Miles Montgomery
Digital Content Producer
Atlanta News First
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Miles Montgomery is a Providence, Rhode Island, native who moved down to Atlanta in March 2022.
He is very passionate about his neighborhood Fox Point, one of the most historic and important Cape Verdean neighborhoods in the U.S.
He has experience as a sports reporter, associate producer, assignment desk editor and digital content producer. He is a fan of all New England sports and hip-hop, naming Ludacris, T.I. Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy as his favorites.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 7:09 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
Pointing to data that found some criminals have used social media to recruit minors to join gangs, Georgia officials have proposed new laws that would increase penalties for anyone caught recruiting minors to join gangs.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 12:49 PM EST
|By Amanda Alvarado and Miles Montgomery
Stetson Bennett was arrested in Texas early Sunday morning.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 12:21 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
University of Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett was arrested and charged with public intoxication in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday morning, according to Dallas police officials.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 6:10 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
The University of Georgia Director of Athletics announced the university continues investigating the crash that killed a UGA player and UGA staffer and injured two others.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 10:39 AM EST
|By Miles Montgomery and Adam Murphy
Devin’s mother Sharlene told Atlanta News First she never intended to be at the news conference and the family had no plans of taking legal action.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2023 at 10:11 AM EST
|By Amanda Alvarado and Miles Montgomery
Two other members of the football program were injured in the crash and remain in stable condition.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 10:35 AM EST
|By Alexandra Parker and Miles Montgomery
The future location of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center has been the site of public scrutiny.
Updated: Dec. 4, 2022 at 8:25 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
An international fugitive and child sexual predator was captured and arrested in Mexico and extradited to Georgia after spending five years on the run.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2022 at 11:50 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery, Jasmina Alston and Gray News staff
Police say the incident happened after a group of juveniles was escorted off the property of an open air mall.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 11:16 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
A celebration of life for former University of Georgia head football coach and director of athletics Vince Dooley was held on Friday evening in the Stegeman Coliseum.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2022 at 7:18 PM EST
|By Jamarlo Phillips and Miles Montgomery
Tributes honoring rapper Takeoff’s legacy continues to flood social media weeks after he was shot and killed at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2022 at 2:03 PM EST
|By Bridget Spencer and Miles Montgomery
The Transportation Security Administration said a passenger on board the flight from Cincinnati on the way to Tampa had a boxcutter and was being disruptive, before the pilot diverted to Atlanta. The TSA sent a statement:
Updated: Nov. 5, 2022 at 9:38 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and The Associated Press
In the highly-anticipated game between the No. 1 ranked University of Georgia Bulldogs (8-0) and the No. 2 ranked Tennessee Volunteers (8-0), it wasn’t much of a match.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2022 at 11:46 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
University of Georgia football player Javon Bullard was arrested and charged after police say he was driving under the influence on Sunday morning.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 11:41 AM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
University of Georgia football team officials announced the schedule for the 2023 season.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 7:32 AM EDT
|By Bridget Spencer and Miles Montgomery
For several years, nine-year-old Austin Thomason was used to being bullied at school, and let down on his birthday.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 12:58 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
The funeral arrangements have been announced for the two deputies who were killed while attempting to serve a warrant at a Marietta home on Thursday evening.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 5:25 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Grammy award-winning rapper, actor, entertainer and philanthropist Ludacris has had a groundbreaking and successful career. He has broken countless boundaries, destroyed stereotypes and kicked down doors for not only Atlanta rap music, but southern rap music as well.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2022 at 12:32 PM EDT
|By Jamarlo Phillips and Miles Montgomery
According to the release, Emma Linek, who goes by the name of Zari, flew into Atlanta from Cleveland, Ohio. on Sept. 6.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 9:14 PM EDT
|By Sawyer Buccy and Miles Montgomery
When it is 8 years old, it is important to know that people care about you; that is what a Georgia family is trying to make clear for their little boy. He has had several birthday parties where no one showed up, now his mom and aunt are asking Georgians to step up.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 11:39 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Body camera footage shows a police officer running around a Walmart that caught fire Wednesday night helping to evacuate shoppers in the building.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 10:52 AM EDT
|By Tim Darnell, Rachel Aragon and Miles Montgomery
The northwest Georgia congresswoman has been 'swatted' for two straight mornings.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 6:35 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
The Atlanta Falcons franchise is now worth $4 billion, according to a new report from Forbes.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2022 at 10:04 AM EDT
|By Brooks Baptiste and Miles Montgomery
