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Angel K. Brooks is a breaking news dispatch editor. She has been with the AJC since 2007 and started as a sports copy editor. She is a graduate of Florida A&M University.
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Missing Clayton County 4th-grader found safe
A Clayton County elementary school student reported missing Thursday has been found safe.Travion Anderson, who is in the fourth grade at Harper Elementary School, was last seen boarding a bus at his school around 2:30 p.m.Channel 2 Action News reported just before 7 a.m. Friday that the 9-year-old had been ...
Suspects crash after fleeing traffic stop
Three of four suspects were in custody Wednesday night after crashing a car while fleeing a traffic stop, Doraville police said. Two of the suspects who were arrested are juveniles, Doraville police spokesman Gene Callaway said. An officer attempted to stop a speeding vehicle on Buford Highway, but the driver ...
Woodstock man wins $5 million
Gregg Barnes thought he was seeing things. The 50-year-old Woodstock man bought a Georgia Lottery ticket on his lunch break, scratched it in his car, and realized he was a $5 million winner. “It hasn’t sunk in yet,” the father of two said. Barnes cashed in playing the instant game ...
Cops: Shoplifting suspect shot after stabbing security guard
A would-be shoplifter was shot in the leg Tuesday evening while fleeing from a security guard he had stabbed in arm, Atlanta police said. Officers were called to the area of Broad and Marietta streets downtown around 6:15 p.m. According to the preliminary investigation, a man was confronted by a ...
Man, 20, shot to death in northeast Atlanta
Atlanta police are investigating after a man was fatally shot in northeast Atlanta early Sunday. Authorities responded to a person shot call in the 400 block of Wabash Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Derrick Benning, 20, of College Park was shot a least one time, Channel 2 Action News reported. He ...
Atlanta woman missing, car found in Alabama
A 49-year-old woman was reported missing Tuesday after her car was found in Alabama. Melanie Quinton, 49, has mental health issues, including bipolar disorder, according to her husband, police said. Cleburne County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Office authorities located the unoccupied vehicle along a highway. The vehicle registration was traced to an ...
Teen arrested in fatal shooting Monday night in Austell
Cobb County police have arrested a teenager in connection with a Monday night shooting that left an Austell woman dead and several children injured. It appears that a neighborhood dispute escalated and shots were exchanged around 8:40 p.m. in the 7000 block of Oakhill Circle, Sgt. Dana Pierce with Cobb ...
Woman dies after SW Atlanta wreck
A woman died of the injuries she sustained in a Sunday morning car wreck in southwest Atlanta. The crash happened on Lee Street at Van Buren Street around 9:30 a.m. The preliminary investigation indicates that the woman was stopped in traffic when her Honda was rear-ended by a Ford and ...
Man, woman shot in NW Atlanta
A man and a woman were shot in northwest Atlanta on Sunday afternoon, police said.The incident occurred after an argument with a man at a Subway restaurant at Northside Drive and Markham Street. As the man and woman left, a round was fired that hit them both. The man was ...
Cops: Smyrna woman hit, killed by DUI suspect
A Smyrna woman was struck and killed Saturday night by man who has been charged with driving under the influence, police said. Amaliss Baskin Martin, 51, was hit around 10:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of Windy Hill Road. Investigators said Martin was walking across Windy Hill Road on her ...
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