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. 25, 2023 at 11:57 AM EDT
|By Jasmina Alston, Miles Montgomery and Jamarlo Phillips
A deadly fungal infection is spreading at an alarming rate, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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. 13, 2023 at 3:35 PM EDT
|By Bridget Spencer and Miles Montgomery
The HB 147 bill that makes annual active shooter drills mandatory in Georgia classrooms passed on Monday.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 5:28 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
A 450-foot mural honoring former U.S. president and Georgia native Jimmy Carter was placed on Georgia’s Own Credit Union building overlooking Atlanta’s skyline by an Atlanta-based artist, officials say.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 5:50 AM EST
|By Alexandra Parker, Miles Montgomery and Atlanta News First staff
According to the warrant application, Bryant is suspected of rape and murder then dumping Morales’ naked body in the woods.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 9:15 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
The world-renowned Trap Music Museum hosted its annual “Black Currency” event celebrating art, entrepreneurship, entertainment, and Atlanta-based black-owned businesses in honor of Black History Month.
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. 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. 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 11:08 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
Several Georgia Bulldogs fans received a big surprise ahead of the holidays.
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: Dec. 1, 2022 at 7:26 AM EST
|By Jamarlo Phillips and Miles Montgomery
Atlanta Police released video footage from the night of the shooting during a news conference Wednesday.
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 4:18 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
A 31-year-old man faces multiple charges after threatening to “shoot up the place” at Southlake Mall on Friday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2022 at 12:56 PM EDT
|By Mariya Murrow, Miles Montgomery and Sawyer Buccy
The 2022 Atlanta Pride Festival kicks off with thousands in attendance! PeachtreeTV has your LIVE coverage!
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. 4, 2022 at 7:13 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Bridget Spencer
Several families have been displaced as the areas around Chattooga County and Floyd County continue to experience heavy flooding and storms.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2022 at 10:18 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Tori Cooper
The Caring For Others nonprofit team has spent the week collecting water donations to send to our neighbors in Jackson, Mississippi, who were ravaged by severe flooding in the Pearl River last week.
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. 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. 4, 2022 at 4:44 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
According to officials, a federal arrest warrant has been issued by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia for 24-year-old Joshuia Jonathon Luke Brown. Brown was charged by police with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and impeding a federal official.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 10:38 AM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and The Associated Press
The Cleveland Browns traded for former Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson earlier this offseason. He will miss the first six games, including the Atlanta Falcons game scheduled on Oct. 2.
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. 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. 23, 2022 at 6:35 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
The monkeypox outbreak continues to spread. Atlanta-based CDC reports there are 16,836 probable or confirmed cases nationwide, 2,891 cases in the U.S. and 211 in Georgia, an increase since 158 cases were reported on July 21.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2022 at 9:06 PM EDT
|By Lauren Sennet and Miles Montgomery
Two men are in custody after an attempted kidnapping at a Lovejoy Walmart Parking lot, according to police officials.
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: 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: May. 29, 2022 at 8:23 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
A missing 2-year-old boy from Laurens County, Georgia has been found safe and a suspect is in custody after an Amber Alert was issued over the child’s disappearance.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 3:35 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
The Georgia Department of Human Services has asked all clients to update their account information in order to ensure eligible clients keep health coverage when the federal public health emergency concludes (PHE).
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