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A Central Florida woman is accused of drugging a man she met through a dating app, authorities said. Read more trending news According to Polk County Sheriff’s Office online booking records, Samantha Adams, 39, of Orlando, was arrested on Aug. 27. The sheriff’s office said in a n...
A Georgia police officer died in the line of duty Tuesday night. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed that Warm Springs Office Chris Fisher was shot and killed outside a motel. The suspect, identified as Jimmie Steverson, is on the run. All the latest developments in the...
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested three young men after a Sunday night shooting at a Colquitt convenience store left one man dead and another injured....
Golf great Tiger Woods on Wednesday reached a plea agreement in his DUI case, pleading guilty to a lesser charge after a rollover car accident in March near his South Florida residence. Read more trending news Woods, 50, pleaded guilty to willful reckless driving and refusal to s...
ATLANTA, Ga. (ATL Live) - Actress Erica Peeples stars as “Briana Roth”, the ruthless matriarch of the powerful Roth crime family, in the new crime drama D.O.P.E Unit. The series follows an elite undercover police force attempting to dismantle Briana’s empire from the inside out. ...
Hodo recalled tens of thousands of packages of tofu because they may be contaminated with ink. Read more trending news The Food and Drug Administration said it recalled 75,250 packages of Chili Crisp Lightly Fried Tofu made by Hodo last month. The company said in a separate news ...
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested a former City of Baldwin staff accountant Monday after agents say she tried to use municipal bank records to back a $1.7 million home purchase....
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) - A man was arrested after telling a gate agent who asked him if he had lithium batteries that he had a bomb, according to authorities. An American Airlines gate agent at Miami International Airport was asking Yoel Guevara-Crespo, 33, “standard...
A Georgia Department of Corrections Special Agent in Charge faces criminal charges after state investigators say he misused a license plate reader system....
Five people have been arrested or charged with felony murder in connection with a shooting outside a Hartwell bar that left two people dead and several others injured nearly four years ago....
State agents arrested a former high-ranking law enforcement official on sex crime and oath of office charges in Augusta on Monday, according to state authorities....
A suspect is on the run after an Georgia officer was shot in Warm Springs. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Meriwether County Sheriff’s Office and Warm Springs police are currently investigating at the Meriwether County Inn on Spring Street. Talbotton Police Department posted...
After more than two decades behind bars, Danyel Smith walked out of prison Tuesday following a judge’s decision to grant him bond as he continues his fight for a new trial in the death of his infant son . [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Channel 2 Actio...
Authorities say a Cartersville man jumped into Weiss Lake in Alabama while trying to avoid arrest.
An overnight crash left part of DeKalb County without power after a vehicle reportedly struck a utility pole.
Brice Williams returned home after working a 10-hour shift Monday to find an apartment with bare floors and blank walls. “I walked into my apartment, and I saw that everything was missing,” Williams said. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The televisions...
Marietta police launched a voluntary registry to speed up searches for missing vulnerable individuals who have trouble communicating.
South Fulton police and firefighters have shut down a 1-mile stretch of Flat Shoals Road near Buffington Road.
A retrial of a former police officer accused of sexually assaulting a teenager and another woman continued Tuesday, with jurors hearing new testimony about DNA evidence and police policies. Former East Point police officer Richard Goodine is facing the same charges from his first...
A metro Atlanta woman says she is the victim of a romance scam. But when she went to report it to police, she was told she also might have committed a crime. A Sandy Springs woman says she fell fast for a man she met on Muslim dating app. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alert...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. ( First Alert 4 /Gray News) - Two kittens were discovered in a duffel bag after being thrown from a moving pickup truck Monday afternoon in Missouri. A good Samaritan who saw the duffel bag being thrown out the window of the vehicle near Manchester Road and Knox Av...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — An Atlanta woman has been arrested in Florida and accused of keeping two girls and two boys in her semitruck while they were beaten and sexually abused. Keysha Monique Epps, 51, of Atlanta, and Tamra Marshon Stewart, 37, of Jacksonville, Florid...
Monroe police search for Charvis Grant after a shooter wounded a 36-year-old man at a local store Friday.
An Atlanta woman was sentenced Tuesday for intentionally hitting and killing with a rental car the mother of a woman with which she was arguing. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Authorities said the women were arguing over a man. Talisha Moore-Real, 35,...
An aspiring Atlanta Police officer, who was halfway through the police academy, died Tuesday morning when the motorcycle on which he was riding crashed into car at the intersection of Moreland Avenue and McDonough Boulevard in southeast Atlanta. At the time, Moses Russ, 24, was e...
The city of Norcross opened its new public safety building Friday along Buford Highway. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] As Channel 2’s Gwinnett County bureau chief Matt Johnson reports, it opens at a time when police surveillance is under a national sp...
Butts County Sheriff Gary Long says his crime suppression unit responded to the 911 call at one of the county’s many truck stops, leading to the discovery of millions of dollars in marijuana. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The truck driver told law en...
A man once accused of armed robbery and two other crimes said he spent more than 30 days in jail for crimes he did not commit. He said he and his six friends were arrested along with five others in July. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Last week, durin...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — There is a large police presence in a South Fulton neighborhood Tuesday night. Officers have responded to the 3000 block of Flat Shoals Road. “The South Fulton Police Department is currently managing an active scene in the Flat Shoals Road area...
Police in South Fulton told Channel 2 Action News a man has barricaded himself in a home in the City of South Fulton and wounded his wife. Channel 2 Action News has a reporter headed to the scene. See more on WSB Tonight at 11 p.m. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as ne...
The murder case against the Utah man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year is headed for trial, and the defendant could face the death penalty if he’s convicted. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Utah District Judge Tony G...
