Local Stories for July 2012
Stories for Friday, July 27
$15K worth of hair extensions stolen from Roswell store
Roswell police are investigating the heist of high-dollar hair extensions from a beauty supply store. The owner of PD&K Beauty Supply on Holcomb Bridge Road told Channel 2's Mike Petchenik thieves threw bricks through the front door of his business last Friday night and stole $15,000 worth of human hair ...
Downtown connector back open after tanker crash
The downtown connector northbound was shut down for hours south of Langford Parkway due to an overturned tanker truck. The truck was holding 34,000 gallons of an unknown corrosive material, some of which spilled onto the road, the Atlanta Fire Department said. A source told Channel 2's Jodie Fleischer that ...
Police: Homeowner shoots break-in suspects
Police are investigating a shooting in northwest Atlanta on Friday morning. The shooting stemmed from a home invasion on Drew Drive sometime before 11 a.m. The intruders began kicking down the door when the homeowner fired several shots, APD spokesman John Chafee said. He said officers found two men shot, ...
GSP: Man led police on 2-county chase with kids in car
The Georgia State Patrol says a man led officers on a two-county chase with children and a pregnant woman in the back seat of his car Authorities said a Chevy Avalanche rolled over after getting hit by a small red car that was trying to get away from Austell police ...
Stories for Thursday, July 26
New documents show Chip Rogers used TV name in private business dealings
In a Channel 2 Action News Investigation, state Senator Chip Rogers said his connection to the sports gambling industry only went so far as playing a character on a TV show. Now, new documents have surfaced indicating he also used that name in his own private business dealings. Channel 2's ...
Clayton County solicitor general calling for investigation into Roberta Abdul-Salaam
Clayton County's solicitor general is now calling for a Georgia Bureau of Investigation probe after Channel 2 Action News exposed a county employee who got paid with no evidence she did any work. Tasha Mosley told investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer, "We're definitely held to a higher standard, because we're paid ...
New rule allowing Ga. homeowners to halt foreclosures
A metro Atlanta consumer attorney said he has already been able to halt a dozen foreclosures using a new ruling from the Georgia Court of Appeals. The latest case involves a Forsyth County home and lending giant Wells Fargo. "Having to move out of the dream home that my son ...
APD officer fired after deadly wreck
The Atlanta Police Department said in a statement Friday, they have fired the police officer that was involved in a deadly wreck last weekend. Officer Joshua Sieck has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular homicide after the crash that killed Jacqueline Culp in south Fulton County. The crash happened Saturday at ...
Traffic stop leads to bootleg DVD, CD bust
Police arrested a Lawrenceville man after they said they discovered hundreds of bootleg DVDs and CDs in his home and car. Police told Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh they stopped the driver because his car had no bumper and the hood was about to fly off. Investigators said they impounded the ...
Watchdog group sets up website to track Chamber funds
A coalition of citizen watchdogs are demanding that the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce explain how it is spending taxpayer money. During a Thursday news conference, the watchdogs questioned if public money is being used to push the TSPOST, calling it an issue of transparency and a possible conflict of ...
DEA raids ‘warehouse synthetic pot lab’
Federal agents swarmed a warehouse in Chamblee on Wednesday, busting up what they called a multi-million dollar operation to process and package synthetic marijuana. Agents seized dozens of sacks of herbal product both mixed with a synthetic cannabanoid drug powder and unmixed. "If all the leaves had been prepared and ...
Ruptured gas main closes busy Decatur road for hours
A ruptured gas main forced the closure of a major Decatur road for more than three hours Thursday. A gas company representative said an independent contractor accidentally cut a 2-inch plastic gas main along North Decatur Road shortly after noon. Emergency responders decided to close North Decatur between Clairmont ...
DeKalb BOE member in hot water over 'all men' email
A DeKalb County Board of Education member is in political hot water after a controversial email he sent about women. Board member Don McChesney sent out an email last September to Jim McMahon inviting him and others to a rare meeting with the newly appointed superintendent. He wrote about the ...
Marietta PD asks City Council to crack down on foam parties
The Marietta Police Department is fighting to keep young teens away from controversial foam parties. Officers are asking the City Council to help crack down on the teen parties that spread through social media. They are concerned about clubs hosting the parties selling alcohol to underage teens. Channel 2’s Ross ...
Ch. 2 viewers step up to help elderly man whose home was trashed during robbery
Dozens of Channel 2 Action News viewers are stepping up to help an 87-year-old man whose home was trashed during a burglary. The DeKalb County man and his daughter told Channel 2's Diana Davis they are touched by the support. From the living room to the bedrooms, Floyd Thompson's small ...
Divers pull man's body from Lake Lanier
Forsyth County rescue crews pulled out the body of a man reported missing from Lake Lanier on Thursday afternoon. Family members said the man disappeared off the bank of West Bank Park off Buford Dam Road, Forsyth fire spokesman Jason Shivers said. He said they believed he drowned. News Chopper ...
Johns Creek boy hailed as hero after saving boy from bottom of pool
A Johns Creek boy is being hailed as a hero after he rescued another boy from nearly drowning in a California hotel pool. Cooper Davis, 8, considers himself a pretty good swimmer. "I've been swim team last year and this year and lessons basically my whole life," he told Channel ...
Heroin on the rise in Atlanta suburbs
The sale of heroin was once limited to some Atlanta inner city neighborhoods, but Cherokee County drug investigators said it is on the rise. "We're seeing this evolution where heroin is starting to show up in the suburbs. It's starting to make a real strong push," said Phil Price, the ...
Chemical spill from I-75 crash cleaned up
A truck carrying a hazardous material crashed on Interstate 75 Thursday morning, blocking all lanes of traffic. The Georgia Department of Transportation said the truck overturned on I-75 southbound at mile marker 215 in Henry County around 6 a.m. Police said the driver of the truck said there was tire ...
Stories for Wednesday, July 25
State, federal agents crack down on synthetic pot
Only Channel 2 Action News was there during a synthetic pot raid targeting a local business. Channel 2's Tony Thomas watched as police carted off boxes of evidence from Nutragenomics Manufacturing on Holcomb Bridge Road in Alpharetta. Agents said the bust could have a major impact on the sale of ...
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