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is calling South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) “crucial” to her investigation into alleged efforts to meddle in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 11:37 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and CBS46 News Staff
The Fulton County Board of Health is reporting that more mosquitoes with West Nile virus have been found.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2022 at 4:58 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Out of the 11,177 total confirmed monkeypox cases in the U.S., Georgia now has 851.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:25 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
A shocking video released by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division on Facebook shows the shocking encounter with the buck.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 4:42 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Drew Findling, Jennifer Little and Dwight Thomas are representing Trump in the special grand jury investigating alleged election interference.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 3:36 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Graham has challenged a subpoena to testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating whether Trump and others broke any laws when they tried to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Georgia in 2020.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 12:38 PM EDT
|By Lauren Sennet, Miles Montgomery and Emily Van de Riet
A 4-year-old girl is dead after Georgia police said she found a loaded gun in the backseat of a car and accidentally shot herself.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 12:23 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Emily Van de Riet
A couple in Georgia were arrested after detectives say they produced homemade child sexual abuse material with at least one adoptive child who lived in their home.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 11:37 AM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Gray News staff
This marks the third reported fatal shooting in Atlanta in a three-hour span.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 1:36 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Richard Seymour, a University of Georgia alum and legendary defensive end best known for his time playing on the New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders, has been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 5:52 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
According to a Mason Creek Elementary School Facebook post, the son of Sgt. Jean- Harold Louis Astree was happy to walk the halls as he resumed classes.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2022 at 4:10 PM EDT
|By Jamarlo Phillips, Miles Montgomery, Jasmina Alston and Andrew McMunn
A university in Georgia fired a professor after police said the man was arrested for the murder of a student early Saturday morning.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 2:28 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Catherine Catoura
Delta Airlines is set to hold a ceremony celebrating the defending 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves with the unveiling of their new plane Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2022 at 7:46 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is scheduled to testify on Monday morning to Fulton County prosecutors investigating former president Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 10:44 AM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Don Shipman
The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox has climbed to 158 in the state of Georgia, according to the CDC.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2022 at 6:16 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Police are searching for the person responsible for shooting and injuring a man with a crossbow late Saturday night.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2022 at 11:43 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
The Georgia Office of Highway Safety says police departments in the southeast have seen an alarming increase in the number of cars driving above 100 mph during the last two years.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 6:04 PM EDT
|By Crystal Bui and Miles Montgomery
In a letter filed on behalf of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Friday, Willis is asking the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit to send Georgia’s “Heartbeat law” back down to the lower courts.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 9:53 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Georgia say a man likely died last weekend after lightning struck him.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2022 at 7:50 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Interstate 95 has cleared and re-opened near the Georgia and Florida border after a horrific crash killed two people and sent 12 others to the hospital Friday afternoon.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 1:24 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Emily Van de Riet
The owner of the restaurant said both shooting victims were sisters and committed Subway employees.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 9:32 AM EDT
|By Jamarlo Phillips, Miles Montgomery and Debra Worley
A neighbor called 911 around 9:30 Friday night to report the house fire and that a woman inside the home was trying to stab the children, authorities said.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 5:14 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
A 49-year-old woman who was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after drowning at West Point Lake on June 11 has died, Troup County Sheriff’s Office officials confirmed to CBS46 News.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2022 at 10:44 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Two years after an Atlanta police officer shot and killed Rayshard Brooks, the community continues its fight for justice.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2022 at 8:09 AM EDT
|By Jamarlo Phillips and Miles Montgomery
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said 1-year-old Jaquari Bennett was taken from her home around 11 p.m. Saturday night by 38-year-old Darian Javaris Bennett.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 12:50 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
A massive effort to help officials speed up your airport travels is underway at one of the busiest airports in the United States.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 12:22 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Surveillance footage shows the tense moments when two police cruisers collided into each other during the pursuit of a robbery in progress Tuesday evening.
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