An off-duty Atlanta officer who was moonlighting as a Walmart security guard was reportedly recorded battering a customer over a stolen tomato. WSB-TV reported Thursday that a jury is deliberating whether Trevor King exercised exessive force during the taped October 2014 incident. According to WGCL, U.S. Attorneys claimed that King’s repeated baton strikes left Tyrone Carnegay with a …
A man who police believe held up at least two banks agreed to be interviewed by a TV reporter filming a story about busy traffic. Ashley Thompson, who works for CBS46 in Atlanta, did not recognize the man as being wanted by officers. She said the alleged bank robber even gave her his real name. …
A.J. Burgess’s condition has worsened after his family said he contracted pneumonia while awaiting a much-needed kidney transplant. His family said he has not eaten for more than 24 hours after recently going two days without eating, WGCL reports. The 2-year-old, who was born without functioning kidneys, reportedly weighs 25 pounds. His father is a …
A man who tested positive for HIV two years ago admitted to an Atlanta journalist he has yet to tell his wife of 20 years he has the infection, according to CBS46 News. “She’s the best thing that happened to my life, as far as marriage,” said ‘Rico’ to CBS46 News. “She doesn’t know as …
Tex McIver, the prominent Atlanta attorney who police believe intentionally shot and killed his wife last September, is being released on a $750,000 bond. As a condition, he must wear an ankle monitoring bracelet, according to local CBS television affiliate CBS46, WGCL-Atlanta. McIver has been in jail since April when he reportedly violated a judge’s …
Police say two young boys died a gruesome death last week in Georgia at the hands of their mother, who showed the victims’ father a live video of the bloody aftermath. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 24-year-old Lamora Williams was arrested after her two infant sons were found dead and covered in burns at their Atlanta …
A Georgia man appeared in a Gwinnett County court on Monday for the death of his wife on their one-year wedding anniversary. The Gwinnett Daily Post reports that Walter Lowe, 51, turned himself in to authorities over the weekend after his wife of one year, Erica Powell, 46, was found with a gunshot wound to her head. According to …
An immigration official says the woman entered the U.S. illegally
Three teens were arrested on Tuesday after two of them reportedly broke into a Gwinnett County, Georgia, apartment and raped a woman in front of her young son. A third teen is accused of providing the other suspect with a ride to the victim’s home. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Francisco Palencia, 17, Josue Ramirez, 19, and and 15-year-old female …
An Alberta, Canada, woman thought she was landing a lucrative model gig when she flew into Atlanta earlier this month, after a man posing as a professional photographer promised her money for a photo shoot. Huff Post Canada reports that the victim, only described as a female between 18 to 25 years old, met Fred Russell …
-Kentae Williams, 10, was laid to rest on Thursday.
-The child’s adoptive father, Leon Williams Sr., is accused of beating him and drowning him in the bathtub.
-Witnesses heard the child’s father threaten him on the day he was killed.
-A shocking video captured Kentae’s last moments before his death.
-Kentae died in an apartment in Decatur, Georgia.
-Godmother: “I want justice for Kentae.”
-The father is behind bars, charged with Kentae’s murder.
-Three child protection services workers were fired after the boy’s death.
-Kentae was taken away from his mother at age 3 by Family and Children Services (DFACS).
-His mother unsuccessfully for years to bring him back home and get him out of “the system.”
An Atlanta-area mom and her 2-year-old are dead after a man strangled them to death on Sunday, and police are trying to figure out why it happened. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Natalie Nation, 30, was renting a room in a Gwinnett County home of off Tybee Drive. Her toddler son lived with her. The homeowner’s son, Brandon …
