By Alexis Stevens – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Fulton County Grand Jury has indicted a former Atlanta police officer accused of assaulting a suspect, the District Attorney said Wednesday. Nicholas J. Dimauro, 32, was indicted on two counts of aggravated battery, two counts of violation of oath by a public officer and one count of […]
Story by Jodie Fleischer – Channel 2 WSB: They wear a badge, help make arrests and even fight crime, but a Channel 2 Action News investigation found Georgia’s four-legged officers differ from their human partners in a major way — training is optional. “Pretty much it’s a way they can search your car without your […]
Story by Mikael Thalen, Infowars.com: An investigation out of Georgia has uncovered multiple police departments engaged in strip searches as well as searches inside the pants of drivers pulled over for minor traffic violations. “He was like, ‘Just unbuckle all your clothes’ and put his hands down inside my pants,” Terry Phillips told Channel 2 […]
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — By Erica Byfield A grand jury indicted a former DeKalb County police officer accused of beating a man and then arresting him on bogus charges. T.J. Crumpton now faces a 19-count indictment that includes charges of perjury, false statements and violation of oath of office. A judge sent Crumpton directly to […]
ATLANTA — By Jodie Fleischer The City of Atlanta has now agreed to settle a lawsuit with the victim of a police beating first exposed by a Channel 2 Action News investigation last year. “Just seeing that some justice has been done it was a big relief,” said Clemmin Davis, nearly three years after his […]
Story By Tom Jones WSB A man who claims a police officer planted drugs on him will have the charges dismissed one day before his case was set to go to trial.But the DeKalb County Solicitor General’s Office said the dismissal has nothing to do with a surveillance video Alphonzo Eleby said proves the officer […]
By Marcus K. Garner The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A DeKalb County police officer turned himself in Friday on accusations he illegally charged a man with having marijuana during a 2012 arrest. Officer Demetrius A. Kendrick was indicted Thursday by a DeKalb grand jury on the charge of violation of oath by public officer, authorities said. The […]
Story by Andres Jauregui Lots of people get intense cravings for fast food, but one Georgia officer’s alleged Big Mac attack might earn him some time behind bars — and we don’t mean these kind. DeKalb County police Sgt. Scott Biumi is charged with felony aggravated assault after allegedly pulling a gun on a customer […]
Click Here for video Link He was supposed to protect and serve. Instead, a DeKalb County police officer has resigned in disgrace after admitting he solicited a bribe and became violent after he noticed someone shooting video of the transaction. Officer Brandon Brown had just finished working a part-time job at Meskerem, an Ethiopian restaurant […]
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A Dunwoody business owner claims the city’s police department violated his civil rights during a recent traffic stop. Jermaine Muhammad told Channel 2’s Mike Petchenik it happened in mid-June as he drove to pick up supplies for his barber shop on Winter’s Chapel Road.“He tells me the reason I pulled you […]