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Two Atlanta Boys Still Missing After Leaving on Trip With Father

Dec 282012

Theresa Nash(ATLANTA) — The search continues for Benjamin and Henry Cleary, two young brothers who have been missing for five days from the greater Atlanta area.

Benjamin, 9, and Henry, 7, had plans to leave with their father, Daniel Cleary, on an overnight trip to Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 22. When they failed to return as scheduled on Dec. 23, their mother, Theresa Nash, who does not live with the boys’ father, went to his house to check on them, only to find the phone disconnected and the house empty.

Nash last saw her sons Dec. 22 at their father’s home, she told ABCNews.com. When she returned to Cleary’s home, she found all his belongings, including computers and televisions, gone. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children issued an Amber Alert for the boys, who were supposed to have been returned to their mother last Sunday.

“There is a court order for them to contact me every day,” Nash told ABCNews.com. “When I hadn’t heard from them, and their father’s phone was turned off, I went to their father’s house to see if they were there. The house was cleared out as if they had moved.”

Nash called Cleary “unstable,” and said he had only been using cash since the boys went missing. Police said they had not found any charges on his credit card.

“He’s smart enough to know that if he uses a credit card he’s going to hit the grid,” Lt. James McGee, spokesman for the Roswell, Ga., Police Department, told ABCNews.com

McGee said the police also knew that Cleary had recently purchased a gun. (A license is not needed to purchase a gun in Georgia.)

“We don’t believe they [the boys] are in imminent danger, but as time goes along and people’s mind-set changes, and with the introduction of the weapon, we definitely want the kids back as soon as possible,” McGee said.

Cleary, 46, and his sons are believed to be traveling in a silver 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee bearing Georgia license plate number 10742627. The boys are believed to be wearing light-blue winter vests and Nike sneakers. Cleary is 6 feet tall, weighs 240 pounds and often wears a baseball cap.

The three were spotted Friday at a Walmart in Jackson, Tenn., McGee said.

“They [Benjamin and Henry] are outgoing,” Nash, their mother, said. “They are very aware of the danger, and they will probably appear upset. They will be stressed, they will be crying.”

Benjamin and Henry are very smart and play soccer, Nash said, adding that Henry’s birthday is Saturday.

Anyone with information on Cleary and the boys’ whereabouts is asked to call the Roswell Police Department at 770-640-4160.

“They’ve been begging for an Xbox 360 for Christmas, and Santa brought them one so they need to come home because it’s waiting,” Nash said.

Man Shot Outside Atlanta-Area Mall; Cops Hunt for Shooter

Dec 222012

Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) — A man was shot on Friday during an apparent carjacking attempt at South DeKalb Mall in DeKalb County, Ga., police said.

The Atlanta-area mall remained open as police searched for the shooter.

“One adult male was shot,” DeKalb County Police Sgt. M.J. Ferreira told ABC News Radio. “He was taken to a local area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The investigation is ongoing into the suspect’s identity. There is no one in custody at this time.”

The man was shot in the neck and was hospitalized in serious condition, ABC News station WSB reported.

Obamas’ Friday Fundraiser Frenzy: Six Events, $5.6 Million

Mar 162012

JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The first family will fly off for a frenzy of fundraisers on Friday, with first lady Michelle Obama landing in Minneapolis and President Obama in Chicago and Atlanta.

The six events combined should net at least $5.6 million for Democrats and the president’s re-election campaign, according to estimates provided by an Obama campaign official.

Mrs. Obama will host an afternoon reception with 350 supporters in Minneapolis at the Walker Art Center. The invitation for the event lists tickets starting at $250 to attend and up to $10,000 to mingle with the first lady and take a photo with her.

Meanwhile, the president will start his day in Chicago, headlining a reception at the Palmer House Hilton with more than 600 guests. Tickets for the event start at $2,500, a campaign official said. Obama will then head behind closed doors for an intimate roundtable discussion with 60 supporters who have each cut checks for $10,000.

Flying south to Atlanta, Obama will then hobnob with donors into the evening at three fundraisers tailored to the African-American community.

