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Assistant district attorney arrested after run-in with police
A local prosecutor is in trouble with police after an incident at Atlantic Station in midtown Atlanta over weekend. Atlanta police arrested Fulton County Assistant District Attorney Miya Griggs outside the Yard House Restaurant in northwest Atlanta early Saturday after an argument with police got loud. "She is the most, ...
Friend talks about night of drunkenness leading up to fatal crash
Two weeks after a head-on wreck on Georgia 400 in Buckhead, Channel 2 Action News tracked down the lone survivor, Beyonica Watts, of Marietta. "I'm fine," Watts told Channel 2 investigative reporter Aaron Diamant. "God is on my side. I am fine." Watts was in the passenger seat of a ...
Friends, family remember man killed in wrong-way crash
Channel 2 Action News is learning more about the man killed in a wrong-way crash on Georgia 400 early Wednesday morning. Friends and family are shocked that Eric Hanks is gone. Hanks died just a couple miles from his Buckhead apartment. Family members said Hanks was on his way home ...
Ex-Canton interim police chief fired
There was another big shake-up Tuesday inside a local police department. The City of Canton's assistant police chief is out of a job -- just a few months after serving as interim chief. Channel 2 Action News confirmed Canton’s new police chief fired Todd Vande Zande on Monday. However, last ...
Whistle-blower: Security breach remains at Hartsfield-Jackson
Nine months after an investigation into a security breach at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Channel 2 Action News has obtained shocking new images from inside airline caterer Gate Gourmet's Atlanta airport operation. Whistle-blowers are sounding the alarm again about security and now, food safety. The latest concerns are part of ...
Toddlers watch nanny tied in home break-in
Police are searching for two men who traumatized twin toddlers and their nanny in a home invasion in northwest Atlanta. Kathy King showed Channel 2’s Aaron Diamant the basement door where police think the armed robbers broke into her home on Dupont Commons Circle while she was at work Wednesday. ...
Paramedic training school target of state investigation
A local training school for paramedics is now the target of a state investigation. Students say they shelled out thousands of dollars in tuition but can't complete their coursework. A student at Promedics EMS Academy in Powder Springs tipped off Channel 2 investigative reporter Aaron Diamant earlier in the week. ...
Prank 911 calls take off
Conservative radio talk show host Erick Erickson is speaking out about the prank 911 call that had deputies surrounding his house. "I couldn't believe I'd written about people doing this three days before, and it happened to me," Erickson told Channel 2 investigative reporter Aaron Diamant on Friday. Erickson, a ...
Investigators charge man with impersonating an officer
A former metro Atlanta police officer is facing charges for impersonating a police officer. News of Joseph Jefferson's arrest caught people who live at the Birch Landing Apartments in Douglas County completely off guard. "It makes me wonder am I really in a safe environment or not," resident Ruby Edwards ...
Travelers find delays leaving new international terminal
Just 10 days after the new Maynard H. Jackson International Terminal at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport opened, Channel 2 Action News found some travelers dealing with an unexpected delay. Airport leaders, engineers and consultant spent years and millions of man-hours predicting and preventing problems, but the one delay we found ...
GSU athlete accused of rape granted bond
A Georgia State University basketball standout charged with rape is set to be released from the Fulton County Jail on Friday night. Channel 2’s Aaron Diamant was in the Fulton County Superior Court Friday morning where a judge set bond for Tony Kimbro at $50,000. University police said the alleged ...
Congressman calling for resignation of TSA director
A series of Channel 2 Action News reports over the last six months now has one Georgia Congressman calling for the resignation of the Transportation and Safety Administration's top man. Rep. Paul Broun of Athens first called for John Pistole's resignation in an exclusive interview with Channel 2 investigative reporter ...
Clayton County Water Authority fined again for sewage leak
The Clayton County Water Authority faces another big state fine after raw sewage leaked into local creeks. A proposed state order follows a recent string of nearly two dozen sewage spills that could cost customers $15,000, while Panther Creek is still recovering from yet another raw sewage spill. "The kids, ...
Pictures show breach remains at airport
A Channel 2 investigation exposed what top lawmakers and air safety experts agree is a significant security breach at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Channel 2 investigative reporter Aaron Diamant has been working with a whistleblower for more than six months to uncover ongoing details of this breach. Diamant received new ...
Standout GSU player arrested on rape charges
Channel 2 Action News has confirmed a standout Georgia State University basketball player is facing rape charges. He's the fourth GSU athlete to see the inside of the Fulton County Jail within the last two weeks. Investigative reporter Aaron Diamant was at a jailhouse courtroom Friday expecting to see Tony ...
Police warn of man wanted in two attempted kidnappings
Atlanta police are asking for the public's help in identifying and catching the man they said kidnapped one woman and tried to kidnap a second woman within one hour early Wednesday. "At first, we thought he was going to rob us," said one witness, who was too scared to appear ...
Investigation gets action in bringing wanted killer back to U.S.
A Channel 2 Investigation is now getting results in helping to bring a wanted killer to justice. A local district attorney is now taking the necessary steps to bring a murder suspect, hiding in plain sight, back from Mexico. Fugitive Jorge Montiel is charged with killing Forsyth County mother, Maria ...
Husband wants justice as wife's accused killer walks free in Mexico
A Channel 2 Investigation found a local fugitive charged with murder, hiding in plain sight in Mexico. The shore of Lake Lanier is where Jesus Murillo Bravo finds peace, and prays for justice. His mind is focused on Maria Reyes, his wife of 15 years and Jorge Montiel, the man ...
Lawmaker outraged by airport security memo
A Georgia lawmaker is outraged after a Channel 2 investigation uncovered a backlog of security background checks for workers at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Channel 2 Investigative reporter Aaron Diamant went to Washington, D.C., to speak with the former head of the TSA about a memo that was sent out at ...
Official: New state effort could crush DHS
Georgia child advocates tell Channel 2 Action News an aggressive state effort to keep at-risk children safe could do the exact opposite. The biggest question they have: Can the Department of Human Services actually afford that effort? "Almost every day, I look at the numbers," said Normer Adams, executive director ...
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