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FOX 5 Special: Criminal Minds Pt. 2

Russ Spencer — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:48:13 GMT

One in four people in the Fulton County jail is mentally ill. Many of them don't know how to manage their illness and end up addicted to drugs, stealing to support their habits and then back in jail again. One graduate has fought her way back from the depths of despair.

FOX 5 Special: Criminal Minds

Russ Spencer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:50:30 GMT

Fulton County has a new court program and it might be a casualty of the county's budget crisis. The mental health court is dedicated to helping people with serious mental illness get out of jail and stay out, by giving them the treatment and supervision they need.

FOX 5 Special: Risky Repairs

Joanne Feldman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:17:41 GMT

On March 14, 2008, a tornado ravaged downtown Atlanta and surrounding neighborhoods. The scars on the Westin hotel are still visible, but not for long. Thousands of new windows are finally being installed.

FOX 5 Special I-Team Firefighter Felon 3

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:58:59 GMT

The crime was bold, yet foolish. Why would anyone break into a police department? It didn't take McDonough police long to pin the blame on a former inmate who had been given extraordinary freedom while in custody, even working as a volunteer city fireman.

FOX 5 Special: Home Monitoring

Chris Shaw — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:49:00 GMT

One by one, local counties are discovering, what one judge calls the glaring problems with electronic ankle monitoring in Georgia. There have been several high profile cases this year, where violent crime suspects cut their monitoring bracelets. Those incidents have sparked government investigations.

FOX 5 Special: Taser Retraining

Julia Harding — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:58:57 GMT

Tasers are a necessary and usually less lethal weapon used by most law enforcement agencies. Over the years, the high voltage devices have also been linked to hundreds of deaths. Those deaths prompted the main manufacturer to change the guidelines on how tasers should be used.

FOX 5 Special: I-Team Pest Control 2

Dale Russell — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:05:38 GMT

For years, the state agriculture department has grappled with how to shut down unlicensed pest control operators, with little or no training spraying potent chemicals in your home.

FOX 5 Special : I-Team Poisonous Pest Co

Dale Russell — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:50:42 GMT

Most people have encountered pest problems in their home at one time or another. Termites, cockroaches, or kinds of pests can invade a home. So, who do you hire to help you out?

FOX 5 Special: I-Team Prison Rapes #2

Randy Travis — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:48:01 GMT

The truth can be fleeting when you're behind bars. So when a prison guard denied smuggling in contraband for inmates, authorities accused him of lying. FOX 5's I-Team reporter Randy Travis says the guard faces far more serious allegations.

FOX 5 Special: I-Team VA Loans Hearing

Dale Russell — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:04 GMT

Senator Johnny Isakson called for Senate hearings to determine if banks are overcharging military veterans. The senator is responding to a FOX 5 I-Team investigation of allegations that major banks and mortgage companies are defrauding veterans on VA loans.