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Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Yahoo
Loss prevention officer stabbed at Atlanta Kroger
Police are working to learn what led up to a stabbing at an Atlanta Kroger. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The incident happened Thursday evening. Atlanta officers were called to 2452 Morosgo Way NE. The address appears to be Kroger in the Lindbergh area. Atlanta police said when they arrived, they learned a loss prevention officer sustained a stab wound. The officer is alert, conscious and breathing. APD says one suspect has been detained. TRENDING STORIES: Little Caesar's manager defends sign saying suspicious people will be reported to ICE Souped up: Man accused of using tomato soup barcode to steal expensive items at Walmart Alpharetta-based makers of SMITE lays off dozens of staff Neither the officer nor the suspect ages and identities have been released. Officials said this incident did not involve an Atlanta police officer. Channel 2 Action News has reached out to Kroger, but has not yet heard back. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Yahoo
Police working to identify man accused of stealing $1000s of dollars of items from Cobb Co. business
Cobb County police are working to identify a man accused of stealing thousands of dollars of merchandise from a small business owner. Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell was at JT Collectibles on Roswell Road, where the owner told her he knows who robbed him. It's all thanks to video taken from security cameras installed at the JT Collectibles shop. Owner JT Smith told Newell that he posted the video from the break-in on the business's Facebook page and was tipped off about who the suspect may be. The biggest clue though was a surprise. Smith told Channel 2 Action News that the suspect actually called him on the phone from an unknown number. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] For the past 25 years, the shop has been a community staple in Cobb County for the items it carries, from graded cards to sports memorabilia. 'Just picked up a Larry Bird Magic Johnson signed frame here and I come here all the time,' customer John Marshall said. 'They have great deals.' Smith said he's grateful for all of his customers but is tired of being a target for thieves. 'I've got four or five open cases with Cobb County right now,' Smith said. The most recent theft was caught on video. Smith told Channel 2 Action News that at first, the guy seemed legitimate. TRENDING STORIES: Undocumented immigrant convicted of DUI arrested by ICE in northeast GA Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan offering incentives for federal workers to resign Alpharetta-based makers of SMITE lays off dozens of staff 'Well, he came in first to sell me some cards,' Smith said. 'I bought about $15 worth of cards and he left, he came back the next day with more cards.' After that, Smith said the man told him he was interested in buying from the store too. He said on video, you can see him taking cards and other items while Smith was in the far back of the store getting boxes. 'He kept sending me back and forth, back and forth,' Smith said. 'I didn't realize he had stolen several boxes of cards.' Smith said multiple people identified the man after he posted the security footage to his Facebook page. 'Nobody had anything good to say,' he said. It's not just Smith who's upset, but his customers too. 'I think it's terrible, I hope he catches the guy,' Marshall told Channel 2 Action News. 'I think it's unacceptable.' The owner told Newell that when the suspect called him from an unknown number, the man tried to strike a deal with him to brush it all under the rug, offering to give him the stolen items back with some cash. Smith said he isn't falling for it and police say they're working diligently to ID the man as they investigate the theft. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Atlanta OIG sued over alleged improper subpoenas of bank records
On Monday, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens' office announced that the city's Office of Inspector General had violated Georgia law at least 50 times when issuing subpoenas. Now, the office, the city and the Inspector General herself are being sued. According to the mayor's office, OIG had issued subpoenas but failed to provide notice to the individuals whose bank records they were requesting, violating state law. 'According to the Georgia statute, any government agency or official that issues a subpoena for an individual's financial records must provide prior written notice to the individual concerned. This notice requirement ensures transparency and gives the individual an opportunity to respond or contest the subpoena before their private financial information is disclosed. Recent findings indicate that the OIG did not adhere to this legal requirement,' the mayor's office said in a statement. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] In response to those findings, and a cease and desist letter to the OIG from the City Attorney, the OIG's office said they were 'finalizing a revision to its policies and procedures regarding subpoenas to financial institutions based on the banking law provision.' City Attorney Patrise Perkins-Hooker also said in a statement that the improper subpoenas were not only illegal, but placed 'the City of Atlanta at risk for potential liability for this intentional violation of Georgia's Banking and Finance Laws.' TRENDING STORIES: Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan offering incentives for federal workers to resign Alpharetta-based makers of SMITE lays off dozens of staff Georgia Senate to vote on bill banning transgender students from girls' sports While changes of policy by OIG and ordinances to further clarity, processes from the Atlanta City Council will help in the longer term, for some Atlantans, it's too late. On Thursday, Attorney Stephen M. Katz filed a lawsuit against the City of Atlanta, the Atlanta Office of Inspector General and Atlanta Inspector General Shannon K. Manigualt for alleged violations of his client, Bernard Tokarz's, First, Fourth and 14th Amendment rights and for invasion of privacy as defined in Georgia law. According to the filing in court, the lawsuit is in direct response to improper financial records subpoenas filed by Manigault and the OIG over the course of several years, and at least as far back as January 2021. The lawsuit also alleged that Tokarz is not the only person impacted by this tactic, where a subpoena duces tecum was filed with banks to request banking records, but financial institutions were urged not to notify the bank clients as to not interfere with a law enforcement investigation. The lawsuit filed by Katz on behalf of Tokarz lists 10 clients, including a music studio, as those facing several subpoenas for their financial records that were not informed, at the request of the OIG. The court document also says the financial records were then used as purported evidence in accusations of financial and official impropriety, causing injury to various individuals' reputations and financial situations. The lawsuit alleges that the OIG violated the plaintiff's, and others', rights under the color of law and were not conducting a criminal or tax investigation. The lawsuit cites the Feb. 3 cease and desist letter from the Atlanta City Attorney as evidence that the accusations against the OIG were 'intentional' acts. As a result, Tokarz is seeking compensatory damages in court and requesting a trial by jury. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
