I-Team

Hundreds of drivers in one metro Atlanta town will soon be reimbursed for speeding tickets issued by cameras. Five years ago, a new state law made it legal for police to set up automated cameras in school speed zones and send tickets through the mail. Now a FOX 5 I-Team investigation finds those cameras weren’t functioning properly in one Clayton County city, resulting in drivers receiving tickets they didn’t deserve.

By Randy Travis Published November 8, 2023 JEFFERSON, Ga - When he suspected someone was snooping around in his office, a Jackson County sheriff’s deputy set up a hidden camera. What that camera recorded last month has now upended the race for who should be the next sheriff and cost one of the candidates his county job. FULL STORY: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/hidden-camera-catches-one-sheriffs-candidate-sneaking-into-rivals-locked-office

By Randy Travis Published November 6, 2023 JEFFERSON, Ga. - There's a good chance that somewhere in your home right now is a kind of battery that's quickly become the bane of firefighters everywhere. They’re called lithium-ion batteries, used to power everything from toothbrushes to cell phones to the electric vehicle that may be in your garage now or in the near future. All of those are safe if handled properly. FULL STORY: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/warning-trashing-lithium-ion-batteries-causes-fires-across-ga

A Georgia state representative was infuriated by a bizarre squatter story she saw on FOX 5 Atlanta and she is trying to change the system.

Newton County has placed its fire chief on administrative leave following a FOX 5 I-Team investigation into a conflict of interest within his department. The I-Team first reported on how Mike Conner made tens of thousands of dollars on the side selling equipment to the department's own rescue dive team. A week later, action was taken against him.

After buying a home in Tucker, the new owner found out that a convicted child sex trafficker was living in the home. His arrest was caught on camera in this bizarre squatter case.

The government has created a one-stop shopping spot for reporting scams. It's called USA.gov and you can report issues with consumer products, banking, housing and more.

A hiccup is making it more challenging for students to make loan repayments.

By Randy Travis Published October 26, 2023 LAKEMONT, Ga. - A judge ordered a Rabun County property owner to allow descendants connected to a century-old cemetery to make regular visits, while a civil dispute continues over whether anyone is actually buried there. FULL STORY: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/a-cemetery-with-no-bodies-owner-who-moved-grave-markers-now-faces-civil-suit

By Randy Travis Published October 24, 2023 DOUGLAS, ga. - New details in a Georgia Bureau of Investigation report obtained by the FOX 5 I-Team suggest some of the people who took part in the Coffee County election breach knew what they were doing was wrong and tried to keep it a secret. The GBI conducted their investigation separate from the racketeering probe in Fulton County that led to the indictment of 19 people including former president Donald Trump. That number is now 15 with the guilty pleas of Trump attorneys Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis, and Atlanta bondsman Scott Hall. All received probation and agreed to testify against their former co-defendants. But Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr now has his own decision: should anyone else be indicted for what happened in Coffee County? FULL STORY: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/gbi-report-highlights-new-players-in-coffee-county-election-breach