 Action News poll puts them in a historic place alongside the Northern Arc and the last Georgia state flag. The poll asked registered voters in metro Atlanta, "If you are aware ...
Jailer accused of smuggling drugs to inmates
A Douglas County jailer is accused of smuggling drugs and tobacco for inmates. He faced a judge Wednesday over felony charges. Channel 2’s Amanda Cook went to a Douglas County courthouse, where a judge demanded an explanation from Joshua Turner. He is charged with two felony contraband counts and ...
Road rage leads to police impersonator arrest
Gwinnett County police arrested a man who they said was involved in a road rage incident while posing as a police officer. Authorities told Channel 2 Action News that Jason Milczek of Lilburn called them to report a suspicious vehicle with flashing blue lights trying to pull him over near ...
Report: City owes millions to Park Atlanta
Atlanta city officials said they are disappointed in a ruling that leaves the city facing a nearly $5 million payment to Park Atlanta and a big drop in monthly revenue from the private company. Atlanta hired Park Atlanta to step up parking enforcement, but the city has backtracked since ...
2nd group arrested in SAT cheating scandal
New York prosecutors are filing more criminal charges against students in a widening SAT scandal involving an Emory University sophomore. The testing company is also promising to tighten security after the scandal showed breakdowns that allowed the cheating. Thirteen New York students were taken into custody Tuesday as part ...
Employee shot at Subway
Atlanta police are looking for the gunmen behind a shooting at a Subway restaurant Tuesday evening. The shooting stemmed from an attempted robbery at the Subway on Piedmont Road in northeast Atlanta’s Morningside neighborhood. Police said two armed men stormed into the restaurant through the front door and ...
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