Tom Jones
Tom is a native of Houston, Texas. He graduated from Texas Southern University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
Tom has reported the news in Amarillo, Texas, Shreveport, Louisiana and Las Vegas. He has worked at WSB-TV as a General Assignment Reporter for nearly a decade.
Tom considers himself a news junkie. He enjoys covering crime and court stories.
Latest from Tom Jones
Man pleads guilty to murder minutes before trial starts
Just minutes before his trial was about to start, Nehemiah Johnson, 29, plead guilty to malice murder in the January 2012 strangling of Rochelle Thomas, 30. John said he knew the police had enough evidence to send him to jail after kidnapping his ex-girlfriend early last year. According to his ...
Deputy accused of drunk driving in trooper crash
A deputy is out of jail after police say he drove drunk and crashed into a state trooper. Now an internal investigation is under way. Riverdale police say 40-year-old Gerald Cambridge was off-duty when he bumped the trooper from behind on Highway 85 near Church Street about 3 a.m. Sunday. ...
Workers say hair thieves have broken into store for third time
Thieves cut through a double steel door and stole thousands of dollars' worth of popular Brazilian hair from a local beauty supply store. Workers said it's the third time criminals have broken into the store to steal weaves in the last six months. It happened around 4 a.m. Tuesday at ...
Well-dressed woman caught on tape burglarizing home
Jonesboro police were surprised to discover it was a well-dressed woman who broke down a homeowner's door and burglarized his home. Officers said the homeowner's surveillance video captured the woman loading up thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise. The video shows the woman attempting to break open the door, "either ...
Man sues Morehouse College after they say he never graduated
A man who said he graduated from Morehouse College more than 30 years ago is suing the school because the college said he never met graduation requirements. And now Morehouse is countersuing to get him to return the diploma it gave him 33 years ago. "They can't have it back, ...
Student suspended after posting principal's mugshot on Instagram
A Clayton County high school senior was suspended weeks before his graduation after he posted his principal's mugshot on the social media website Instagram, claiming she was arrested for the wrong thing. The student's family told Channel 2's Tom Jones nowhere in the student handbook does it say you can ...
Police: Woman used 11-year-old granddaughter to steal from Walmart
A grandmother is in jail in Clayton County accused of using her granddaughter to help her shoplift. Channel 2's Tom Jones was in court when a judge told Sheila Howard that she was ordered to stay away from Walmart on Jonesboro Road because of her two prior shoplifting arrests there. ...
Police search for man accused of flashing another in school parking lot
Police are on the lookout for a flasher who they said exposed himself in an elementary school parking lot. A 20-year-old man who did not want to identify himself told Channel 2's Tom Jones a flasher was in the McGarrah Elementary parking lot when he stepped out of his car ...
76-year-old, 2 others accused of meth trafficking in Clayton Co.
Neighbors are applauding police after officers arrested three people, including a 76-year-old woman, for allegedly trafficking methamphetamine. Officers arrested Lourece Mercer, her-45 year-old son Mark Mercer, and his girlfriend, Stacey Lynn Bishop. "I applaud that. That's good," Darren Williams told Channel 2's Tom Jones, after hearing news of the arrest. ...
Nurse accused of being drunk while sexually assaulting patient
A nurse at a hospital is accused of being drunk on the job when she sexually assaulted a patient. Danielle Gates, 29, was arrested and now faces a charge of sexual assault at a hospital or institution. Channel 2's Tom Jones was in a Clayton County courtroom when Gates went ...
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