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Prosecutor in alleged rape must decide if woman too intoxicated to consent
The Morehouse basketball players say it was consensual sex with a flirty girl. Others contend the three took advantage of an intoxicated woman. The cops determined enough evidence exists to book the men with rape. Now Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard has to decide whether to indict the three ...
Atlanta Streetcar grows more costly
The MARTA Board of Directors on Monday authorized spending nearly an extra $7 million to build the Atlanta Streetcar. The original contract with URS Energy and Construction, Inc.was $52.2 million based on the preliminary design. The revised contract of $59 million covers changes in the project’s design and also provides ...
Madison mom was racing before I-20 crash, patrol says
Kyrie Alassen Anderson was in the hospital with a broken neck Friday. Her 7-month-old son and her 19-year-old friend were dead - victims, police said, of a drag race gone bad. The 22-year-old Madison woman’s Honda Accord crashed around midnight Thursday on I-20 in Covington, east of Atlanta. The State ...
MARTA slower this weekend
MARTA is modifying rail service on the Red and Gold Lines Saturday and Sunday because of work being done on tracks. Red Line trains will only operate between North Springs and Lindbergh, which means more time between trains between Lindbergh and Airport Stations. They will be running every 20 minutes. ...
Police suspect mom’s illegal street racing led to wreck that killed her baby, a teen
Kyrie Alassen Anderson was in the hospital with a broken neck Friday. Her 7-month-old son and her 19-year-old friend were dead - victims, police said, of a drag race gone bad. The 22-year-old Madison woman’s Honda Accord crashed around midnight Thursday on I-20 in Covington, east of Atlanta. The State ...
MARTA union predicts bumpy road for privatization
MARTA union leaders said this week that management is driving the company down a dead-end road of privatization that ultimately will undermine public transit. MARTA General Manager Keith Parker has made outsourcing some MARTA functions such as para-transit service, cleaning, payroll and information technology a cornerstone of his strategy to ...
Alleged computer criminal used Atlanta server, prosecutors say
A virtual server in Atlanta was used to loot bank accounts worldwide with a computer virus that actually camouflaged the theft from victims, according to federal prosecutors. Hamza Bendelladj, an Algerian national, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Atlanta Friday after being extradited from Thailand. A 23-count indictment accuses ...
MARTA chief old ally of Transportation Secretary nominee
Charlotte pols have a message for Georgia pols: pull for Anthony Foxx to be secretary of transportation. Then you will have a friend in Washington because he has one in Atlanta: MARTA General Manager Keith Parker. When President Obama nominated the Charlotte mayor to the Cabinet post Monday, he picked ...
MARTA slows service this weekend
MARTA will modify rail service this weekend to do scheduled track work. Red Trains will only operate between North Springs and Lindbergh, meaning service between Lindbergh and Airport Stations will be running every 20 minutes and travelers from North Springs will need to transfer to a Gold Line train at ...
New budget plan would put MARTA on track financially
MARTA General Manager Keith Parker proposed a budget Thursday that promised a revitalized transit authority within five years, with $111 million in reserves rather than falling off the fiscal cliff, as had been projected. Especially relevant for riders: A 25-cent fare increase planned for the next fiscal year starting in ...
MARTA investigates misappropriation in IT department
MARTA has hired an auditor to conduct an internal forensic investigation of “asset misappropriation” of the Information Technology department. MARTA General Manager Keith Parker told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday the current investigation focuses on the management of contracts in the IT department. There was no allegation of anyone embezzling from ...
MARTA scores $4.5 million savings by refinancing bonds
MARTA directors learned Monday that they would be saving $4.5 million because the transit authority had refinanced a small batch of bonds. For MARTA, the savings may seem small in comparison with its $400 million operating budget, and the savings are stretched out to 2020. But every dollar saved is ...
MARTA Police honored
MARTA Police are being recognized for excellence Monday. The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) has singled out the 350-officer agency with its “Accreditation with Excellence Award.”“MARTA Police play a critical role in our efforts to serve our customers, and this award further confirms our unwavering commitment to ...
APD spend time investigating bomb scares coming from safe packages
The Boston bombing has spurred alert citizens to spot more suspicious packages in metro Atlanta since then, causing the police to scramble. So far all have turned out to be duds. Checking out suspicious packages drives up costs in allocation of personnel, especially if SWAT teams, bomb and helicopter squads ...
Boston bombing reverberates in Atlanta
A bombing in Boston doesn’t necessarily equal terror in Atlanta but it did mean an extra hour of search duty for Axel. The Dutch Shepherd mix was doing an extra hour of sniffing for bombs at the Five Points MARTA station Tuesday; a drain here, a trash can there. Finally ...
Paul Howard tops long list of career-maker cases with APS
District attorneys like to say they’re always one case away from losing an election. The adage that one foul-up wipes out a thousand attaboys has never applied to Paul Howard, though. Fulton County’s top prosecutor has weathered letdowns in nationally publicized cases. He has also enjoyed high-profile victories. Along the ...
Transit agency auditor resigns after embezzlement charges
MARTA officials are investigating how its chief auditor was hired despite a history of financial red flags, but they vowed the setback wouldn’t derail plans to transform the troubled transit authority.Assistant General Manager for Audit Robin Howard resigned Wednesday after a story in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed he was under ...
MARTA official indicted on embezzlement charges
A top MARTA official tasked with helping overhaul the transit authority’s finances and business model has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of embezzlement. The victim: the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Institute for Internal Auditors, an association whose members guard their employers against fraud. “How did he ...
APD warns of crowded downtown with Final Four and other sporting events
The Atlanta Police Department warns visitors to the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament to prepare for a crowded downtown in excess of 100,000 people a day and heavy traffic congestion during the five-day event. APD advisers buying tickets from reputable sources, noting counterfeit tickets have become sophisticated and hard to ...
MARTA bucks national trend: Ridership keeps falling
Eduardo Schoen rode MARTA until last month when he joined a trend that has plagued the transit agency for years. He jumped back in his SUV, making him one of thousands of former MARTA riders to give up on public transportation in recent years. Until last month the 40-year-old Milton ...
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