Stories by Shae Rozzi
Driver’s tweets shed light on final moments before death
Less than an hour before he died in a fatal car crash, 19-year-old Stephen Nolasco, of Marietta, tweeted a message to a friend about a project. The tweet was sent at 2:33 a.m. on Sunday. Cobb County police said just after 3:20a.m., Nolasco lost control of his car on Sandy ...
Georgia Sheriff's Association against stricter gun control
The Georgia Sheriff's Association, a group that consists of the more than 100 elected sheriffs from around Georgia, said stricter gun control measures won't stop mass shootings. The GSA's position on the gun debate, which is posted on the homepage of the GSA website, is as follows: "The sheriffs took ...
Manager questions Groupon's decision to stop gun-related deals
The operations manager of Range, Guns & Safes on Pleasantdale Road in DeKalb County told Channel 2’s Shae Rozzi that Groupon, the popular social coupon website, backed out of a promotion that was supposed to start running on Monday. “It has to be political,” David Aldea told Rozzi. “If it ...
Officer remembered for smile, dedication to community
Exactly one year after she was killed in the line of duty, a memorial service was held for Officer Gail Thomas at her grave site in Mableton. "You cannot bury that smile," a family friend said as he stood in front of the group. Thomas served the department for 15 ...
Husband tells wife to run before he is shot and killed
Hapeville police said Stuart Walton died after being shot outside of his home on Dorsey Road during an attempted robbery Tuesday night. According to a police report released to Channel 2 Wednesday afternoon, the victim's wife, Lydia Walton, told police that she and her husband had just pulled into their ...
Cherokee Co. sheriff will not enforce 'unconstitutional' regulations
Joining a growing number of sheriffs across the country who are against President Barack Obama's stricter gun control measures, Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison says he is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. Sheriff Garrison declined a request for an interview with Channel 2's Shae Rozzi. Instead, his public ...
Georgia Dome prepares for NFC Championship
The Georgia Dome is getting a makeover for the NFC Championship this weekend, including a special game-day menu. “It’s a huge process,” Georgia Dome Executive Chef Charles Walker told Channel 2’s Shae Rozzi. He explained to her what it’s like to come up with a menu to feed around 70,000 ...
Family wants answers in hit-and-run death
On the heels of the birthday of a slain woman, her family is pleading for answers in her death. Maria Elena Tabuena’s Facebook page was filled with birthday wishes Wednesday, but the Bartow County wife and mother didn’t reach her 30th birthday because of a hit-and-run crash that killed her ...
NFC championship tickets go fast and not cheap
When tickets for the NFC championship game went on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Monday, Kevin Mendel of Buckhead was online. "I was able to grab upper level seats, extra upper level seats and that's all I could get within a minute," Mendel told Channel 2's Shae Rozzi. ...
Suwanee boys arrive in Ga. after weeklong search
Moments after appearing on CNN, Theresa Nash of Suwanee got a call from a citizen in Texas claiming he was with her boys. “I was in complete disbelief,” Nash told Channel 2’s Shae Rozzi over the phone as she was boarding a plane to pick up her boys in Austin. ...
Cops explore 'shoe game' motive in teen slaying
A police report indicates 14-year-old Paul Sampleton, Jr. was tied up or restrained when he was shot and killed inside his home on Haynescrest Drive in Grayson Wednesday afternoon. Gwinnett County police said the Grayson High School freshman attended school earlier in the day. After spending nearly three hours collecting ...
Worker at center of carbon monoxide investigation was fired, rehired
Through a public records request, Channel 2 Action News has learned the names of the two Atlanta Public Schools employees whose work is the focus of an investigation into a carbon monoxide leak at Finch Elementary School in southwest Atlanta. Channel 2’s Shae Rozzi obtained the personnel files for Ivan ...
Families may pursue legal action over school poisoning
Families may be taking legal action in light of a carbon monoxide leak that sickened dozens at a southwest Atlanta school. A lawyer, who requested anonymity, told Channel 2’s Shae Rozzi that she has been retained by five families following the incident at Finch Elementary School. “We want to make ...
Cop shooter could face 85 years behind bars
A DeKalb County jury has convicted a man of shooting a police officer. The jury found Michael Hughey guilty of five counts related to the shooting of DeKalb County police Officer Deron Fulton in 2011. He showed no emotion as a jury read the guilty verdict late Tuesday afternoon. "It's ...
Cherokee County man survives rattlesnake bite
Cherokee County man survives rattlesnake bite A Cherokee County man was bitten by a rattlesnake during a hunting trip, but he and his 9-year-old son fought back. Shane Newton, 43, is recovering at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital after the snake bit him in the leg Sunday afternoon. Newton was hunting ...
Boy who survived shooting says he's feeling 'good'
An 8-year-old boy who was shot while sleeping is back home after spending a week in the hospital. Ahijah Geffard and his parents met with Channel 2's Shae Rozzi at an undisclosed location Tuesday to talk about his recovery. "How are you feeling?" Rozzi asked. "Good," Geffard answered. His parents ...
Boy's parents talk for the first time since drive-by shooting
The mother and father of an 8-year-old boy injured in a drive-by shooting while he was sleeping shared their story for the first time since the incident Tuesday night. Ahijah Geffard had to have surgery Thursday afternoon to drain fluid around his lungs, according to his mother who spoke with ...
Sister describes 8-year-old’s shooting
Police are still looking for the gunman that struck an 8-year-old, but family members said the child is awake, talking and watching TV while he recovers. Ahijah Geffard has a fever but is making strides in his recovery at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta of Egleston. His grandmother, aunt and sister ...
Family seeks leads in teen’s killing
Friends of a slain teen are turning to social media to help solve the case. Vanessa “Honey” Malone’s loved ones created a Facebook page to generate leads and donations to a Crimestoppers reward fund for information leading to an arrest. The page, R.I.P. Honey, has more than 125,000 “likes” so ...
Same federal investigation led to arrests of 2 Atlanta private school employees
Channel 2 Action News has discovered that the arrest of a former custodian at The Paideia School and the arrest of a former dance teacher at Pace Academy, were from the same federal investigation. The Paideia School fired Josh Ensley upon learning of his arrest on suspicion of possession of ...
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