An apparent freak accident at a Georgia shoe store left a toddler dead from extensive injuries after a mounted mirror fell on her head. According to WTSP, 2-year-old Ifrah Siddique was pronounced dead at Southern Regional Medical Center on Friday evening, shortly after the incident at a Payless store in Riverdale. One witness said she …
Two Georgia nurses and an aide have been indicted in the 2014 death of an elderly World War II patient who reportedly begged for help right before their eyes. Authorities announced Wednesday that former Northeast Atlanta Health and Rehabilitation nurse Loyce Pickquet Agyeman was charged with felony murder and neglect to an elder person in …
Authorities in Georgia say they arrested a repeat border crosser and his accomplice after they transported and attempted to sell $400,000 worth of methamphetamine. According to the Miami Herald, they allegedly agreed to meet an undercover agent posing as a buyer for the narcotics. Police claim the pair had seven kilograms of crystal meth in …
An attempted traffic stop in Georgia this week took a series of increasingly dramatic turns, ultimately leading the pursuing officer to fatally shoot the motorist he had been chasing. As Fox News reported, a Clayton police officer tried to stop the driver on suspicion of speeding. Police footage of the high-speed pursuit shows the moment …
Police in Brookhaven, Georgia, are looking for a man who–along with a man who’s HIV-positive–allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy. According to WGCL, Kelvin Armstrong, 38, and Kevin Walker, 46, (pictured left and right) are accused of snatching the victim and dragging him into a nearby apartment Monday afternoon. Police said the men held …
When a residential fire broke out at a Georgia apartment complex earlier this month, emergency personnel on the scene captured footage of some of the harrowing and heroic actions involved in bringing everyone trapped inside to safety. In video captured by another firefighter’s body camera, DeKalb County Fire Capt. Jackie Peckrul can be seen catching …
A 19-year-old Georgia woman allegedly murdered her infant daughter in 2016 and is now on the lam, WJZY-TV reports. Federal authorities are searching for Estefania Roman-Aguilar, who could be in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina or North Carolina. She may be accompanying her father, Jose Hilario-Gomez, 40, who is also wanted by police for a 2015 …
A Christmas-themed lingerie party in Georgia reportedly concluded with police arresting 70 attendees on drug- and gun-related offenses. WSB-TV reported that Cartersville police responded to the home early Sunday following reports of shots fired. Partygoers told the station that officers were inspecting the property when they smelled marijuana in the front yard. The partygoers claimed that police …
Georgia police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman whose body was found at Gwinnett Place Mall shortly before Christmas. WSB-TV reported that the unidentified Asian woman was found in a vacant vendor area in the food court of the Duluth mall on December 21 at around 11 a.m. A maintenance worker …
An inmate who escaped from a Georgia jail last week was reportedly captured this weekend in South Carolina. Public safety officers announced that Christopher Nicholas Carroll was apprehended Saturday afternoon in North Augusta, South Carolina, and transported to the Aiken County Detention Center, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Augusta Chronicle reported that the North …
A search for a lost tire reportedly turned into a far more gruesome discovery for a Georgia man this week. According to the Macon Telegraph, the motorist stopped along the side of a Butts County highway near the location he had previously lost a tire. During his search, he reportedly found a suitcase containing what …
Two Georgia women are behind bars after one allegedly abused children at a Christian preschool, while the other, the director of the school, reportedly did nothing when alerted to the abuse. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Shannon McCune, 27, a teacher at Foundations Christian Preschool in Augusta, was arrested on Tuesday in connection to child abuse charges …
