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Ch 2 reviews evidence in DeKalb corruption probe
A Channel 2 Action News investigation has collected and examined some of the same evidence prosecutors have gathered in a probe into government corruption in DeKalb County. DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis has appeared to be a target of the investigation since district attorney's investigators searched his home and ...
Criminal case opened against Narconon rehab
A Channel 2 Action News investigation found a local drug rehab program lying to families and investigators, and now, new claims could be criminal. "It shatters everyone and it touches everyone," Mary Morton said of her teenage daughter Emily's addiction. She told investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer that Narconon ...
Evidence shows wiretaps in DeKalb corruption investigation
Channel 2 Action News has obtained evidence of three new search warrants issued in connection with a grand jury investigation into public corruption. The records filed in DeKalb County Superior Court shed new light on potential evidence in the case, including four discs containing recorded cellphone conversations, texts and location ...
Fiscal cliff deal still out of reach
Agonizingly close to a New Year's Eve compromise, the White House and congressional Republicans agreed Monday to block across-the-board tax increases set for midnight, but held up a final deal as they haggled away the final hours of 2012 in a dispute over spending cuts. While the deadline to prevent ...
HOAs saying banks aren't paying what they owe
Lenders have taken over hundreds of thousands of North Georgia homes, because the owners couldn't pay. But now, homeowners associations said those banks aren't paying what they owe, and it's costing all homeowners. "It's a serious crisis in our area," said Michael Crew, who manages 120 homeowners and condo associations ...
DeKalb board member says audit shows 'troubled' district
A DeKalb County school board member says the final results of an audit he requested prove mismanagement and lack of oversight in an already troubled district. Auditors say DeKalb school district employees violated purchasing policies nearly 700 times and spent more than $200 million before those purchases were approved. "I ...
Oglethorpe leader pushes for action on gun safety
A local university president is making national headlines with a call for gun safety among his colleagues. Oglethorpe University President Lawrence Schall wrote an open letter that in four days garnered more than 300 signatures of support. "On anything that's controversial we get nervous because we have lots of constituents, ...
Prosecutor probed by GBI found dead
A Dawson County assistant district attorney who left his job amid a Georgia Bureau of Investigation probe has been found dead in Florida. A GBI spokesman confirms the investigation into John Wilbanks Jr. is now closed, because of his death. Wilbanks was in charge of the Dawson County office of ...
Political fight keeps mixed martial arts out of Georgia
It's been called the fastest growing sport in the world, and mixed martial arts fights have taken hold in Georgia. But a political decision to fill a vacancy on the board that oversees the sport has become its biggest fight yet. "This is a combat sport, people's safety is on ...
DeKalb judge sanctions Narconon of Georgia
The family of a man who died while under the care of a local drug treatment facility won a huge court victory this week. DeKalb County State Court Judge Stacey Hydrick issued sanctions against Narconon of Georgia, finding the program's director lied under oath and hid evidence. "There's really nothing ...
Questionable night clubs dodge county rules
A Channel 2 Action News investigation has exposed illegal night clubs with police officers on the payroll. Inside the clubs are dangerously large crowds, blaring music and late-night chaos just feet from DeKalb County neighborhoods. Channel 2 investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer received a tip from local officers fed up with ...
Mystery homes litter neighborhoods, hurt local government budgets
As metro Atlanta neighborhoods fought to recover from the plummet in property values, abandoned eyesores remain a threat to city, county and school budgets. Channel 2 investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer contacted five counties and a dozen cities in north Georgia to get a handle on the number of vacant houses. ...
Banks that foreclosed on Georgians owe taxpayers millions
Lenders have taken over hundreds of thousands of north Georgia homes because the owners couldn't pay, but a Channel 2 Action News investigation exposed some of those same banks have skipped out on millions of tax dollars owed to local counties. Most residents who lost their homes during the mortgage ...
Jurors decide fate of DeKalb 'sovereign citizens'
A DeKalb County jury is deciding the fate of three men indicted for racketeering, after a Channel 2 Action News investigation. Channel 2 first exposed a group of so-called "sovereign citizens" in 2010, for signing fake deeds to themselves and then moving into foreclosed homes. "If I deprive anybody of ...
Atlanta-area counties sue bank for predatory lending
Channel 2 Action News has learned three metro Atlanta area counties are taking on a major bank, saying predatory lending has hurt neighborhoods and cost tax revenue. Cobb, DeKalb and Fulton counties filed a lawsuit Thursday against HSBC, saying damages are in the hundreds of millions of dollars. "It is ...
State law could change after Channel 2 Narconon investigation
Channel 2 Action News has already noticed a change to Narconon International’s website since an investigation exposed the organization advertising its Georgia program as a long-term residential facility. Now the wording has been altered and does not indicate which type of facility it is. Explore our joint investigation into Georgia ...
Whistleblower, memo link Georgia Narconon to Scientology
A worldwide drug treatment program that’s denied its affiliation with the Church of Scientology faces new scrutiny now that a whistleblower has come forward. Channel 2 Action News has uncovered documents which tie Narconon of Georgia to the controversial church. Channel 2 investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer obtained records that show ...
State investigates Narconon Georgia after Channel 2 reveals new evidence
A Georgia drug rehab program with ties to the Church of Scientology is now under a state investigation after Channel 2 Action News showed inspectors new evidence. The review comes after Channel 2 investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer spoke with an insider, ready to blow the whistle on lies told to ...
2 Investigates: Patient death at Georgia Narconon
Patrick Desmond's mother describes him as kind-hearted and good-natured, but the former Marine died at 28-years-old, losing a battle against alcoholism. Desmond's death in 2008 came as he took part in a worldwide drug treatment program, Narconon, already under fire for other patient deaths and ties to the Church of ...
Sneiderman trial evidence list comes to light
Channel 2 Action News has obtained a new list of evidence for the upcoming trial of a woman accused of killing her husband outside their son’s day care. Andrea Sneiderman is charged with murder in the 2010 shooting that killed her husband, Rusty. Her former GE Energy supervisor, Hemy Neuman, ...
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