Brendan Keefe
Chief Investigative Reporter at WANF-TV (Atlanta, GA)
Chief Investigator @ATLNewsfirst. National Investigator @InvestigateTV. Peabody, duPont Awards. 140 Emmys, 9 National Murrows. Kenyon alum [email protected]
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1 week ago |
fox5vegas.com | Brendan Keefe
ATLANTA, Ga. (InvestigateTV) - Seven-year-old Gabe Watson was startled awake by the sound of a flash-bang grenade exploding just outside his bedroom door. “One second, I’m asleep; next thing I know, I have a gun pointed in my face,” Watson, now 14, said. The October 2017 FBI raid of the home in west Atlanta is now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Justices agreed to hear the case to settle discrepancies in the way courts interpret the Federal Tort Claims Act.
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2 weeks ago |
wctv.tv | Brendan Keefe |Tim Darnell
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The powerful state House rules committee stripped an attempt by lawmakers that would have radically restricted the public’s right to know about crimes in their neighborhood. Originally, Senate Bill 12 would just have clarified the definitions of those who are in charge of overseeing public records.
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3 weeks ago |
wtoc.com | Brendan Keefe |Tim Darnell
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - An 11th-hour measure proposed in the Georgia General Assembly could radically restrict the public’s right to know about crimes in their neighborhood. The move comes in the final hours of the 2025 legislative session, which is set to adjourn by midnight on Friday, April 4. Originally, Senate Bill 12 would just have clarified the definitions of those who are in charge of overseeing public records.
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3 weeks ago |
wrdw.com | Brendan Keefe |Tim Darnell
ATLANTA, Ga. - An 11th-hour measure proposed in the Georgia General Assembly could radically restrict the public’s right to know about crimes in their neighborhood. The move comes in the final hours of the 2025 legislative session, which is set to adjourn by midnight on Friday, April 4. Originally, Senate Bill 12 would just have clarified the definitions of those who are in charge of overseeing public records.
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3 weeks ago |
fox5vegas.com | Brendan Keefe
LAKE CITY, Fla. (InvestigateTV) - James Hodges was walking home from jury duty when he was stopped by sheriff’s deputies. “It looks like you’re carrying a gun in your back pocket,” the Columbia County deputy told him, according to body-worn camera recording of the 2022 incident in Lake City, Florida.
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