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Trooper Trial in Deadly Wreck Begins Today; Target Practice with Trayvon Martin; Scoop Up Tax Day Freebies
A fired Georgia State trooper could go to prison for 15 years if he's convicted for a deadly 2011 crash that killed the wife of Braves' head trainer Jeff Porter. Don Crozier says not a day goes by that he doesn't think about the day when he sped through a ...
Maybach Murder Victim on I-20; Nerdiest City: Atlanta; Reebok Drops Rick Ross
Was it road rage or something else? A man driving a $400,000 Maybach was shot and killed Thursay afternoon on I-20 West near Glenwood Avenue. Witnesses told DeKalb investigators the gunfire came from a white SUV that drove alongside the victim's car. There were at least seven bullet holes in ...
Gunman Holds Firefighters Hostage; Man Guilty of Killing College Park Teens; Calif. Man Saws Into His Arms
The calm of a Suwanee subdivision was shattered Wednesday, triggered by a fake 911 call about a heart attack that led firefighters to a foreclosed home where a man held them hostage as he demanded his utilities be turned on again. After hour hours of a standoff, SWAT officers flash-banged ...
Atlanta Residents Protest Arrest; Gun Control Compromise Close; Elephant Shot in Drive-By
No Atlanta police officers were hurt, but several police cruisers were damaged Tuesday night during a violent protest on Hardee Street in northeast Atlanta. The demonstrators threw bricks, rocks and hammers at officers as they demanded an investigation into alleged police brutality during an arrest Monday night in the same ...
Hit Man Kills Wrong Guy; Grandson Hired To Kill Husband; Kid Suspended Over Mohawk
A Cherokee County woman featured on "America's Most Wanted" has been captured in Florida. Fifty-two-year-old Karen King is accused of ordering five men, three of them her sons, to beat her boyfriend and then dump him somewhere in March of 2012. Cherokee Sheriff's Lt. Jamie Gianfala says the car the ...
Cobb Parents Abandon Daughter In SC; Happy Spouses Gain More Weight
A couple from Cobb County faces charges after police say they abandoned their four-year-old daughter at a house in Anderson, South Carolina. Alonzo Brown, 31, and Tongela McBride, 37, allegedly rang the doorbell at this house and then left the girl there. The girl went unidentified for days until someone ...
Final Four in Atlanta; Cop, Suspect Killed At Police HQ; Dad Arrested for Beating Daughters for Twerking
As the Final Four weekend kicks in to high gear today, Atlanta police officers will be working twelve-hour shifts. Police Chief George Turner says that means some 800 cops on the street at any given minute; he says by Tuesday, people will be writing and talking about how well APD ...
On King Death Anniversary, A Call For Gun Control; Falcons Sign Exonerated LB Banks
An Amber Alert is out across the southeast as police look for two kidnapped boys, ages 4 and 2, whose parents are described as anti-government survivalist types believed to be armed and dangerous. Joshua and Sharyn Hakken allegedly snatched Cole and Chase Hakken from their grandmother's custody, after tying her ...
Ex-NBAer Indicted for Murder; Cobb Mom Accused of Starving Daughter to Death
Dozens of Atlanta educators, including former superintendent Dr. Beverly Hall, have surrendered and posted bond at the Fulton County jail. Dr. Hall and 34 others were indicted for their alleged roles in boosting standardized test scores by changing answers, then collecting bonuses based on the falsely-boosted scores. Hall's lawyers include ...
Uncovering the cheating
While there's been a spike in cases of school standardized test cheating nationwide, a noted educator says Georgia stands as a role model when it comes to digging up the corruption. FairTest, a nonprofit which works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing, documented more than 50 ways ...
Test Cheating: The Surrenders Begin; GA Town Requires Gun Ownership; Which Warning Labels FDA Says To Ignore
Indicted Atlanta Schools educators are turning themselves in today. The first to arrive, Kennedy Middle school improvement specialist Tameka Goodson, showed up at the Fulton County jail around 12:30 this morning. Charged with racketeering and false statements or writings, her bond was set at $200,000. Bond is $1 million for ...
Packing heat, prettily
What woman doesn't want to pack heat in a pretty purse? Leslie Deets, co-owner of the gun range SharpShooters USA in Roswell, says as women started reacting to headlines and becoming more gun-savvy, buying and learning to use weapons, she added the range’s concealed carry and defensive handgun classes to ...
Indicted Educators Will Surrender; Wal-Mart Thief Allegedly Bragged On Facebook
The first of those Atlanta Public School educators, indicted for alleged cheating on the CRCTs, are expected to turn themselves in this morning. They face charges that include racketeering. Their lawyer says two clients of his, teachers, have already made arrangements to post bail, then bond out. Those indicted include ...
GA Modifies Teen Sexting Law; Yet More Arrests In Brunswick Baby Killing; Man Uses Fake Penis for Drug Test
Georgia's General Assembly wraps up its work for the year with a tightening of lobbying rules, a change in video gambling laws that will benefit the HOPE Scholarship--and a bill reducing the penalty for teens who sext each other, making it a misdemeanor. Former DeKalb County District Attorney J. Tom ...
Most guilty of driving and texting? Adults
When it comes to texting behind the wheel, the people who should be the role models are setting a really bad example. A new AT&T survey of more than 1,000 adults found 49% of them admit texting while driving--compared to 43% of teenagers. Not only that, 98% of adults say ...
Smartphone app to help parents keep tabs on children
A new smartphone app lets parents spy on their kids--for their own protection, of course. A St. Louis, Missouri dad invented the "Catch Me If You Can" and "Protect Me If You Can" apps for Android. "If You Can" allows parents to track kids' smartphones via GPS, and to create ...
DeKalb Cop Indicted; Teen Accused of Shooting Baby Also Indicted For 2nd Robbery
Big items are on the agenda, but little time is left for the General Assembly to get its work done for the year. State lawmakers are scrambling to get bills passed by midnight, or kiss them goodbye until next session. Among those, ethics reform, a measure to allow more guns ...
Gucci Gets No Bond; New Arrests In Tot Shooting Case; Man Wins $8K In 'Small World' Breakdown
Bond has been denied for Gucci Mane, who surrendered at the Fulton County Jail around 11:30 Tuesday night on a charge of aggravated assault with a weapon. The rapper, whose real name is Radric Davis, was accused of hitting a man in the head with a champagne bottle at Harlem ...
More arrests made in Brunswick case
Two more arrests have been made in connection with the shocking case of a Brunswick toddler shot to death in his stroller last week--and a key piece of evidence may be coming to light. De'Marquise Elkins' aunt told cops that the 17-year-old was eating eggs, sausage and grits she had ...
Test Cheating Indictments Possible; Historic Gay Marriage Arguments; App Catches Carjacker
Fulton County's district attorney isn't commenting on rumors swirling that indictments may be soon to come in the Atlanta Public Schools' CRCT cheating probe. Defense attorneys representing some implicated educators say they've been told a grand jury may be indicting some two dozen people on charges that may include racketeering. ...
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