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Several road projects set for this weekend
The Georgia Department of Transportation will be working on several road construction and maintenance projects over the weekend. Crews are trying to make up for several rainy weekends and get as much finished as they can before the Memorial Day weekend. Drivers can expect to see construction and maintenance delays ...
DeKalb judge upset with DA's delivery of subpoena
A DeKalb County Superior Court judge is upset the district attorney's office served him with a subpoena while he was involved with jury selection in his own courtroom. Judge Mark Anthony Scott is asking another judge not only to toss out that subpoena, but to grant him a protective order ...
Spike in bomb threats putting strain on law enforcement resources
Many metro Atlanta bomb squads report the numerous suspicious package and bomb threat calls have taxed their resources, but so far, they said they're able to handle them. Since the Boston bombings, metro Atlanta bomb squads report a marked increase in the number of calls they've received. The vast majority ...
No early release for man who killed 3 Georgia Power workers
A man who pleaded guilty to killing three Georgia Power employees in a 2009 car crash will not be released from jail early. James Miles asked a DeKalb County judge to be released from the county jail's work release program nine months early. His attorney told Judge Johnny Panos that ...
Prosecutors want Jamie Hood to wear shock belt
A judge will decide if Athens cop killing suspect Jamie Hood will have to wear a 50,000-volt shock belt during his upcoming capital murder trial. Hood is accused of killing Athens-Clarke County police officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian and wounding Officer Tony Howard in March 2011. Deputies feel Hood is a ...
Piedmont patients asked to get tested after cleaning mishap
The Georgia Department of Health confirms it was notified by Piedmont Healthcare that for two years, it failed to properly clean equipment used after colonoscopies. As a result, the hospital sent out letters for 456 patients advising them to get tested for hepatitis B, C and HIV. Piedmont Healthcare said ...
Witnesses: Jamie Hood meant to shoot officer
Two witnesses testified that Jamie Hood, accused of killing an Athens police officer, confessed to shooting two officers but only showed remorse for one of them. Hood was in court Tuesday for a hearing to decide if statements he made while in custody can be used during his trial. His ...
Student shot with BB gun at Hall County school
Hall County deputies charged two Johnson High School seniors with felonies after they said the teens brought a BB gun to school and accidentally shot another student. The incident happened in the school library at 9 a.m. Monday. Deputies said Edwin Huizar, 17, brought his brand-new BB gun to school ...
DA: DragonCon founder faking ailments to avoid trial
A Gwinnett County judge ordered DragonCon co-founder Ed Kramer held without bond until his trial after she ruled he had violated his initial bond restrictions by visiting movie sets in other states. Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter went even further and accused Kramer of faking the physical ailments that ...
Gwinnett clinic mum on MRSA investigation
A Gwinnett County medical center is not talking about a county health investigation into possible drug-resistant bacteria at their facility. Channel 2 Action News broke the story two weeks ago when epidemiologists from the county health department visited the Premier Aesthetic Center in Lilburn. An attorney for the center said ...
DeKalb lawyer pleads guilty to making unwanted sexual advances on client
A DeKalb County attorney pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges he made unwanted sexual advances on a female client. A judge sentenced 73-year-old William Hall to 30 days of house arrest after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery and public indecency. The judge also levied a fine, gave him 24 ...
Shoe memorial for Boston victims grows at McDonough City Hall
The city of McDonough is showing its support for the victims of the Boston bombings by displaying donated running shoes from a City Hall balcony. Three people were killed when two blasts went off during the Boston Marathon on Monday. Authorities believe the bombs consisted of explosives put in pressure ...
Owner accused of using school to traffic prostitutes
Federal agents raided the offices of a Duluth school whose owner is accused of conspiring with other employees to use the school to bring prostitutes into the United States. A grand jury indicted owner Dong Seok Yi, along with Sook An Kil, the school's academic coordinator and Chang Seon Song, ...
Mayor on APS grand jury: 'Painful facts' will come out
A Fulton County grand jury continued its hearing on Wednesday in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal. A spokesperson for the district attorney's office believes the jurors will work through Thursday and could wrap up by sometime Friday. The grand jury could issue indictments for educators and administrators implicated in ...
1 killed in assisted living facility fire
One person is dead and two others hospitalized after a fire at a DeKalb County assisted living facility Tuesday morning. The DeKalb County Fire Department said one resident in the burning room died, and a second resident in the room had to be extricated and was taken to a trauma ...
Mom testifies against serial rape suspect
The mother of an accused serial rapist took the stand Thursday and testified she discovered her son's hidden pistol and called 911. Gary Mincey is on trial for a series of rapes, sexual assaults and robberies that terrorized DeKalb County over a one-month period in 2011. He is accused of ...
Victims recall chilling encounter with accused serial rapist
Jurors heard testimony from two more sexual assault victims Wednesday in the trial of a DeKalb County man accused in a series of attacks. Gary Mincey is accused of robbing and sexually assaulting five women over a one-month period in 2011. The attacks caused fear among many women across the ...
Trial starts for accused serial rapist in DeKalb attacks
An accused serial rapist is on trial in DeKalb County on charges he robbed then raped or sexually assaulted five different women during a one-month period in 2011. Gary Mincey is accused of attacking five different women between October and November 2011 in a series of assaults that prosecutors said ...
Money woes force New Birth to close Christian Academy again
New Birth Missionary Baptist Church confirms it will close down its Christian Academy at the end of this school year, citing a bad economy and low enrollment. "The closing of Faith Community Christian Academy ends an era for one of Georgia's premier Christian schools," school officials said in a written ...
Teens accused of huffing Freon from AC unit
Six DeKalb County teens are facing charges after a homeowner said he caught them vandalizing his air conditioning unit and huffing the coolant inside. Police said all six teens are students at Lakeside High School. "They just came here, and they sniffed Freon," said Herman Lorenz. He took pictures of ...
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