Richard Belcher
Richard Belcher, WSB-TV Investigative Reporter & Anchor, joined Channel 2 Action News in February, 1990 with 18 years of broadcast experience.
Previously, Richard was a full-time Investigative Reporter and 6pm and 11pm Anchor with WAGA-TV for 15 years. Prior to that he worked at WXIA-TV and WGST Radio.
Richard graduated from Georgia State University with a BBA in Marketing. Richard is married to Sally Sears, a reporter at WSB-TV. They have one child, Will, born in February 1991. Richard also has two daughters, Brooke and Robin.
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DFCS employees disciplined in controversial adoption case
Channel 2 Action News has learned that five Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services workers were either disciplined or recommended to be barred from future state employment because of their role in a controversial adoption case. Channel 2 investigative reporter Richard Belcher found records also show an official ...
Family allowed to adopt 3 kids despite sexual assault history in home
A grandmother is expressing outrage, saying the state missed an alarming red flag for a family allowed to adopt three children. The family adopting the children failed to admit to a sexual assault inside their home and Channel 2 Action News has learned a background investigation also missed the crime. ...
APS investigating iPads that disappeared from inventory
The disappearance of 10 brand new iPads is raising new questions about how well the Atlanta Public School system secures expensive equipment like computers and cameras. Channel 2 investigative reporter Richard Belcher found the tablets apparently arrived then vanished. It isn't the first time the issue has surfaced at APS. ...
2 Investigates: Worker fired for questioning DDS inspection
A Channel 2 Action News investigation has found that a state agency did very little to investigate conflict-of-interest questions raised by one of its inspectors. In fact, the Georgia Department of Driver Services fired the woman who raised those questions. Channel 2's Richard Belcher says the whistleblower was told she ...
School may not have been required to report gun
A former prosecutor tells Channel 2 Action News it's possible that a local elementary school principal was not required to report that a student brought a suspected weapon to school. Channel 2 investigative reporter Richard Belcher said all of this hinges on whether the item was really a weapon as ...
Parents upset after not being notified of gun at elementary school
Channel 2 Action News has learned that a DeKalb County elementary school waited five days before filling out a formal report that a student had brought a pellet gun to the school. Channel 2 investigative reporter Richard Belcher said state law requires that the school notify authorities immediately. The school ...
State senator aides in DeKalb superintendent investigation
Channel 2 Action News has learned that a state legislator from Fulton County played a small role in a dispute that has turned into a simmering controversy among DeKalb County school officials. Channel 2 investigative reporter Richard Belcher has learned the question the DeKalb County School Board wants answered is ...
DeKalb school board to receive report on superintendent email dispute
Channel 2 Action News has learned the DeKalb School Board will receive a report Tuesday that could hasten a confrontation between the board and Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson. Channel 2 broke the story that the school board had authorized its own special investigation of the email dispute that was apparently carried ...
Whistleblower: Poor legal work costs taxpayers millions
A former lawyer for the city of Atlanta filed suit this week accusing the city of firing her because she complained about incompetence and even legal malpractice by lawyers for the city. The city denies the charges, but Channel 2 Action News investigative reporter Richard Belcher said the whistleblower contends ...
MARTA board spends nearly $150K on business psychologist
Channel 2 Action News has learned the MARTA board spent nearly $150,000 on a business psychologist after employees complained general manager Beverly Scott's management style was abusive. Channel 2's Richard Belcher discovered there's also no written record of what the psychologist found. The board hired the business psychology company in ...
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