Local Stories for November 2011
Stories for Wednesday, November 23
Pair robs massage parlor, shoot at officers
Two robbers got away from police after robbing a massaging parlor and shooting at officers Tuesday night, according to Duluth police. The incident happened at Tong Tong China Massage on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Duluth. Police were called to the scene sometime before 11 p.m. “Somebody called in ...
Stories for Tuesday, November 22
Secret tapes released of alleged terror plot
Channel 2 Action News obtained secret audio recordings the FBI said was made by their undercover agents of a group of north Georgia men plotting terror attacks on government employees and civilians. "A lot of people have to be taken down and taken down soon lest they further destroy ...
Drivers say new law is running taxis out of Lawrenceville
Police said a sting in Lawrenceville netted the arrests of six unauthorized cab drivers, but now those drivers tell Channel 2 Action News the city is trying to drive them out of business. "Like everybody else in Georgia, we just wanted to serve the community," taxi driver Wilson Rafael told ...
Honey on store shelves could be contaminated
A Channel 2 Investigation found the honey found on store shelves in Georgia could be contaminated. If it's from China, it may be loaded with heavy metals and antibiotics that could make children sick. Agents recently seized a shipment of honey from China at the Port of Savannah. Officials couldn't ...
Loose turkey captured at Chevron
Marietta police captured a loose turkey at a Chevron gas station on Monday. Police were called to the gas station on Highway 41 when a clerk saw a turkey walk into the building. Police photos showed officers loading the turkey into a police car. The animal was turned ...
Threat phoned in involving Conyers Walmart
A Walmart in Conyers was evacuated after someone in New York received a call early Tuesday that the store could be targeted in an attack, according to Conyers police. Someone in Albany, NY, received a voicemail with specific threats toward a list of names and numbers around 4 a.m., said ...
DeKalb Schools settle science center discrimination suit
Channel 2 Action News has learned the DeKalb County School system has settled a racial discrimination suit filed by a day care owner over an encounter at the Fernbank Science Center. Changes are also under way at the Fernbank Science Center after the south Fulton day care owner claimed ...
Chicken plant worker saves blind man from fire
A 20-year-old Hall County man is being called a hero after crawling to save an elderly, blind man inside a burning home. Tray Ross works at a chicken plant on Purina Drive in Gainesville. He said his co-workers told him a home across the street was smoking. He said ...
Woman says fake cop made her beg
A Gwinnett woman said she was humiliated by an officer who turned out to be an imposter. Brandy Evans said the man who pulled her over on a Gwinnett County road made her perform an embarrassing act. “It made me feel humiliated,” Evans said. The run-in happened ...
Stories for Monday, November 21
Man claims he was fired for refusing to wear 666
A north Georgia factory worker says he was fired for not wearing a symbol he says represents the devil. Billy Hyatt, of Tunnel Hill, filed a federal lawsuit alleging his religious rights were violated when a manager at Berry Plastics Corp. tried to force him to wear a sticker with ...
Officials: Sting shows roofers creating storm damage
State agents are working hard to enforce a new law passed following a Channel 2 Action News investigation into unscrupulous roofers, and recently invited Channel 2 cameras to take part in an elaborate sting. Roofers are no longer allowed to pay storm victim's insurance deductibles or file claims on their ...
Couple awarded $9M after toddler drowning
A family will be given more than $9 million after the drowning of their toddler. A Gwinnett County jury ruled against a pair who ran a day care where the child died. The jury ruled Thursday that parents Kemi Green and Gbolohan Bankomeloh will receive $9.8 million in damages, ...
Brothers killed in house fire
A house fire in Chamblee left two brothers dead Monday morning. Channel 2 Action News was at the home on Parsons Drive near Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, where DeKalb County firefighters were putting out flames. They were called to the scene shortly before 5 a.m. DeKalb County Fire Chief ...
Man beaten inside home
Clayton County police are looking for the people responsible for beating up a man early Monday. The attack happened at an apartment in the Poplar Springs complex on Dayna Drive. Police were called to the scene around 1 a.m., Clayton County police representative Phong Nguyen said. Detectives said at ...
Stories for Saturday, November 19
Woman mugged inside Buckhead store
An Atlanta woman said a man followed her into a Buckhead store Saturday afternoon, grabbed her cell phone and ran. Christian Rapp said she had just entered the Ulta store located at the Buckhead Loop when a man “basically attacked” her. “One man passed me, but I didn’t ...
Missing teen found safe
Police said a teenager who had been missing for days was found safe late Saturday afternoon near Fulton Industrial Boulevard. Family members had been worried after a school bus driver last saw Cameron Pouncie, 15, Thursday afternoon. The driver said Pouncie got off at Mount Airy Drive and ...
Police truck lands on top of stolen car
An officer trying to catch people in a stolen car wound up in a ditch on top of them. Gwinnett County police said the officer approached the suspected car thieves at a gas station on Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth just before 1 a.m. Saturday. The people inside ...
4 arrested after pot found in U-Haul
Officials in south Fulton County arrested four people in connection with a marijuana bust. Police said a chain of events led officers from a U-Haul truck full of drugs to a suspected grow house. Newschopper 2 was over the scene Friday as investigators combed through a home on ...
Peachtree City man faces child porn charges
State authorities have charged a 56-year-old man with possessing child pornography. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said this week that David Gordon Moll was charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children after authorities found images of child porn on his computer. Moll turned himself in to ...
Hundreds line up for free dental care
Hundreds of people lined up for free dental care in Cobb County on Saturday. Organizers said so many people showed up, they had to turn some away. People lined up for hours for the help, and one woman said she had been camped outside since Friday morning. Channel ...
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