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Marcus K. Garner
Marcus K. Garner is a reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Hotel shuttle bus wrecks at Hartsfield; at least 16 injuries reported
More than a dozen people were taken to hospitals Friday after their airport shuttle rear-ended an 18-wheeler.The operator of the hotel shuttle bus has had a number of violations recorded in the last two years, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.The tractor-trailer was making a legal U-turn on Loop Road just ...
Fire strikes at Little Five Points pub
Flames damaged a prominent Little Five Points pub and eatery Thursday afternoon, interrupting the hustle and bustle through the popular east Atlanta shopping area. The fire started at the Little 5 Corner Tavern, which anchors a row of shops along McLendon Avenue and faces Moreland Avenue’s intersection with Euclid Avenue. ...
Fire damages Little Five Points pub and eatery
An afternoon blaze damaged a prominent Little Five Points pub and eatery Thursday afternoon, interrupting the hustle and bustle through the popular east Atlanta shopping area. The fire started at the Little 5 Corner Tavern, which anchors a row of shops along McLendon Avenue and faces Moreland Avenue’s intersection with ...
Misspelled name won’t stop DeKalb man’s murder indictment
A DeKalb County man accused of fatally shooting his pregnant girlfriend was able to tell a judge “it wasn’t me” on Thursday and mean it. Still, along with a second bond denial, a motion to dismiss the murder and feticide indictment against Carlo Simpson on the grounds that his name ...
Police: Man tried forging Falcons players’ checks
Gwinnett County police are looking for a Norcross man they say tried to forge an old rent check from Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones. According to police reports, Corey Dajohn Moody, 29, altered checks written by Jones and former Falcon cornerback Christopher Owens, and tried to cash or deposit ...
DeKalb sheriff recruit dies
A DeKalb County Sheriff’s detention officer recruit died Wednesday after becoming ill during training, officials said. George Ward, 29, was on his second day of work Tuesday when he became dizzy, sheriff’s office spokesman Sgt. Adrion Bell said. “They were doing the initial physical fitness training,” Bell said, referring to ...
Fox bites 2 Newton 6-year-olds
Two Newton County kindergartners were bitten Wednesday by a fox, authorities said. Around 11 a.m., the 6-year-old boys were playing on the Rocky Plains Elementary School playground when the fox emerged from a wooded area adjacent to the school, Newton County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Deputy Cortney Morris said. “The fox came ...
‘Love & Hip Hop’s’ Lil’ Scrappy failed drug test
Atlanta rapper and reality TV star Lil’ Scrappy, also known as Darryl Richardson, failed a court-ordered drug test last week and will be placed into an in-patient rehabilitation program. Richardson, the 29-year-old cast member on VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta,” was back in jail last month for accusations that ...
Cops: More than 30 catalytic converters nabbed in 14 days
Andrew Huggins said he will replace his Honda Element before he pays another $1,300 to replace a stolen catalytic converter.His vehicle was one of more than 30 struck in the past two weeks in a string of catalytic converter thefts in east Atlanta and Decatur, police said.“If it happens again, ...
Cherokee woman charged in father’s death
A Ball Ground woman has been accused of killing her elderly father, then staying in the house for a week as the body decayed, according to police.Andrea Blanton, 45, was arrested Tuesday and initially charged with concealing the death of 77-year-old James Reece after a welfare check led police to ...
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