Local Stories for January 2012
Stories for Tuesday, January 31
Bonding company suspended after Victor Hill call
A company's bonding privileges have been suspended after it raised concerns about writing a bond for former Clayton County sheriff Victor Hill. Free At Last Bail Bonds in Clayton County has temporarily lost its ability to write bonds. Sheriff Kem Kimbrough didn't want to say much about the decision to ...
2 killed in Gwinnett shooting
Crime scene investigators searched for clues throughout Tuesday night after a triple shooting in a Gwinnett County home. Police said two people were killed and a third was critically wounded just after 2 p.m. The surviving victim managed to run to a home on Ivy Crest Drive in unincorporated Buford ...
Police arrest suspected puppy thief
Dunwoody police said the man suspected of stealing an $1,800 puppy from a pet store has been arrested. The Petland store manager said a man came on Jan. 22 asking to buy the Maltese puppy as an anniversary gift, but then ran out of the store with the puppy in ...
Remains ID'd as teen missing since 2010
Remains found in 2010 have been identified as a missing Ellenwood teen. Anastasia Hill disappeared from her home on Clark Road on March 6, 2010, one day before her 15th birthday. Eight months later, remains were found in a wooded area on the side of Highway 138 in Stockbridge. Henry ...
Man killed in Gwinnett double shooting
A man was killed in a shooting that also left another person wounded Tuesday morning. The shooting happened on Pucketts Drive in unincorporated Lilburn around 6:45 a.m. Responding Gwinnett County police officers found a man and a woman shot, and both were taken to Gwinnett Medical Center, Gwinnett police said. ...
Walton Co. teacher charged with threatening student
A Loganville Middle School teacher is behind bars for allegedly threatening a student with scissors, authorities said. Kelly Guglietta is facing several charges, including assault and battery. Walton County authorities said she was booked into jail Monday after a sixth-grade student reported that she lifted him off the ground when ...
School district combats parent-involved fights
Two fights involving parents broke out on Fulton County school buses last week. The district plans to press charges. “It’s absolutely unacceptable. Those parents will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Fulton County Schools spokeswoman Samantha Evans said. The first fight took place on a Westlake High ...
Coffee shop fire nearly shuts down historic district
A fire at a coffee house nearly shut down Griffin’s entire historic downtown district Monday night. The fire started shortly before 11 p.m. at the Safe House coffee shop on South Hill Street. When Griffin firefighters arrived, there was smoke coming from the three-story building. Griffin Fire Chief Tommy Jones ...
Bill could bring relief to plummeting home values
A bill moving through the Georgia House of Representatives could bring relief to plummeting home values. House Bill 794 aims to rework the current law that uses the most recent real estate transactions as the maximum allowable fair market value for the next taxable year. Under the bill, those transactions, ...
Stories for Monday, January 30
Ga. man held hostage in Nigeria returns home
A Carroll County man who was held hostage in Nigeria for 10 days is now home safe. Greg Ock told Channel 2 Action News reporter Diana Davis that he feared he would never see his wife and children again. “I was terrified the whole time,” Ock said. Ock, a secretary, ...
$500 worth of meat stolen from church's food pantry
Thieves broke into a Bartow County church's food pantry and stole hundreds of dollars worth of meat. "I just hated that they took all of this because we won't have as much food to give away when people come on Thursday," said Jack Howell, director of the Harvest House of ...
Drivers booted after paying fake parking attendant
Drivers say they paid for parking in a downtown Atlanta lot, but got booted anyway. Channel 2 Action News reporter Craig Lucie looked into what went wrong, and now at least two parking companies are investigating the problem. Evan Dessasau said he felt like he did the right thing by ...
Hundreds bid farewell to fallen APD officer
Hundreds of law enforcement officers from around the Southeast gathered at the funeral of Atlanta Police Officer Gail Thomas. Thomas died last week after investigators said a drunken driver slammed into her as she was working a traffic accident along Interstate 75 near Northside Drive. Chasity Jones, 22, remains in ...
Cobb church members killed in Fla. pileup
Five members of a Cobb County church, including the church pastor, his wife and their daughter, were killed in a massive Florida pileup over the weekend. Authorities are still trying to determine the cause of the crash that killed at least 10 people and injured 18 just south of Gainesville ...
Fallen APD officer honored
She once stood with the members of Atlanta Police Department's honor guard, paying respect to those who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. But Senior Patrol Officer Gail Thomas, who was killed on the job Tuesday, was the one receiving the honors Sunday. The fallen officer's aunt, her ...
Police: Thief runs, car falls down ravine
DeKalb County police are looking for a robber who jumped out of a moving car before it fell down a ravine. Police said a man walking near Redan and South Hairstan roads was robbed around 9 p.m. Sunday. Hours later, the victim spotted the robber’s car at the Elite at ...
Woman blames gas co. for flooding
A Douglas County woman is upset about flooding in her yard and home after crews installed a new gas line behind her home. Marian Hadley told Channel 2's Amy Napier Viteri that Atlanta Gas Light laid a new line in her yard but brought in extra dirt and gravel to ...
Stories for Saturday, January 28
PE teacher hit by SUV dies
A Cobb County PE teacher who was hit by an SUV while jogging died Friday. The Thursday crash sent shockwaves through the Kennesaw Charter Science and Math Academy, where the victim, Jay Ingram, worked. People at the school said he was a beloved teacher. “You can tell he cares ...
Man admits to school threats
An Illinois man has pleaded guilty to mailing threats to metro Atlanta schools. Valtrez Stewart, 29, pleaded guilty in a federal district court on Friday. “School should be a place where students are safe. All threats to harm schools, students, teachers and school personnel will be taken seriously by law ...
Man charged with killing Riverdale mom
A man has been charged with killing a Riverdale mother of two who was dumped behind an apartment complex. Nehemiah Johnson Jr. was charged Friday with murder and aggravated assault in the death of 30-year-old Rochelle Thomas. Police are still working on a motive but believe he may have argued ...
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