Police: Homeless man threatens man with knife at Windy Hill Citgo
Yovani Gonzalez, 22, listed as homeless, is accused of following a man after an argument into the Citgo gas station at 461 Windy Hill Road SE in Marietta, and pulling a large kitchen knife on the victim on Dec. 11 at 1:30 a.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. The victim said...
Tens of thousands without power in Georgia
GEORGIA — More than 23,000 customers across Georgia are without electricity Friday morning following overnight storms that moved through parts of the state, according to PowerOutage.com. As of the latest update, 23,034 customers were reported without power out of more than 5.3 million customers tracked statewide. The...
Young Thug proposes to Mariah The Scientist during Atlanta benefit concert
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Atlanta rapper Young Thug proposed to Mariah The Scientist, his longtime girlfriend, during a Tuesday benefit concert at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Video on social media shows the star dropping to one knee and offering the ring as text reading “WILL YOU...
High schooler arrested for allegedly stabbing special needs student with scissors
ATLANTA (TCN) -- A 17-year-old student with special needs was hospitalized after allegedly being assaulted with scissors by a classmate on Dec. 12. His alleged attacker was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, WXIA reports. According to a statement from Atlanta Public Schools on Dec. 15, the suspect is in...
Officer shoots teen armed with knife, police say
19-year-old suspect shot by a police officer after investigators say they charged at them with a knife. The suspect was taken to the hospital. FOX 5's Eric Perry has the details.
Video appears to show officer Tasing student on Fulton school bus
Video appears to show an officer leaning over a student in one of the seats on the bus and firing his Taser.
Postal employee assigned to Austell routes arrested in mail theft case
An Austell postal worker was arrested this week and charged with stealing rewards cards from customers’ mail, Austell Police report. Adrienne Braziel, 31, of Villa Rica, is accused of taking mail, specifically AT&T rewards cards, between September 10 and December 14 at the South Atlanta Sorting and Delivery Center...
Body found outside Kroger at Ansley Mall in Atlanta
ATLANTA — A body was discovered outside a popular Kroger in. Atlanta Police responded to the supermarket at Ansley Mall on Monroe Drive around 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Police said the call came into their dispatch center as an unresponsive person. 11Alive could see police officers and a detective...
Georgia swears in its youngest state representative
Akbar Ali, 21, was sworn in as the youngest member of the Georgia State House of Representatives on Thursday.
Two arrested on drug trafficking charges in Vinings
Samaria Broughton, 17, of Atlanta, and Michael Schurrod Lindsey, 48, of Atlanta, are accused of trafficking drugs on Dec. 9 at 5:58 p.m. at 2158 Cumberland Parkway SE in Atlanta, in the Sync at Vinings apartment complex, according to arrest warrants from the Cobb County Police Department. Broughton and Lindsey were...
