Local Stories for February 2012
Stories for Tuesday, February 28
Students protest ban on undocumented college students
Dozens gathered outside the state Capitol Tuesday protesting proposed legislation that would ban undocumented immigrants from receiving public higher education. Channel 2's Amanda Cook went to the rally and heard from several high school students who said Senate Bill 458 would rip their dreams away from them. Standing at a ...
Detective testifies in day care murder trial
Jurors in the day care murder trial heard from detectives who questioned Hemy Nueman prior to his arrest. Beginning Monday, the prosecution played Neuman's first interview with police where he repeatedly denies involvement in the shooting death of Rusty Sneiderman. At the end of the video, detectives make it clear ...
Car slams into convenience store, leaves scene
Police are searching for the driver of a car that crashed into a convenience store and then sped off. The crash happened at the Citgo Foodmart on Brockett Road in Clarkston. The clerk at the store said he was stocking the cooler overnight when he heard a loud noise. Then, ...
Deer charges through store's glass door, injures 11-year-old
A deer crashed through the glass door of a convenience store on Sunday, hitting a young girl. Eleven-year-old Samantha Irons and her younger brother, Sebastian, were leaving the BP convenience store on Harbins Road in Dacula Sunday afternoon when the deer charged through the door and into Samantha. “Sebastian sees ...
Stories for Monday, February 27
Judge repeatedly charges for traffic warnings
A Channel 2 investigation uncovered a Morrow judge changing traffic tickets into warnings, but charging drivers hefty fines anyway. The offenses were kept off of state records. The fines range from speeding to hit-and-run offenses. If they are not on a driver's record, the next officer or prosecutor will not ...
Lawyer: APS made false promises to accused teachers
A lawyer representing a half-dozen Atlanta teachers named in a cheating investigation says the group was told if they resigned, the state agency that holds their professional license would show leniency. "'Educators who cooperate and submit their resignation will receive anywhere from a 20- to 40- day suspension as opposed ...
Convicted child molester to spend 30 years in state prison
A former Georgia National Guard master sergeant faces a long prison term after being convicted of molesting a juvenile relative on the grounds of Dobbins Air Reserve Base. Channel 2's Ross Cavitt was in the emotion-packed courtroom in Cobb County Monday afternoon when the victim's father asked the judge for ...
Murder conviction thrown out over form error
A man’s murder conviction was thrown out over a mistake on a verdict form. The state Supreme Court gave him another chance at a trial, even though justices agreed he was guilty. Five years ago, robbers burst into an apartment on Godby Road in College Park and shot two men, ...
Jeep nearly crashes into Buckhead restaurant; 1 arrested
People eating lunch in a popular Buckhead shopping plaza got a scare Monday when a Jeep came flying toward them. Channel 2's Manuel Bojorquez was the only reporter at the scene as the action unfolded. The incident stemmed from a call to police from a neighbor about a suspicious ...
Police: 88-year-old chases robber
Police are looking for a man who they say pushed an elderly woman and stole her purse. Channel 2's Linda Stouffer found out investigators think he's done it before. Police said an 88-year-old woman was leaving a CVS pharmacy on Powers Ferry Road in Sandy Springs when she was ...
Audit finds GDOT financial mismanagement
The Georgia Department of Transportation spends more than $2 billion in taxes every year, but the agency's financial management has ranged from terrible to poor for years, according to auditors. Every year, GDOT spends hundreds of millions of dollars, nearly all of it from state and federal fuel taxes. Residents ...
Man charged for looting grandmother's account
A Marietta man is in jail, charged with looting his own grandmother's bank account. Channel 2's Ross Cavitt obtained a copy of the arrest warrant that claims Paul Flowers withdrew more than $138,000 from his grandmother's bank account over a year's time. Flowers is charged with theft and abuse of ...
Duluth hotel guests evacuated over electrocution fears
Guests at a Duluth hotel were evacuated Monday morning over fears of electrocution. Channel 2's Amanda Cook went to the Candlewood Suites on Shackleford Road, where more than 80 guests were barred access. All guests were evacuated after a water boiler burst and flooded some electrical paneling. Cook spoke to ...
Trial begins in diaper suffocation
The trial began Monday for a man accused of using an adult diaper to suffocate a Lilburn businessman. Demarcus Crawford is one of four people charged in the death of 51-year-old Tedla Lemma. Prosecutors said Crawford and his accomplices robbed Lemma and suffocated him in 2008. A man identified as ...
Family withdraws co-valedictorian honor
The family of Charlie Bryant, appointed as Gainesville High School's co-valedictorian this year, decided to withdraw the student from participating in the ceremonial recognition at graduation. "Because of Cody’s unique position of being our first African American valedictorian, we propose that Gainesville High School utilize the upcoming graduation ceremony to ...
Prosecution plays police interview with day care murder suspect
Day five of the murder trial of Hemy Neuman began on Monday with testimony from forensics experts detailing the crime scene and explaining how Rusty Sneiderman died. Neuman is accused of shooting and killing Sneiderman outside a Dunwoody day care in November 2010. Dunwoody Police Department crime scene technician Sybil ...
Sheriff: Shooting at Ohio school; victims unknown
A sheriff's office is confirming a shooting at a northeastern Ohio high school. Civil deputy Erin Knife with the Geauga County Sheriff's Office says the shooting was reported around 7:30 a.m. Monday at Chardon High School. Knife says she doesn't have the number of victims yet, and says a single ...
Canton residents under boil-water alert after burst pipe leaves area without water
A burst pipe left 1,000 Canton homes and businesses without water on Sunday. A boil-water alert is in place in areas west of I-575, including downtown Canton and an area from Highway 140 toward Waleska. As crews spent the day on Sunday digging and pumping water to get to the ...
3 homes in Dunwoody neighborhood burglarized in 1 day
People in a Dunwoody neighborhood are on alert after three burglaries in one day. Police said someone targeted homes in the North Springs community. Hona Vapne told Channel 2's Amy Napier Viteri someone broke into his Devonshire Road home on Tuesday by pushing in a basement window. "Very, very unpleasant ...
Wrong-way driver leads police 14-mile high-speed chase
A two-county police pursuit ended with a violent crash in Fulton County early Monday morning. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said one of its deputies tried to pull over a driver who was heading the wrong way on Highway 166 near Chapel in Road around 1 a.m., but the driver ...
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