Seventy-five supporters will mingle with the president at an undisclosed private Atlanta residence, where tickets were $10,000 apiece. Then he’ll join a star-studded concert featuring CeeLo Green at Tyler Perry Studios, where at least 1,000 Obama fans are expected in the crowd, an official said. Each paid $500 or more.

Before returning to Washington, Obama will visit the home of actor and director Tyler Perry, who’s hosting the ritziest party of the night at $35,800 per head. At least 60 people are expected to attend to toast the president.

All proceeds from the six events benefit the Obama Victory Fund, a joint account that funnels cash to the Obama campaign and Democratic National Committee, the official said. The first $5,000 of an individual’s contribution goes to Obama while the remainder — up to $30,800 — goes to the DNC.

Delta Plane Rolls Off Taxiway at Atlanta Airport

Mar 132012

ABC News(ATLANTA) — A Delta airplane sustained significant damage when it veered off a taxiway early Tuesday morning while undergoing maintenance at the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta, local ABC News affiliate WSB-TV reports.

According to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson, the Boeing 737-700 rolled off the taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport around 5 a.m.

Eric Torbinson, a spokesman for Delta, said two maintenance workers were on board testing the jet’s engines when the braking system failed. No passengers were on the plane, and the two workers were unharmed.

The FAA said the incident has not led to any traffic delays at the airport.

Dunwoody Day Care Murder: Did Wife Know About Husband’s Killing?

Feb 242012

Dunwoody Police Dept(ATLANTA) — Two witnesses in the trial of a Georgia man accused of murdering the husband of his alleged lover testified Thursday that the woman, Andrea Sneiderman, told them she knew about her husband’s death earlier than she claimed in court.

Hemy Neuman, 48, is charged with shooting and killing Sneiderman’s husband Rusty Sneiderman, 36, in the parking lot of the Sneidermans’ son’s preschool in November 2010. Neuman, Andrea Sneiderman’s former boss at GE Energy, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Rusty Sneiderman’s father Don Sneiderman testified Thursday in an Atlanta courtroom that he received a phone call on the day of the incident from Andrea Sneiderman, his daughter-in-law, at 9:30 a.m. saying that his son had been shot.

“At 9:30, she said Rusty had been shot, she was so, so sorry and she was going to Dunwoody Prep to see what happened,” Don Sneiderman said..

He confirmed to the court that he was sure his daughter-in-law had called him at 9:30 a.m. because he had spoken to Rusty Sneiderman after he dropped his son Ian off at the preschool. That account conflicted with Andrea Sneiderman’s testimony Wednesday, when she told the court that she first heard that her husband was shot when she arrived at the hospital at 11 a.m.

“I didn’t know what happened to Rusty until I got to the emergency room,” Sneiderman, who has denied that she had an affair with Neuman and has not been charged in connection with her husband’s death, said on Wednesday. “No one told me what happened to Rusty.”

She said that she had called Don Sneiderman, but contrary to his testimony, she said she told him, “Something’s happened to Rusty, I have no idea what.”

Andrea Sneiderman’s close friend of 10 years, Shayna Citron, also testified on Thursday that the widow told her of her husband’s shooting before 11 a.m. Citron said she was in Arizona with her husband and heading to a spa at about 8:30 a.m. when Andrea Sneiderman called her, which would have been 10:30 a.m. in Georgia.

“She was screaming to me that Rusty had been shot,” Citron recalled of Sneiderman’s phone call. “She didn’t know if he was dead or alive and she was on her way to the hospital and she passed the phone to her mother.”

Neither the defense nor the prosecution denies that Neuman pulled the trigger and killed Sneiderman, but they tell divergent stories of what led to the killing.

The prosecution painted Neuman as a calculating killer who planned Sneiderman’s shooting for months — going to gun shows, taking a gun safety course, going to target practice, renting a car for the shooting and wearing a disguise.

Neuman’s defense attorney, Doug Peters, said in his opening statements that Neuman believed he had been visited by an angel resembling Olivia Newton-John and a demon resembling Barry White, who told him that Sneiderman’s children were Neuman’s and that he needed to protect them by killing Rusty Sneiderman.

Neuman’s defense claims he and Andrea Sneiderman were involved in a hot-and-cold affair when she worked for him at General Electric. Sneiderman denies any affair.

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