A mother is facing an aggravated assault charge after Newnan police said she handed a golf club to a 16-year-old who used it to strike another teenager during a fight. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The 14-year-old victim, identified by her mother as ...
An 18-year-old is facing felony charges after being accused of sexually assaulting a girl, according to arrest warrants and the Cobb County Sheriff's Office....
Tiger Woods has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge after his DUI crash arrest in Florida earlier this year.
A Gwinnett County judge has granted a $100,000 bond with strict house arrest conditions for Danyel Smith, weeks after vacating his 2003 murder conviction in a once-presumed "shaken baby syndrome" case....
DECATUR, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Decatur father of two is in ICE custody in south Georgia after being arrested at his home last month, and students at Decatur High School have raised nearly $20,000 to support his family. Angel Ivan Chavez Salas arrived in the United States i...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two Newnan teens and their mother were arrested, and a 14-year-old girl was released from the hospital after being beaten in the head with a golf club during a fight. Kiera Harps now has staples in her head. Her family told Atlanta News First s...
Video captured police detaining multiple people within 30 seconds after a fight broke out at an East Coweta High School football game.
A man who has spent 24 years behind bars in the death of his 2-month-old son was granted bond Tuesday while the state appeals the ruling that threw out his conviction. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Gallan...
WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. ( First Alert 4 /Gray News) - Officials in Illinois set out traps Monday to capture a pack of dogs that killed a 68-year-old man last week. Attack details James Gibson, of East St. Louis, was mauled to death last Thursday night on North 49th Street after the...
Channel 2 Action News has obtained an audit of the state’s voter rolls and found that the state’s election system is generally effective in preventing non-citizens from registering to vote. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The audit found no evidence of...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) special agent was arrested Tuesday for allegedly misusing a Flock license plate reader system, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said. Robert “Bobby” Michael Keim, 45, was charged with misuse of...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. ( WMC /Gray News) - A Memphis-area bank teller has been arrested following accusations of stealing thousands of dollars from customer accounts. The Memphis Police Department arrested 24-year-old Demeries Coplin Brooks this week. Authorities said Brooks made several...
Douglas County deputies arrested two teenagers Monday after receiving reports of suspects armed with a firearm near a local facility for at-risk youth....
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Forsyth County man is expressing relief and offering a message of forgiveness after police arrested a driver accused of killing his unborn child during a street racing crash last summer. Dorin Lupas was arrested recently and charged w...
Smoke is seen billowing from a manufacturing facility in Mississippi after a chemical fire broke out.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Firefighters responded to an apartment fire in Roswell Tuesday, officials said. Officials said units responded to the Aspen Pointe apartments at 1300 Gran Crique Drive just before 4 p.m. Firefighters remained on scene as of 5:30 p.m. The extent...
South Fulton experienced a significant 16% drop in crime compared to last August, driven by strategic police staffing adjustments and reduced response times....
PLEASANTON, Kan. ( KCTV /Gray News) - A longtime pastor with a decades-long ministry spanning several states is facing multiple felony sex abuse charges. According to Linn County jail records, Wade Booth, 70, was booked into the Linn County Justice Center on Monday night. Booth f...
ATHENS, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia’s season opener against Tennessee State kicks off Saturday at 3 p.m. at Sanford Stadium, and fans could be walking into one of the hottest home games Athens has ever seen. The forecast According to the First Alert Weather Team, Saturday’...
(Gray News) — A federal judge in Wisconsin has ruled that AI-generated child sexual abuse material is protected by the First Amendment, but he voiced concerns about these kinds of cases. The decision comes in a case against a Wisconsin man who was arrested in 2024 for producing, ...
Flames and thick black smoke forced firefighters to battle a heavy apartment building blaze from ladder trucks on Tuesday afternoon.
Atlanta Police Academy trainee Moses Russ, 24, died Sept. 1 in a motorcycle crash in Southeast Atlanta. The incident occurred at Moreland Avenue and McDonough Boulevard, while Russ was on his way to the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Russ was pronounced dead at Grady Hosp...
Body camera video shows Atlanta police drawing their guns and arresting a suspect right outside a bank he allegedly tried to rob. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Police say Kevin Simons, 38, was arrested on Aug. 25 after allegedly passing a note to a b...
Firefighters and other emergency responders are at the scene of a large fire at an apartment complex Tuesday. NewsChopper 2 captured footage of flames and heavy smoke coming from the roof of a building in the Aspen Pointe Apartments on Gran Crique Drive in Roswell. DEVELOPING STO...
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, Ark. ( KAIT /Gray News) - Two men in Arkansas were arrested after a high-speed pursuit. Footage of the incident has gone viral, raising questions about the officer’s use of force. On Aug. 19, at about 11:21 p.m., Arkansas State Police Trooper Teddy Henderson w...
A massive raid on a Memphis nightclub led to the arrest of more than one hundred people accused of being in the country illegally, including those who have a criminal record, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported....
CHANDLER, Ariz. ( KPHO /Gray News) — An Arizona man is facing a murder charge in the death of his mother, who police say was found in extremely poor living conditions. Court paperwork released Monday detailed the gruesome conditions under which 84-year-old Mary Elenz reportedly l...
Editor’s note: The video above contains adult language. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Newly released body camera video shows Atlanta police arresting a man accused of trying to rob a bank. Kevin Simmons, 38, was taken to the Fulton County Jail and charged with robbery. On A...
A fatal plane crash in Wyoming that killed three members of The Nelons musical group and four others was attributed to a combination of weather conditions and the pilot’s distraction. That detail comes from the final report published by the National Transportation and Safety Bure...
