Thursday, May 23 2013 11:56 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:56:10 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Mid-South community grieves the loss of a seven-year-old girl who was hit a killed by a truck while riding her bike. Neighbor Rosie Donald lives down the street from where it happened in aMore >>
A Mid-South community grieves the loss of a seven-year-old girl who was hit a killed by a truck while riding her bike.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:55 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:55:47 GMT
(WMC-TV) - In Oklahoma, many residents are still cleaning up and trying to put their lives back together. An EF-5 tornado tore through Moore Monday, ripping apart the strip mall where Jim Fields spendsMore >>
In Oklahoma, many residents are still cleaning up and trying to put their lives back together.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:52 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:52:34 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Memphis Police Department director said idle threats are uncalled for between his employees. Toney Armstrong discussed the firings of two officers accused of threatening comments to fellowMore >>
The Memphis Police Department director said idle threats are uncalled for between his employees.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:36 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:36:25 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Memphian Kris Thomas is home adjusting to life away from NBC's "The Voice" stage and constant rehearsals. He took the long flight back to his hometown of Memphis Wednesday, and Thursday he wasMore >>
Memphian Kris Thomas is home adjusting to life away from NBC's "The Voice" stage and constant rehearsals.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:15 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:15:03 GMT
(WMC TV) - PROJECT GREEN FORK RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH: Fuel Cafe, 1761 Madison Ave., Midtown Memphis, (901) 725-9025 Fuel Cafe's new Spring/Summer menu is a new dedication -- to vegetation. HealthyMore >>
Where's the beef? It takes a back seat for the summer at Andy's Project Green Fork Restaurant of the Month!More >>
TYLER, TX (KLTV) -
A DPS trooper claimed he wrecked his patrol unit two weeks ago because he was trying to avoid hitting a deer - but now, the former trooper is charged with DWI.
Joe Don Abernathy turned himself in to authorities Monday and was released on bond Monday afternoon.
Two weeks ago Monday, Abernathy ran off the road before 8 a.m. on Smith County Road 2120, near Old Bascom and Old Omen Roads, not far from University Drive in Tyler.
Abernathy was taken to the hospital, where his blood alcohol content was tested and registered 0.16, twice the legal limit.
Abernathy was involved in a 1997 DPS investigation that involved alcohol, but a Cherokee County Grand Jury decided in May 1997 that there was not sufficient evidence to charge Trooper Abernathy with deadly conduct.
On February 9, 1997, Trooper Abernathy was arrested by the Rusk Police Department after Linda Lanier and her family claimed he followed them in his truck for several miles near Mount Enterprise and shot at their car.
Ms. Lanier spoke with KLTV not long after the grand jury's decision in May 1997.
"All of a sudden, I see the lights, his headlights, right there on me. And I heard the gunshot," Lanier said.
According to an April 18, 1997 Department of Public Safety memo, "Evidence shows Abernathy was driving a vehicle after having consumed an amount of alcohol that was detectable and that in that state he followed a woman ... for 17 to 18 miles."
The memo stated that Abernathy believed Lanier was driving while intoxicated. It said that Lanier drove straight to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department, but Abernathy drove away before talking to officials.
Rusk police officers arrested Abernathy, who was off-duty at the time, for driving while intoxicated. Officers found two guns and beer cans in his truck.
But Abernathy gave a blood sample instead of taking a breathalyzer. That sample was lost in the mail for 17 days. It was also damaged and unusable.
A Cherokee County grand jury decided in May 1997 that there was not enough evidence to charge Abernathy with deadly conduct - but Lanier told us at the time that she felt Abernathy received special treatment.
"The decision of the grand jury - I accept it," she said. "But I still know what happened that night."
Abernathy's supervisor at the time of the 1997 incident recommended that because of his "gross misconduct" that he be given five days off without pay and six months probation.
DPS officials told us on the phone today that DPS did not conduct an internal affairs investigation in this recent matter because Trooper Abernathy resigned on November 6, the day after the wreck.
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Thursday, May 23 2013 9:52 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:52:45 GMT
(WMC-TV) - There is a major slowdown in Memphis this Thursday morning, where a tractor trailer has flipped on Interstate 240 Westbound at the Walnut Grove exit. All lanes of Westbound I-240 have beenMore >>
There is a major slowdown in Memphis this Thursday morning, where a tractor trailer has flipped on Interstate 240 Westbound at the Walnut Grove exit.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:22 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:22:07 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Bartlett Medal of Honor recipient has died. Vernon McGarity, a U.S. Army Veteran, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during World War II in 1952. Action News 5 spoke with McGarityMore >>
A Bartlett Medal of Honor recipient has died. Vernon McGarity, a U.S. Army Veteran, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during World War II in 1952.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:55 AM EDT2013-05-23 15:55:08 GMT
(RNN) - Dozens of Cleveland restaurants have pledged to give the man who rescued three Ohio women from captivity, free burgers for life. Charles Ramsey, the guy who famously stopped eating his Big MacMore >>
More than a dozen of Cleveland restaurants have pledged to give the man who rescued three Ohio women from captivity, free burgers for life.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:00 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:00:22 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Memphis mother defends her teenage son who is charged with murdering someone at a graduation party. Rebecca Miller and her son are anything but strangers to Action News 5. Our station helpedMore >>
A Memphis mother defends her teenage son who is charged with murdering someone at a graduation party.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:40 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:40:29 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Memphis Police Department issued a city watch for a 12-year-old boy Wednesday night. Robert McBride II was last seen leaving his residence on foot on Jamaica Avenue. He has a mohawk, andMore >>
The Memphis Police Department canceled a city watch for a 12-year-old boy Wednesday night.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:24 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:24:43 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Memphis skateboard shop was going under until the Grizzlies' big wins, that is when owner Hunter Demster started selling T-shirts. The "Grind City" shirts saved his Midtown business whichMore >>
A Memphis skateboard shop was going under until the Grizzlies' big wins, that is when owner Hunter Demster started selling T-shirts.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:50 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:50:12 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The U.S Attorney's office of the Eastern District of Arkansas sentenced a former West Memphis councilman and a West Memphis police officer for a conspiracy to commit election fraud. Former WestMore >>
District Judge Kristine Baker sentenced a former West Memphis councilman and a West Memphis police officer for a conspiracy to commit election fraud.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:00 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:00:20 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Mid-South mother of four is convinced that one of her sons was murdered. And after spending the past four years trying to prove it, she is turning to the Action News 5 Investigators. FrancesMore >>
A Mid-South mother of four is convinced that one of her sons was murdered. And after spending the past four years trying to prove it, she is turning to the Action News 5 Investigators.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:38 PM EDT2013-05-23 01:38:14 GMT
MOORE, OK - The trembling, mud-spattered dog whose photo went viral on Tuesday was not actually standing watch over her owner's body - her name is Susie, her owner is named Curtis Collins, and he's alive.ThanksMore >>
There's a happy ending to the story of the little dog who was found standing guard over a body after the EF-5 tornado that decimated her neighborhood in Moore, OK. Her owner is alive, and they have been reunited thanks to the viral photo. More >>
