Local Stories for January 2013
Stories for Tuesday, January 29
Documents may show continuing strip searches by APD
Channel 2 Action News has uncovered documents lawyers said show Atlanta police officers may still be conducting illegal strip searches on suspects. Channel 2 investigative reporter Aaron Diamant discovered the new claims that come in the middle of another controversial case. "The facts are very straightforward in this case," attorney ...
Suspect’s mom gets caught in robbery arrest
Police and deputies tracked down a bank robbery suspect Tuesday, and his mother got caught in the middle. The robbery happened at the Cherokee Bank on Highway 92 in Woodstock. Police believe their suspect picked up his mother sometime afterward, and they were just blocks away from their west Cherokee ...
Crews clean up massive homeless camp
Channel 2 Action News crews found several workers sifting through mounds of garbage left over from what appears to be a makeshift homeless community growing in downtown Atlanta. On Monday, Channel 2’s Erin Coleman saw jail inmates, along with workers from the City of Atlanta and the state Department of ...
Midtown shooting survivor testifies against suspect
Witnesses, including a paralyzed victim, testified Tuesday in the trial for a man accused of shooting three women in midtown Atlanta. Channel 2's Dave Huddleston went to the Fulton County Courthouse, where 23-year-old Nkosi Thandiwe stood trial. Police said he opened gunfire in a parking garage, killing Brittany Watts and ...
Dad shares 'miracle' birth of baby delivered on Ga. 400
Jose Francisco is still marveling at his new baby boy, Joseph. "It's a miracle," he told Channel 2's Mike Petchenik. Joseph wasn't due until Feb. 18, but early Monday morning his mother, Ivon Garcia, went into labor. “She told me: 'I’m ready. The baby’s coming,'" he recounted. Francisco loaded up ...
20 norovirus cases reported in Fulton County
The Fulton County Health Department held a news conference Tuesday morning to discuss the spread of a stomach bug hitting metro Atlanta. There have been 20 confirmed cases of the norovirus in Fulton County, but the Health Department is saying that there are probably hundreds, and perhaps thousands more. According ...
DeKalb CEO addresses 'struggles of a great community'
DeKalb County's chief executive officer delivered his state of the county address Tuesday morning, stressing the theme of "the struggles of a great community." In front of a packed audience, CEO Burrell Ellis talked about the importance of acknowledging DeKalb's accomplishments, but also its pitfalls. Among these accomplishments, he mentioned ...
APD: Officer stopped federal prison gun smugglers
Atlanta police said an officer on routine patrol caught men trying to smuggle guns and cellphones into the federal prison. The incident happened at about 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Police told Channel 2's Ryan Young an officer approached four men, who were parked in an Oldsmobile Alero along the curb ...
10-year-old critically injured crossing DeKalb road
Police are investigating a crash on a busy road in DeKalb County that left a child critically injured. The crash happened at the intersection of Panola Road and Panola Way Road in Lithonia. Police shut down the northbound lanes of Panola Road at Covington Highway as traffic specialists took pictures ...
Sonny Perdue statement on U.S. Senate seat
"Our country deserves more than the current dysfunction in Washington D.C. and our party needs to return to problem solving conservatism. We have an opportunity, led by the examples of Republican Governors across the nation, to prove to the country that we are the party that can rise above the ...
Sonny Perdue says he won't run for Senate in 2014
Former Ga. Gov. Sonny Perdue says he will not run for Senate in 2014. Current Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., announced last week that he will not seek re-election when his current term ends. The announcement quickly sparked speculation about who would step in as the Republican nominee. “We need members ...
Man says video shows Georgia Dome stabbing was self-defense
A man accused of stabbing a man outside the Georgia Dome after the NFC Championship game says cellphone video of the incident shows he was defending himself. A YouTube video shows a mob attacking Lewis McCoy outside the Falcons game last Sunday. “I don’t like watching them because it continues ...
Police: Missing girl reunited with mother after wandering off
Every available DeKalb County police officer helped in the search for a missing 5-year-old girl Tuesday morning. Officers said they arrived to the sounds of a mother screaming at the Marquis Point apartments in Stone Mountain just after 4 a.m. A neighbor told Channel 2’s Sophia Choi the girl unlocked ...
Stories for Monday, January 28
Friends: Man shot dead after pulling into wrong driveway
Lilburn police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man. Police said they were called out to a man's home on Hillcrest Drive on Saturday night. A group of friends said they were going to pick up a girl who lived in the area to go ice skating around ...
Police: Mothers used car seats, kids to steal from Walmart
Two mothers are in jail after police said they stole hundreds of dollars' worth of merchandise and hid it in their children's car seat. Morrow police arrested Krista Green, 23, and Latari Thomas, 24, on Sunday. Officers said the women went on a major shoplifting spree at the Walmart on ...
Life-changing surgery to help deaf boy in limbo
Life-changing surgery to help a Walton County boy who is considered legally deaf is in limbo. The family’s insurance company denied coverage for cochlear implants, leaving the family few options. “If he wants to be able to read, write and learn, and have friends; be a kid, he needs to ...
Suspects in store owner’s killing stand trial
The suspects in the killing of a long-time Atlanta store owner stood trial Monday. The two shooting suspects, Otis Ricks and Demario Carmen, sat before Judge Constance Russell in the Fulton County Courthouse. Ricks and Carmen are accused of killing 53-year-old Vanessa Thrasher, the owner of OT Lounge and Soul ...
Police reports give better timeline after string of wrecks leaves 1 dead
Investigators said they are continuing to look into what led a man to go on a spree that left one woman dead and another in critical condition after he crashed into 15 cars. Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh sat down with Gwinnett County police Monday, and they gave her a look ...
Credit-card users may start paying merchants fees
Credit-card users might soon end up paying more than cash customers. Starting now, merchants can pass on their credit-card surcharges to customers. The fees charged by banks range from about 1.5 percent all the way up to 4 percent. Many consumers Channel 2's Diana Davis met in a Cobb County ...
Officials narrow list of potential firms for new stadium
The Georgia World Congress Center is pushing ahead with design plans for a new stadium to replace the Georgia Dome. Meanwhile, Gov. Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed continue trying to design a way to pay the local share, currently pegged at $300 million. Channel 2's Jim Strickland ...
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