17 December

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Atlanta – Hotel Clerk Held Up At Gunpoint

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LAGRANGE, Ga. -- A hotel clerk was held up by an armed man in LaGrange, and the entire robbery was caught on camera. LaGrange police e-mailed Channel 2 Action News surveillance video of the robbery that occurred shortly before 8:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Bay Mont Hotel.The clerk, identified as Richard Rumbaugh, told investigators that a man talking on a cell phone came into the hotel, inquired about hotel rates and left the hotel. Shortly thereafter, Rumbaugh said two other men entered the hotel lobby. One of the men was armed with a gun and...

17 December

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Baby On Board During Wild Police Chase

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ATLANTA -- A man accused of taking police on a wild chase with a 5-month-old baby in the car is facing 18 different charges.Troopers said Marcus Jones, 24, created a lot of chaos Thursday night when he refused to give himself up. Investigators said he stole a Jeep with a woman and baby inside."He was driving in such an erratic manner," said Trooper Ron Calvert. "He took us down several surface streets in downtown Atlanta. "Jones then jumped on the downtown connector, exited again and hit two pedestrians while trying to get away. ...

14 December

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Man Arrested In Fatal Liquor Store Shooting

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COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- A College Park man is in custody in connection with an attempted liquor store robbery that left one man dead. Shannon Harper, 20, turned himself in to police Monday afternoon.Harper is charged with murder and aggravated assault in the Dec. 4 shooting at the Windy Hill Bottle Shop in Cobb County. Another perpetrator, Louis George Jr., 21, also of College Park, died when the duo exchanged gunfire with the store clerk.The clerk was not hurt....

14 December

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Armed Men Ransack Home With Children Inside

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ATLANTA -- Atlanta police said a group of men with guns forced their way into a home in northeast Atlanta. Police told Channel 2 that three men armed with assault rifles and guns broke into the apartment on Hardee Street shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday. Two adults and two children were home at the time, investigators said.The residents said the men ransacked the home, but didn't find what they were looking for.The men fled before police arrived....

13 December

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Police: Knife-Wielding Man Killed By Officers

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MABLETON, Ga. -- A man was killed after authorities said he confronted Cobb County police officers with a knife.The situation unfolded shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday in the 6200 block of Pisgah Road in Mableton. Investigators said police were responding to a call about a man with a knife. When officers arrived at the scene and attempted to persuade the suspect to surrender peacefully, they said the man confronted them with a knife. Police then used deadly force, authorities said.The knife-wielding man died at the scene. Police said the incident remains under...

13 December

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Atlanta Lawyer – Man Shot, Killed Outside Grocery Store

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CONYERS, Ga. -- A man was killed outside a busy grocery store during an attempted robbery on Saturday night, investigators said. Several people were in the parking lot of the Conyers Ingles store during the incident. Witnesses said two men tried to rob a man, not knowing that he was armed.Resident Nathan Taylor said his friend, Ryan Moore, borrowed his car to get some orange juice at the Ingles on Salem Road. Moore had just gotten out of his car to head inside the store when he was approached by the two men, Rockdale County...

09 December

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4 Georgia Prisons on Lockdown

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ATLANTA -- Four Georgia prisons have been locked down for security reasons. "The Wardens at four state prisons in Georgia made the decision at a local level," Department of Corrections spokeswoman Peggy Chapman said in a statement. "The duration of the lockdown has not been determined." "Lockdown status consists of inmates being confined to their cells," she added. "There will be no visitation, telephone calls or store calls until the lockdown has been lifted." It's not clear which prisons have been locked down. No further details are yet available....

09 December

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Gwinnett High Schooler Killed In Hit-And-Run

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Atlanta - GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- Police were looking for a driver who struck and killed a Gwinnett County high school student near the Gwinnett Place Mall on Tuesday. Agustin Cortes, 17, of Lawrenceville, was a student at Berkmar High School in Lilburn.The incident happened on Pleasant Hill Road near Gwinnett Place Drive. Witnesses told police that a tan or brown car struck the young man and kept driving west toward Duluth. The victim was not in a crosswalk at the time, according to police. A witness told police that they saw a partial...

09 December

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Secret Santa Drops $5,500 Into Kettle At Ga. Store

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Someone slipped a $5,500 donation into one of the Salvation Army's red kettles in northwest Georgia, a Chattanooga spokeswoman for the charity said Wednesday. Salvation Army spokeswoman Kimberly George said the charity found 55 $100 bills in one of its donation kettles, making it the largest cash donation in the area.She said the gift deposited Tuesday is especially welcome because donations this season."This will be a boost, but the need is great," George said. "Need is up 30 percent and donations have been, at best, flat."George said there have...

09 December

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House Catches Fire Twice In Less Than 10 Hrs

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CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. -- A teen and his grandmother were displaced after a fire consumed their Riverdale home on Thursday. It was the second reported fire at the home on Soapstone Lane within 10 hours, firefighters said.Channel 2’s Kerry Kavanaugh went to the destroyed home, where windows were already boarded up from Wednesday’s fire. Seventeen-year-old Timmy Doan lived at the home with his grandmother. He said he was home alone when the first fire started at about 7:30 p.m. He said he ran outside and called 911.Clayton County Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Thomas said...

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