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Atlanta weather | Rain will persist through Monday
A flash flood watch remains in effect through Monday morning for much of north Georgia as showers are expected to continue through the evening. By the time the weekend ends some parts of the metro area will have received as much as five inches of rain. Nearly three inches fell ...
Gucci Mane slapped with civil lawsuit
A soldier allegedly bashed over the head with a champagne bottle by Gucci Mane has filed a civil suit against the Atlanta-based hip-hop artist. The rapper, born Radric Davis, has already been charged criminally for the March 16 incident at the Harlem Nights Ultra Lounge on Courtland Street. The plaintiff, ...
Andrea Sneiderman to be re-indicted after 4 non-murder counts dismissed
The attorneys for a Dunwoody widow implicated in her husband’s death scored a legal but non-binding victory Tuesday when DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gregory Adams dismissed four of the non-murder charges against her. But those charges against Andrea Sneiderman — for allegedly giving false statements to law enforcement — ...
Cherokee DA questions officer’s account of medals
A former Holly Springs police officer injured when a train hit a parade float carrying decorated military veterans and their families is refuting allegations that he hadn’t earned the right to be there. Army veteran Shane Ladner, whose wife lost her leg in the November accident in Midland, Texas, told ...
Cherokee DA requests investigation into veteran’s military record
A former Holly Springs police officer injured when a train hit a parade float carrying decorated military veterans and their families is refuting allegations that he hadn’t earned the right to be there. Army veteran Shane Ladner, whose wife lost her leg in the November accident in Midland, Texas, told ...
Former Hawks center reveals he is gay
Former Atlanta Hawks reserve Jason Collins made history Monday, becoming the first male professional athlete on a major U.S. team sport roster to publicly disclose his homosexuality. “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay,” Collins announced in a first-person narrative posted on si.com. His story will appear ...
Search warrants executed at Narconon drug rehab clinic
Search warrants were executed Friday by the Gwinnett County district attorney’s office investigating suspected insurance fraud by a Norcross drug rehabilitation clinic that recently had its license revoked by the state. As first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Channel 2 Action News and WSB Radio, Narconon of Georgia allegedly billed ...
Toddler’s death mourned as officials investigate what caused dog to kill child
Lakisha Moss can’t shake the gruesome, heartbreaking scene she witnessed Wednesday inside a neighbor’s living room. The College Park woman was at home with her mother that afternoon when they heard loud shrieks and a neighbor’s dog making a “really weird sound.” They went next door to investigate. “I opened ...
Family, neighbors mourn toddler’s death as officials investigate what caused dog to attack
Lakisha Moss can’t shake the gruesome, heartbreaking scene she witnessed Wednesday inside a neighbor’s living room. She wonders if she ever will. The College Park woman was at home with her mother that afternoon when they heard loud shrieks and a neighbor’s dog making a “really weird sound.” They went ...
Defiant 30 Deep gang member Johnquavious Hood sent back to prison
A neck tattoo and an associate with a GPS ankle monitor factored heavily in a judge’s decision Wednesday to send a 30 Deep gang member back to prison for five years for violating his probation. “Every way you could, you flipped the bird at the system since you’ve gotten out,” ...
Second lawsuit filed in Buckhead IHOP police scrum
An Atlanta woman has sued an off-duty police officer she alleges assaulted her during an April 2011 melee at a Buckhead IHOP that went viral. Roberta Caban’s suit claims Atlanta police Officer Jose Vidal, moonlighting as a security guard at the now-defunct IHOP, provoked her and two friends, telling them ...
Defiant 30 Deep gang member sent back to prison
A neck tattoo and an associate with a GPS ankle monitor factored heavily in a judge’s decision Wednesday to send a 30 Deep gang member back to prison for five years for violating his probation. “Every way you could, you flipped the bird at the system since you’ve gotten out,” ...
Canton woman accused of stealing $12K from PTA
A Canton woman was arrested Monday and charged with stealing from a PTA and booster club, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office announced.Kim Turman, 40, was the treasurer of the Indian Knoll Elementary School PTA and the Sequoyah High School Girls Booster Club, Cherokee sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Jay Baker said. She’s ...
Suspect in theft of dead man’s Porsche arrested in New Mexico
In the end, it wasn’t a dead man’s 1988 red Porsche 944 that caused New Mexico authorities to detain a fugitive wanted for its theft. Instead, it was one too many alcoholic beverages that led deputies from the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office to arrest Robert Craig Sandman outside a Pueblo ...
17-time felon gets 16-year prison sentence on weapons charges
A 43-year-old College Park man who has averaged about one felony conviction for every 2-1/2 years of his life will spend the next 16 years in prison on weapons charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Keith Wade’s sentence, handed down Monday, was mandated by the state’s mandatory minimum guidelines that ...
Police seek witnesses in bar slaying
John Bell is confident someone knows who assaulted his brother three months ago in the parking lot of a south Fulton gentleman’s club. “There had to be witnesses,” said Bell, whose younger brother, Benjamin Bell, 45, died of severe head trauma eight days after he was attacked outside Riley’s Show ...
Alpharetta woman charged with killing ex-husband
An Alpharetta woman has been arrested and charged in the fatal shooting of her ex-husband, police say. Brian Pugh, 52, died Thursday night after being transported to North Fulton Hospital. He was found with multiple gunshot wounds Thursday after officials were called to a medical emergency at his townhouse at ...
Mother carrying 2-year-old ticketed for being in street
A mother carrying her 2-year-old child was ticketed by police after stepping in front of a vehicle while trying to catch a bus on Peachtree and Alabama streets Friday morning, police said. The unidentified woman was cited for pedestrian in a roadway. She and her child were bumped by an ...
Weekend festivals to provide fun and security challenge
The terror attack in Boston will have an impact on security this weekend in metro Atlanta — when more than 500,000 people are expected to attend a number of festivals — but it may not be uniform. “Atlanta police officers will be visible, vigilant and prepared,” city Police Chief George ...
Louisiana synthetic pot ring tied to Fayette County teen’s death
Twelve people have been indicted on Louisiana racketeering charges linking an alleged synthetic marijuana distribution ring to the death last March of a popular Fayetteville teen.Chase Burnett’s death was one of three in Georgia last year attributed to the now-illegal designer drug, commonly known as K2 or Spice. The 16-year-old ...
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