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: Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:05 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Chelsea Beimfohr
Someone in the Georgia neighborhood claimed it was not the first time she had seen the large animals out.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 12:30 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
A new report found that families spend nearly 20 % of their income on childcare.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 7:25 AM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
An investigation is underway after police officials in Louisiana confirmed that a Georgia native was reported missing.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2023 at 2:57 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
Several new rules that have been proposed or changed ahead of the 2023 MLB season are now in the spotlight as spring training approaches.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2023 at 8:41 AM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
Officials have identified a 28-year-old woman who died in a wrong-way crash on I-20 East in the metro Atlanta area on Saturday morning.
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. 28, 2023 at 2:54 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
An investigation is underway after a plane that took off from the Tom B. David Airport in Calhoun crashed on Saturday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 4:46 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
Police are investigating after a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed in southwest Atlanta late Saturday evening.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 4:45 AM EST
|By Alexandra Parker, Miles Montgomery and Atlanta News First staff
FAA officials confirmed to Atlanta News First that the pilot of a single-engine Piper PA-28 plane made an emergency landing on I-985 at Woodward Mill Road on Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 8:29 AM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
Athens-Clarke County officials identified a UGA player and staff member among the two people killed and a UGA player among the two people injured in a crash early Sunday morning in Athens-Clarke County.
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. 18, 2022 at 5:54 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has addressed the recent uptick in gun violence that has plagued the metro Atlanta area. On Saturday, four people were killed in shootings in southwest Atlanta, including two teens killed and three who were injured in one shooting.
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: Sep. 17, 2022 at 5:16 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
An investigation is underway after police officials say a 2-year-old accidentally shot another child at an apartment complex in LaGrange on Saturday afternoon.
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. 19, 2022 at 1:42 PM EDT
|By Jennifer Lifsey, Joyce Lupiani and Miles Montgomery
According to the newly-released arrest report, 31-year-old Braves outfielder and designated hitter Marcell Ozuna was pulled over at approximately 3:30 a.m. Aug. 19 after he was observed speeding.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:19 AM EDT
|By The Associated Press and Miles Montgomery
The Atlanta Braves have signed rookie outfielder Michael Harris II to a $72 million, eight-year contract to remain with his hometown team.
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 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. 8, 2022 at 5:42 AM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Jasmina Alston
The three men responsible for murdering Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in a residential community in Georgia in February 2020, is set to be sentenced Monday morning for their federal hate crime convictions.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Detectives tell CBS46 News that they executed a search warrant at 813 St. Regis Way in Oxford after they received a tip about an individual who “may have been downloading child sexual abuse material.”
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. 30, 2022 at 9:59 PM EDT
|By ORhonde Chapman and Miles Montgomery
Kandi Cares collaborated with Goodr, Nouveaux, and Garner Trial Attorneys to give back to Atlanta area families in need.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 12:59 PM EDT
|By Jamarlo Phillips, Miles Montgomery and Zac Summers
Police said on July 30, just before 12:30 a.m., officers responded to Tanner Medical Center after a teen they identified as 18-year-old Anna Jones showed up with a gunshot wound.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2022 at 6:06 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
The Family Dollar company has announced it is voluntarily recalling more than 400 products from store shelves.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2022 at 6:37 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
Hundreds joined the 2nd annual John Lewis Memorial Freedom Ride in Atlanta Saturday, honoring the late congressman John Lewis who passed away in July 2020.
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. 24, 2022 at 5:54 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Emily Gagnon
The beloved fan-favorite Freddie Freeman spent 12 seasons as a first baseman for the Atlanta Braves, so playing at Truist Park is not new to him. But, this will be the first time he plays on this field as an opponent.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 1:08 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
The defending 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves are set to host the Minority Baseball Prospects HBCU All-Star game at Truist Park next week, officials say.
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