Car dealer faces charges after complaints
Cartersville police say Terry Spruell, 64, took money from numerous customers, but didn’t give them the vehicle titles. CARTERSVILLE, Ga. –Cartersville police are looking for a car dealer they say took money from both investors and customers of his dealership, but didn’t make good on payments or titles for the vehicles. North Georgia Financing is […]
Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51 – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta
By TIM TALLEY Associated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) – A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, including at […]
Saga of Boston marathon suspect’s body drags on – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta
By JAY LINDSAY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) – Nineteen days after Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a gunbattle with police, cemeteries still refused to take his remains and government officials deflected questions about where he could be buried. On Wednesday, police in Worcester, west of Boston, pleaded for a resolution, saying they […]
Bride, 4 others die in limo fire on Calif. bridge – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta
By JOHN S. MARSHALL Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A newlywed bride was celebrating a night out with friends when the limousine they were in erupted in flames on a San Francisco Bay bridge, killing the bride and four other women who were trapped inside and injuring four who escaped, authorities and her family […]
Henry Co. boy, 14, struck by police car while on bike – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta
MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) – Authorities say a 14-year-old boy suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a police car in metro Atlanta. A spokesperson for the Georgia State Patrol tells FOX 5 News that a Henry County police officer hit Chandler Jacob Weems of McDonough with a patrol car as the teenager was exiting […]
Obama: Boston capture closes chapter in tragedy
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama declared Friday night that the capture of a second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings “closed an important chapter in this tragedy.” But he acknowledged that many unanswered questions remain about the motivations of the two men accused of perpetrating the attacks that unnerved the nation. “The families of […]
Student charged in Va. mall shootings; 2 wounded
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) – An 18-year-old college student was charged Friday with shooting and wounding two women at a mall branch of a southwest Virginia community college before he was subdued, the city’s police chief said. Neil Allan MacInnis, of Christiansburg, faces two counts each of malicious wounding and using a firearm in the commission […]
Police: Gunman planned for hostage situation
FOX 5 has confirmed the name of the man, who police say, held Gwinnett County firefighters hostage for hours on Wednesday. Police say 55-year-old Lauren Brown was the gunman, and apparently had been planning the incident for weeks. Brown lived alone, and apparently inherited the home and other debt last year. The home went into […]
Church gunman in rambling Ohio court appearance – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN Associated Press ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) – An ex-convict charged with killing his father at an Easter Sunday church service in Ohio made rambling comments during an appearance in court, and the prosecutor requested a psychiatric evaluation. The suspect, 28-year-old Reshad Riddle, appeared Monday afternoon in Ashtabula (ash-tuh-BYOO’-luh) Municipal Court in an […]
Tuesday brings snow flurries to north Georgia – Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic … – MyFox Atlanta
More snow on Tuesday! Photo from a FOX 5 viewer. ATLANTA – Some areas in northwest Georgia, as well as the metro area, are seeing snow flurries on Tuesday. FOX 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Joanne Feldman says minor accumulations of ½” to 1″ will be confined to the higher elevations of the north Georgia mountains. […]
