Georgia woman charged with kidnapping after hijacking news van with reporter inside

April 14, 2020
A woman was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, and charged with kidnapping after police said she hijacked a news van on April 14, 2020, with a reporter inside.Atlanta police spokesperson Officer Anthony Grant told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that at approximately 5:30 a.m. police were called to the scene of a crashed Toyota involving a pregnant woman, later identified as 38-year-old Seniqua Lunsford.A CBS46 news crew was nearby to cover the crash, the outlet reported, and had just finished a …

Two reporters forced out of restaurant, equipment attacked

May 1, 2019
Two members of an Atlanta, Georgia-based news crew were forced out of a restaurant and had their camera equipment repeatedly attacked while reporting a story on May 1, 2019. CBS46 photographer Dimitri Lotovski and reporter Adam Murphy were in a Denny’s in Lithonia asking employees about the restaurant’s failing inspection score when, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, one employee became aggressive.In raw video footage of the incident posted by CBS46, a Denny’s employee can be heard yelling at the reporters …
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