Ciara Cummings

Atlanta

Investigative Reporter at WANF-TV (Atlanta, GA)

Investigative Reporter at Atlanta News First. 📍Atlanta 🌇 CONTACT: [email protected] IG: ciaracummings__ FB: CiaraCummingsTV

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From motel to motel: The journey of an Atlanta family’s fight for education

1 week ago | kktv.com | Ciara Cummings

ATLANTA, Ga. (InvestigateTV) - Jasmine Burse and her four children moved to Atlanta three years ago. To make ends meet, they moved from motel to motel, depending on the nightly rate. At one point, Burse and her family lived in a Marietta motel in “a room with one bed so I had to decide if my kids are going to sleep in the bed or if I’m going to sleep in the bed,” she said.
From motel to motel: The journey of an Atlanta family’s fight for education

1 week ago | ktre.com | Ciara Cummings

ATLANTA, Ga. (InvestigateTV) - Jasmine Burse and her four children moved to Atlanta three years ago. To make ends meet, they moved from motel to motel, depending on the nightly rate. At one point, Burse and her family lived in a Marietta motel in “a room with one bed so I had to decide if my kids are going to sleep in the bed or if I’m going to sleep in the bed,” she said.
Medical Center faces lawsuit for ‘Understaffed and Unsecured’ conditions

3 weeks ago | kptv.com | Ciara Cummings

ATLANTA, Ga. (InvestigateTV) - A Georgia hospital is accused, in a lawsuit, of putting vulnerable patients at risk. In a lawsuit filed by the family of Darryl Lynn Fussell II, Southern Regional Medical Center (SRMC) is facing claims of being understaffed and unsecured. In April 2023, Fussell, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, was on an involuntary hold at SRMC.
Medical Center faces lawsuit for ‘Understaffed and Unsecured’ conditions

3 weeks ago | kktv.com | Ciara Cummings

ATLANTA, Ga. (InvestigateTV) - A Georgia hospital is accused, in a lawsuit, of putting vulnerable patients at risk. In a lawsuit filed by the family of Darryl Lynn Fussell II, Southern Regional Medical Center (SRMC) is facing claims of being understaffed and unsecured. In April 2023, Fussell, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, was on an involuntary hold at SRMC.
HIV-positive metro Atlanta man charged with murder in wife’s death

3 weeks ago | wtoc.com | Ciara Cummings |Tim Darnell

CONYERS, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A metro Atlanta man accused of concealing his HIV-positive status from his sexual partners is now facing murder charges. On Monday, a Rockdale County grand jury indicted Cleveland Broadie, who was already facing three charges of reckless conduct related to the death of his wife, Denise Broadie. He now also faces one charge of malice murder and one count of felony murder in connection to her death.
‘They’re stealing my sobriety’: Drug testing lab under scrutiny

4 weeks ago | waff.com | Ciara Cummings

(InvestigateTV) — William Brock doesn’t shy away from his past drug addictions and criminal history. However, Brock, 59, said his prison conviction turned his life around, and now the Floyd County, Georgia, father of a three-year-old is engaged in a battle to get custody of his daughter. But the state-contracted drug testing lab already under scrutiny for its results is still not performing a specialized test to minimize false positive concerns.
‘They’re stealing my sobriety’: Drug testing lab under scrutiny

4 weeks ago | wymt.com | Ciara Cummings

(InvestigateTV) — William Brock doesn’t shy away from his past drug addictions and criminal history. However, Brock, 59, said his prison conviction turned his life around, and now the Floyd County, Georgia, father of a three-year-old is engaged in a battle to get custody of his daughter. But the state-contracted drug testing lab already under scrutiny for its results is still not performing a specialized test to minimize false positive concerns.
‘They’re stealing my sobriety’: Drug testing lab under scrutiny

4 weeks ago | wsfa.com | Ciara Cummings

(InvestigateTV) — William Brock doesn’t shy away from his past drug addictions and criminal history. However, Brock, 59, said his prison conviction turned his life around, and now the Floyd County, Georgia, father of a three-year-old is engaged in a battle to get custody of his daughter. But the state-contracted drug testing lab already under scrutiny for its results is still not performing a specialized test to minimize false positive concerns.
Georgia family farm fights land seizure, claims eminent domain abuse

1 month ago | fox5vegas.com | Ciara Cummings

(InvestigateTV) — Driving across their nearly 600 acres in Hancock County, Georgia, never gets old for Blaine and Diane Smith. Their history is just as rich as the timber crops they’ve been farming; Blaine Smith’s enslaved ancestors lived and worked on the Sparta, Georgia, land. Now, Blaine and Diane Smith own the property; they are among the less than 2 percent of Black farmers across the country. “My father farmed this land; my grandfather farmed it during most of his life,” Blaine Smith said.
Stolen Sobriety: Required drug testing put families at risk in custody cases

Nov 4, 2024 | fox5vegas.com | Ciara Cummings

ATLANTA, Ga. (InvestigateTV) - When Brittany Tucker’s brother died in 2015, “I just took it the wrong way,” she said. “I turned to drugs.”Tucker’s addiction resulted in state intervention from the Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) in 2016. Within two years, DFCS had removed all four of her kids - including an infant daughter - from her care.