Alexis Stevens

Georgia

Breaking News Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta news journalist, wife, mom to spunky college kid, type 1 diabetic, lover of Lionel Richie, Barry Manilow and tennis.

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1 officer killed, 3 shot during tough week for metro Atlanta law enforcement

5 days ago | ajc.com | Alexis Stevens

Wearing the badge cost one metro Atlanta officer his life and left three others injured during a heartbreaking week for law enforcement agencies. The South Fulton Police Department, which formed in 2018, lost its first officer in the line of duty Tuesday night when Lt. Helio Garcia was killed in a head-on collision, according to investigators. A second officer, Lt. Charles Cook, was critically injured in a shooting Friday. “It’s been a rough week,” police Chief Keith Meadows said.
Killed South Fulton police officer Helio Garcia remembered for love of family

6 days ago | ajc.com | Alexis Stevens

Helio Garcia joined the South Fulton Police Department with one goal in mind: He wanted to help build the organization. Garcia started with the department in September 2018, just months after it began operations. He served until Tuesday night, when he was killed in a head-on crash while on duty. Garcia was 47. ExploreSouth Fulton police lieutenant killed in head-on crash while on duty“He meant a great deal to me and this police department,” Chief Keith Meadows said this week.
Ga. police lieutenant killed in head-on crash

1 week ago | police1.com | Alexis Stevens

By Alexis StevensThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionATLANTA — A South Fulton police lieutenant was killed in a head-on crash while on duty Tuesday night, the department said. Lt. Helio Garcia was driving his patrol vehicle on Flat Shoals Road near Connell Road when another driver veered into his lane and struck him, police told Channel 2 Action News.
South Fulton police lieutenant killed in head-on crash while on duty

1 week ago | ledger-enquirer.com | Alexis Stevens

A South Fulton police lieutenant was killed in a head-on crash while on duty Tuesday night, the department said. Lt. Helio Garcia was driving his patrol vehicle on Flat Shoals Road near Connell Road when another driver veered into his lane and struck him, police told Channel 2 Action News. "Lt. Garcia was a dedicated officer, a respected leader, and a friend to many within the South Fulton Police Department," the department said in a social media post.
South Fulton police lieutenant killed in head-on crash while on duty

1 week ago | ajc.com | Alexis Stevens

A South Fulton police lieutenant was killed in a head-on crash while on duty Tuesday night, the department said. Lt. Helio Garcia was driving his patrol vehicle on Flat Shoals Road near Connell Road when another driver veered into his lane and struck him, police told Channel 2 Action News. “Lt. Garcia was a dedicated officer, a respected leader, and a friend to many within the South Fulton Police Department,” the department said in a social media post.
Atlanta board upholds firing of officer after Taser use contributed to deacon’s death

1 week ago | ajc.com | Alexis Stevens

A former Atlanta police officer who contributed to the death of a 62-yer-old church deacon when he deployed his Taser should not get his job back, the city’s Civil Service Board ruled this week. That officer, Kiran Kimbrough, should have obliged when Johnny Hollman asked to talk with a supervisor instead of signing a ticket after a minor crash in August 2023, the board said in its ruling.
Georgia convicted murderer Kathan Guzman caught in Florida after mistaken release

1 week ago | ajc.com | Taylor Croft |Alexis Stevens |Jozsef Papp

Now that a convicted murderer is back behind bars two weeks after Clayton County Jail officials mistakenly released him, Sheriff Levon Allen released his first public statement about the debacle late Friday afternoon. Kathan Guzman was arrested Friday by the U.S. Marshals Service, not long after they joined the search. They located the 22-year-old at a family member’s house in Orange County in central Florida, Frank Lempka with the U.S. Atlanta office confirmed.
Georgia doctor fined for trafficking taxidermy birds and rare eggs.

1 week ago | ajc.com | Alexis Stevens

A Georgia doctor was ordered to pay a $900,000 fine for trafficking protected birds and eggs, including bald eagles and a rare bird with an estimated population as low as 900 in the wild, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday. In addition to the fine — one of the largest-ever in an Endangered Species Act case — Dr. John Waldrop of Cataula was ordered to serve three years on probation, the DOJ said. He was also ordered to forfeit his massive collection of birds and eggs obtained illegally.
Still no cockfighting law in Georgia after 4th try in state Legislature

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Alexis Stevens

ATLANTA - For the fourth year, a bill to make forcing roosters known as gamecocks to fight in a pit with metal objects attached to their legs, often until a bloody death, came up short in the state Legislature. That means Georgia is the only state in the country without a law making cockfighting illegal. But it made it further along than in previous sessions, and that's a small win, according to the bill's sponsor, Sen. Randy Robertson, R-Cataula.
Still no cockfighting law in Georgia after 4th try in state Legislature

2 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Alexis Stevens

ATLANTA - For the fourth year, a bill to make forcing roosters known as gamecocks to fight in a pit with metal objects attached to their legs, often until a bloody death, came up short in the state Legislature. That means Georgia is the only state in the country without a law making cockfighting illegal. But it made it further along than in previous sessions, and that's a small win, according to the bill's sponsor, Sen. Randy Robertson, R-Cataula.