Local Stories for January 2012
Stories for Wednesday, January 25
Man admits to burning down mosque
A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty to burning down a mosque in Powder Springs, but congregation members are still struggling to rebuild. “Our heart's at the mosque. We need our mosque,” said Hafiz Inayatullah, the mosque imam, or prayer leader. The mosque on Powder Springs Road gained national attention when ...
Stolen $1,800 puppy returned
An expensive dog that was stolen from a pet store in Dunwoody has been returned, but no arrests have been made. The manager at Petland said a man came in last week asking to buy an $1,800 Maltese puppy. The man told him the dog was an anniversary gift, but ...
Stories for Tuesday, January 24
5-year-old calls 911 to help sick mother, grandmother
A 5-year-old Loganville boy made a call to 911 when a sudden illness left his mother and grandmother doubled over in pain. "I've never experienced anything like this," Kimberly Love told Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh. Love and her daughter, Demetria, aren't sure if they had food poisoning or a bad ...
Banks targeted by looters after Ala. tornado
Utility crews are getting a better look at the damage sustained during a series of tornadoes in Alabama that packed 150-mph winds. Dozens of Center Point, Ala., businesses were in the direct path of the major storm. The American Red Cross released new numbers Tuesday that said more than 500 ...
Drive-by shooting kills man in DeKalb home
A man was killed when a DeKalb County home was riddled with bullets on Tuesday morning, police said. One neighbor on Wesley Chapel Road told Channel 2's Erica Byfield they heard eight shots just after 10 a.m. Police said someone fired multiple shots at the home from a car, killing ...
Woman burned alive testifies against ex
A 21-year-old Clayton County woman burned alive took the stand Tuesday to speak out against her ex-boyfriend. Orville Brooks is accused of dousing Tara Best with gasoline and setting her on fire at their apartment in January 2011. Channel 2’s Tom Jones went to the Clayton County courtroom where Best ...
Starbucks to sell beer, wine
Coffee giant Starbucks Corp. is expanding its experiment with two other elixirs that Americans love, wine and beer. The company said Monday it will start selling wine, beer and "premium" foods, like small plates and hot flatbread sandwiches, at four to six stores in Atlanta and another four to six ...
School board member wins porn fight
A Clayton County school board member has won the fight over pornographic downloads found on her district-issued laptop. The board failed to get enough votes to find she violated its ethics code at a hearing Monday night. District 7 member Trinia Garrett was at the center of an ethics investigation ...
Thieves steal infant’s ashes
A Fayetteville man is pleading for the return of his daughter’s ashes. Thieves stole a heart shaped urn containing the remains of Brian Allen’s daughter Sunday, while he was at work and his wife and two children were at church. “We've already lost her one time, now we've lost her ...
Stories for Monday, January 23
Woman burned alive to testify against ex-boyfriend
A woman who says she was set on fire by her boyfriend tells Channel 2 Action News she’s not looking forward to testifying against the man as her trial begins. Orville Brooks faces a life sentence for allegedly dousing 21-year-old Tara Best with gasoline and setting her on fire at ...
Police find 8-inch knife in Cobb high school
Police arrested a student who they said brought a knife with an 8-inch blade to a Cobb County high school. Lonnie Treaudo Benn, 17, was arrested on Thursday at South Cobb High School in Austell. A school official told police he smelled smoke coming from a boy’s restroom and went ...
Police search for Walmart flasher
Police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a shopper at a Walmart in Dalton. Investigators released a surveillance photo of the suspect as he entered the store on Shugart Road last Thursday evening. A woman told police she was in the shoe department when a man got ...
Man shot, killed after ramming Gwinnett police cars
Channel 2 Action News has learned a man who was shot and killed when he tried to flee Gwinnett County officers had run from police just days earlier. Ten officers were sent to Old Tucker Road in Stone Mountain on Monday morning to serve a warrant on 24-year-old Christopher Kenney. ...
Police: Man watched, laughed as dog attacked woman
A Marietta man is facing charges after police said he stood by and watched as his pit bull attacked a woman. Officers said Jason Tucker laughed as the dog attacked the woman on Wednesday at Tucker’s apartment on Franklin Road. The victim told police the attack lasted 10 minutes. Tucker ...
Robbery, beating culprits captured in home surveillance
A Midtown homeowner has come forward with surveillance video surrounding a brutal beating and robbery. The Jan. 8 incident sent two men to Grady Hospital with head injuries. Homeowner Brad Edmonds, who lives on 9th Street at Argonne Avenue, said his cameras captured footage just before and after the beating. ...
Stories for Sunday, January 22
Body found in Stone Mountain subdivision
DeKalb County police are investigating a homicide after a body was found in a Stone Mountain subdivision. A man's body was found at the Mainstreet Park subdivision near the intersection of Mainstreet Park Drive and Martin Road on Sunday afternoon. Homicide detectives said Monday morning that they expect to know ...
Stories for Saturday, January 21
Suspect in Fayette slaying captured
The man suspected in the death of a Fayette County woman turned himself in to authorities on Saturday. According to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a home on Greenview Circle just before 8 p.m. Friday night for a domestic disturbance. When they arrived, they found a ...
Stories for Friday, January 20
6-year-old dies from pellet-gun wound
Peachtree City police said a 6-year-old girl died after being shot in the neck with a pellet rifle. According to a news release, police responded to a home on Teal Vista in the Planterra Ridge subdivision around noon Friday and found the girl with an injury to her throat from ...
GBI: Ryan Brunn hanged self with sweatshirt
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, child killer Ryan Brunn died by hanging himself in his jail cell on Thursday. The GBI issued a news release Friday afternoon following the completion of Brunn’s autopsy. “The result of the autopsy today on Ryan Brunn have determined the cause of death ...
4 more charged in FAMU hazing
Court records show four Florida A&M band members have been charged with hazing after students were beaten and paddled during initiations last year at a home in Tallahassee, Fla. Records released Friday said the four students were in a subgroup of the clarinet section known as the Clones. The ...
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