Newton County neighbors charged after home buyers' arrests

By Christian Boone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

6:53 a.m. Tuesday, April 24, 2012
A Newton County man and his son who authorities said held a gun on the new owners of a neighboring home were arrested Monday night and charged with aggravated assault, false imprisonment and criminal trespass.

Porterdale resident Robert Canoles said he has no second thoughts about interrupting what he thought was a robbery in progress Thursday night at his neighbor's house -- though he is now facing criminal charges just days after deputies lauded his armed response.

3 APD officers face discipline in woman's wrongful jailing

By David Ibata
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

8:51 p.m. Monday, April 23, 2012
Three Atlanta police officers face disciplinary action in the case of a woman wrongly jailed for nearly two months, Channel 2 Action News reported.

Teresa Culpepper spent 53 days wrongfully incarcerated in Fulton County Jail because she had the same name, Teresa, as a woman wanted by authorities in an aggravated assault case.

ATLANTA CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD

CONTACT: ACRB OFFICE STAFF

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CITY OF ATLANTA

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Atlanta, Georgia 30303

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

April 23, 2012

NEWS RELEASE

ACRB STARTS NEW APPLICATION/SELECTION PROCESS FOR

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at 6:00 p.m., the Atlanta Citizen Review Board (ACRB) convened a special Call Meeting. At this meeting, the Board voted on and approved to start a new selection process regarding the Executive Director position.

The open position will be posted starting Wednesday, April 25, 2012 through midnight, Tuesday, May 1, 2012.

If you are interested and would like to apply, please go to the city's website and apply on-line at www.atlantaga.gov and click on 'Jobs' at the top of the page.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you previously applied for this position when it was posted at the beginning of the year, in order to be considered again, you must re-apply.

For more information about the services of the ACRB,

Please visit our website at www.acrbgov.org

ACRB reboots search for new exec

By Rhonda Cook
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

9:42 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2012
A week after selecting a new executive director for the Atlanta Citizen Review Board, the police oversight agency's Board of Directors asked all 150 applicants for the job to apply again because concerns have been raised the process wasn’t transparent.

The initial application period was closed after four days because the city was inundated with applicants.

But when Holly Wiseman, a former federal prosecutor and one-time deputy monitor of the New Orleans Police Department, asked to apply after the process was closed, she and another 13 people were allowed to do so.

Radio host says police stop over stolen car mix-up went too far

ATLANTA — A local radio host told Channel 2 Action News he's still shocked by a run-in with Atlanta police that happened Wednesday afternoon.

Police said they were looking for a car that looked practically identical to the vehicle occupied by Kenny Burns.

Burns said he had just parked his black Mercedes near his Atlantic Station office, when what turned out to be an undercover officer ran up to him with a gun drawn.