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Narconon warrants show millions in alleged fraud
A Channel 2 Action News investigation uncovered allegations of insurance fraud at a local drug rehab. Now, our story about one patient has grown to include four dozen families and millions of dollars. Search warrants used to raid Narconon's Norcross headquarters last month outline what investigators found since Channel ...
2 Investigates: Home buyer nightmare
A DeKalb County couple bought the home of their dreams, but when it was time to move in, they found strangers living there instead. "I fell in love with it. We made an offer as soon as we saw it," said Crystal Cardwell. The 6,000 square foot home ...
Families say rehab clinic opened credit cards without permission
Local families desperate to save a loved one from drug addiction thought they had found the answer. But now several families tell Channel 2 Action News their enrollment at Narconon of Georgia came with a shocking price: thousands of dollars billed to credit cards they never opened. "I said 'What ...
Prisoners serving life sentences live in midtown transition facility
Armed robbers, rapists, even murderers: they're supposed to be locked up in Georgia prisons, but a Channel 2 Action News investigation found many of them living in transition centers instead, coming and going just feet from local neighborhoods. The state Department of Corrections said the idea is to help ...
Fired officer who punched suspect back on the job
A review board has given an Atlanta police officer his job back, despite a record of complaints so bad the chief terminated him and doesn't want him back on the force. Officer Nicholas Dimauro was caught on camera repeatedly punching a suspect in 2011. He was fired but rejoined ...
Investigators raid Narconon of Georgia
A Norcross drug rehab center that's been the subject of a series of Channel 2 Action News investigations was raided by law enforcement Friday. "Police search warrant, police search warrant!" yelled investigators with the Georgia Insurance Commissioner's Fraud Unit and the Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office as they executed search ...
Do HOA security guards overstep their bounds?
A Channel 2 Action News investigation found private security guards pulling over drivers in several local neighborhoods. They use lights, sirens, and even write traffic tickets, but they aren't real police officers. Channel 2 producers went undercover to catch the activity on video. Channel 2 investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer received ...
Appeal to not give defense advance report in DeKalb corruption investigation denied
A DeKalb County judge could be poised to release an advance copy of a grand jury report to the defense team for county CEO Burrell Ellis, but prosecutors are fighting to stop him. The special purpose grand jury spent a year investigating public corruption, and gave Superior Court Judge ...
Former state trooper willing to plead guilty in deadly crash
A former Georgia State Patrol trooper says he's willing to plead guilty in the crash that killed the wife of the Atlanta Braves' head trainer, but only to two of the three charges. In an emotional interview with Channel 2 investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer, Don Crozier acknowledged responsibility for the ...
Prosecutors dismiss reopened ticket again
DeKalb County prosecutors have decided to dismiss a woman's traffic ticket for the second time after a Channel 2 Action News investigation revealed questions about the timing and motivation for reopening it. "Words cannot describe how much time, energy, effort has gone into something that should have never been ...
Judge issues order to stop jurors from getting hearing over special grand jury
A superior court judge under fire by a special grand jury issued an order Thursday, trying to keep them from getting a hearing. The grand jurors who spent a year investigating public corruption in DeKalb County are slated to go before another judge Friday. They want him to order Judge ...
Woman accused of stealing homes faces new charges of intimidating judges
A woman arrested after a series of Channel 2 investigations is now in even more trouble, accused of trying to intimidate the judges overseeing the cases against her. A Cobb County grand jury indicted Susan Weidman Thursday on a new charge of racketeering, and deputies arrested her as she tried ...
Special grand jury files new case against DeKalb judge
Channel 2 Action News has learned a special grand jury tasked with investigating public corruption in DeKalb County has now filed a case against the very judge who oversees them. The grand jurors' yearlong term of service was supposed to end in January when they gave Superior Court Judge Mark ...
DeKalb cop tied to federal investigation
Channel 2 Action News has learned a DeKalb County police officer is caught up in a federal investigation. Records show he found out about a stolen car the day it happened, but never went to go retrieve it. "I just started crying to be honest with you, I busted out ...
2 Investigates: Fake agency targeting teens for nude modeling
It's a mystery one local family has been trying to unravel for months now: Is their teenage son the victim of an elaborate prank or a child predator? Channel 2 investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer tried to get to the bottom of that question, and discovered that even federal agents aren't ...
Fireworks erupt in court over DeKalb corruption case
Fireworks erupted in a DeKalb County courtroom Wednesday during a hearing tied to the case surrounding the county's top leader. Only Channel 2's Jodie Fleischer was there as a judge lashed out at prosecutors who want the public to see a secret corruption report. The special grand jury investigating DeKalb ...
3 DeKalb officers are accused of illegal search
Three DeKalb County police officers are accused of illegally searching a driver during a traffic stop. The driver said the sergeant assigned to investigate his complaint was involved in the alleged illegal search. The accused officers are now facing a federal lawsuit. Robert Brinson said he felt like he'd been ...
DeKalb judge keeps grand jury report from public but allows CEO access
Channel 2 Action News has learned DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis has been fighting to get himself an advance copy of a special grand jury report, so he can fight to keep it from being made public. The report is the culmination of a year-long investigation into public corruption, which began ...
Documents show warning to Eddie Long over scheme by Ephren Taylor
Channel 2 Action News has uncovered new allegations against megachurch pastor Eddie Long. Court records show Long was warned about self-described "social capitalist" Ephren Taylor more than a week before Long's parishioners were scammed out of more than a million dollars. "I thought we were betrayed. It really hurts even ...
Channel 2 barred from secret hearing in DeKalb corruption probe
Channel 2 Action News has learned the judge overseeing a special grand jury probe into public corruption in DeKalb County held a secret hearing in his courtroom Tuesday. Investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer got a tip about the hearing and asked investigative producer Patti DiVincenzo, who was already at the courthouse ...
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