2 die in car crash on Fulton Industrial Boulevard, police say
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Two people died in a car crash on Fulton Industrial Boulevard on Friday afternoon, according to South Fulton police. Police said a fatal collision involving four vehicles happened at the intersection of Fulton Industrial Boulevard and Robinson Drive around 4:15 p.m. Officers...
$300,000 of copper wire stolen from metro Atlanta factory sold for fraction of its...
A man is in custody after deputies say surveillance cameras show him stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in copper wire.
Mexican Cartel Member Gets 10 Years for Atlanta Meth Trafficking
A high-ranking member of a violent Mexican drug cartel will spend the next decade behind bars after orchestrating methamphetamine sales in metro Atlanta. 🌎 The Big Picture: Pablo Tabares-Martinez, 50, was a mid-level operative in La Nueva Familia Michoacana, a cartel responsible for trafficking approximately 12 tons...
Atlanta’s drop in homicides outpaces U.S. as city makes fighting crime a priority
Atlanta sees 32% drop in homicides so far this year.
Symphonic Snowman Jeezy Hosting Free Community Day, Donating School Supplies To 500 Students
Jeezy the (symphonic) Snowman is putting philanthropy behind the platinum as he marks the 20th anniversary of Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 with a meaningful move for the people. The Grammy-nominated rapper and cultural changemaker is teaming up with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) for a free...
Woman credits Channel 2 for helping her get back $13K Social Security said she...
“For the first time in a long time, I feel like I’ve been heard,” she said.
Inmate charged with battery at Cobb Jail
Cornell Tobias Griggs, 18, of Decatur, is accused of pushing another inmate off the top bunk, causing him to fall five feet onto the concrete floor at 5 a.m. on July 7 in the Cobb Jail, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, according to the warrant. The victim suffered a closed...
13-year-old dies from gunshot to head, three suspects charged
A 13-year-old has died after an apparent gunshot to the head on Monday, according to the Cobb County Police Department. Desiyah “Turtle” Reed died from injuries sustained during the shooting on Padgett Drive in Austell, according to his mother, Lastosha Hargett, on a GoFundMe page she created. “Turtle was a bright,...
Retired DeKalb K-9 who lost leg after being shot dies
A DeKalb County Police Department K-9 has died five years after being shot in the line of duty and medically retired from the force.
DeKalb jailer fired, arrested after beating inmate with baton
According to arrest warrants, the jailer entered an inmate’s cell on July 4 at the DeKalb County Jail and repeatedly struck the inmate several times with a baton.
