Mom Chases Car Thief Who Stole SUV with Her 4-Year-Old Son Inside
Hilary Grotewold was taking her 4-year-old son to pre-K when she stopped at a gas station to put air in a tire Thursday morning.
Grotewold said that was when a thief jumped into her SUV and took off on a wild ride with her son still buckled into his car seat.
The young mom’s worst nightmare occurred at the Racetrac station on Marietta Boulevard in northwest Atlanta just before 8 a.m. on Thursday.
Black Mayor’s Conference Head Owes Grand Hustle Execs $126K
Vanessa Williams, executive director of the National Conference of Black Mayors, owes over $126,000 in defaulted loans and attorney’s fees to 2 top executives of rapper T.I.’s Grand Hustle Records.
Court records obtained by FOX 5 senior I-Team reporter Dale Russell shows that the National Conference of Black Mayors leaves a trail of unpaid bills around the country. The black mayor’s group, with over 580 mayors, owes almost $1 million in unpaid bills, liens and court judgments against them.
The annual mayor’s conference will be held in Atlanta next week, but as Dale Russell has learned, the head of the convention is leaving a trail of unpaid loans, liens and judgments herself.
Man Who Shot Wife 8 Times Found Guilty
A Sandy Springs jury today found Michael Parson guilty of the attempted murder of his ex-wife, Adina Broome.
Parson, 43, sat emotionless in court as the jury foreman read the verdict, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.
Broome, a lawyer, was shot eight times outside the couple’s Sandy Springs apartment last April. Police initially believed the shooting was a botched robbery attempt.
Man Wanted for Forging Falcons Players’ Rent Checks
A Norcross man is wanted for attempting to forge checks belonging to two Atlanta Falcons football players.
Gwinnett County police say Corey Dajohn Moody, 29, is wanted on suspicion of forging rent checks belonging to Julio Jones (above left) and former Atlanta Falcons cornerback Christopher Owens (above right).
Moody once worked for the Preserve at Mill Creek, a luxury apartment complex near the Falcons training camp in Buford, GA.
Police say that’s where Moody stole the two football players’ June rent checks.
Father of 2-year-old boy killed by family pit bull offers warning
The father of a toddler killed by the family’s pit bull is offering a warning to dog owners with small children.
“Those dogs cannot be domesticated. They cannot,” Jeremiah Rutledge told Channel 2 Action News.
Rutledge’s 2-year-old son, Bo, was mauled to death inside his Sierra Trail townhome in south Fulton County on April 24.
“He was a very playful person, and loving, he had the prettiest smile. He had two dimples right here,” Rutledge said.
Arrest Warrant Issued for rapper Tim Dog Who May Have Faked Own Death
Back in February, media outlets reported the death of long forgotten rapper Tim Dog who reportedly died of seizures related to diabetes in Atlanta on Valentine’s Day.
But a Mississippi prosecutor haas issued a warrant for the rapper’s arrest after a woman conducted her own investigation into Dog’s suspicious death.
The woman, Ester Pilgrim, uncovered information that indicates Dog, real name Timothy Blair, is a con man who may have faked his own death to avoid paying back $2 million in loans.
Chris Kelly’s Former Rap Partner Mourns His Death
Former kiddie rapper Chris Kelly was 18 when he purchased his first home for $307,500 at the peak of his fame as one half of the multiplatinum rap group Kris Kross. The home has depreciated in value $100K since then.
Kelly was found unresponsive in that home by his mother, Donna Kelly Pratt, who frantically dialed 911 after Kelly complained of feeling nauseated and passed out.
Kelly, 34, was pronounced dead around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Atlanta Medical Center’s south campus.
His mother later told police that her son ingested a combination of cocaine and heroine, known as a “speedball.” Pratt said Kelly had a history of drug abuse.
The traditional style 3,067 square foot home on Stoneleigh Drive in southwest Atlanta has 4 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. The 2-story home is just a stone’s throw from the Greenbrier mall where Kelly and his best friend, Chris Kelly, both 12, were discovered rapping by an up-and-coming music producer.
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