Atlanta Police

ATLANTA -- Police investigating Ray Lewis' role in the stabbing deaths of two men continued to search yesterday for other members of the Baltimore Ravens linebacker's entourage and have made inquiries in Maryland. Atlanta police asked team officials to tell them who received Lewis' sidelines passes to Ravens games, an NFL source said. Baltimore County police confirmed yesterday that they had been asked by Atlanta authorities to help locate addresses for people here. Lewis lives in Owings Mills.

Kill Bill actress Vivica A. Fox is brushing off the claim that she's the latest star of a celebrity sex tape. An unscrupulous boyfriend allegedly filmed the unsuspecting Fox, according to Internet reports. Atlanta blogger Sandra Rose contends that the cad captured the intimacy with his cell phone and that he later e-mailed friends the footage of Fox. One of those friends forwarded the e-mail to Fox, who has sought advice from "a friend at the Atlanta Police Department," according to Rose.

ATLANTA -- Authorities accused Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis yesterday of obstructing their investigation into the stabbing deaths of two men and prepared to seek murder indictments today against the player and two of his acquaintances. Police and FBI agents launched a nationwide manhunt for Lewis' two associates, one from Baltimore and the other from Miami. Both are convicted felons. City officials, in their first public comments on the high-profile case that grew out of Super Bowl revelry, accused Lewis -- who has been in custody since Jan. 31, the night of the killings -- of covering for his buddies by lying to detectives and even framing another acquaintance.

ATLANTA -- Police Chief Richard Pennington pleaded for calm in print and in person yesterday as residents protested the death of an 88-year-old woman who was gunned down in a shootout with narcotics officers. "This tragic incident has shaken this community to its core, and the residents deserve honest answers," Pennington wrote in an editorial in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "But I must ask for patience and calm as we get to the bottom of the events of Nov. 21." That evening, according to police accounts, plainclothes officers stormed the house of Kathryn Johnston, whose age was previously reported as 92. They had obtained a warrant that didn't require them to knock, and they were looking for drugs.

ATLANTA -- The women wised up, the police cracked down and the result was a relatively lame Freaknik. Word that Atlanta police were cracking down on the slightest infractions apparently rippled to surrounding campuses, causing attendance to drop and limiting trouble that was widespread in recent years. "There was no action here," Police Chief Beverly Harvard said yesterday as she toured a remarkably calm downtown. "There were hardly any women this year. "Yesterday we drove around and we saw a lot of young men between the ages of 16 and maybe in their middle 20s and they were actually looking for the women.

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was charged with first-degree murder last night in the stabbing deaths of two men outside an Atlanta nightclub in the early morning after a night of Super Bowl parties. In arresting Lewis, Atlanta police said he was suspected of being one of several men who fled the scene of the killings in a limousine. Earlier yesterday, Lewis told The Sun that he had been cleared by Atlanta police to leave the city, and he had been expected to fly to Hawaii this morning for the Pro Bowl game Sunday.

ATLANTA -- Lawyers representing linebacker Ray Lewis on murder charges said yesterday that they have interviewed all of the occupants of the limousine that sped from the scene and that each clears the Ravens player of wrongdoing. Donald F. Samuel, one of the attorneys, would not reveal their names. But he said they confirm Lewis' story that he acted as a peacemaker and did not know that anyone had been stabbed until hours after the Jan. 31 incident. Those statements contradict the account that the driver of Lewis' rented limo gave to Atlanta homicide detectives.

Kill Bill actress Vivica A. Fox is brushing off the claim that she's the latest star of a celebrity sex tape. An unscrupulous boyfriend allegedly filmed the unsuspecting Fox, according to Internet reports. Atlanta blogger Sandra Rose contends that the cad captured the intimacy with his cell phone and that he later e-mailed friends the footage of Fox. One of those friends forwarded the e-mail to Fox, who has sought advice from "a friend at the Atlanta Police Department," according to Rose.

ATLANTA -- A Baltimore man who has been charged with Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis in the stabbing deaths of two men was reportedly in Atlanta last night preparing to surrender to police. A lawyer in Maryland who has been advising Reginald Oakley, 31, said he was told that the fugitive has been consulting with an Atlanta lawyer after arriving in town Friday evening. But as of last night, Oakley had not come forward, and police said they had made no provisions for a surrender. Authorities continued their nationwide search yesterday for Oakley and a third suspect, Joseph L. Sweeting, 34, of Miami.

Atlanta police questioned Ravens middle linebacker Ray Lewis about a double murder in the city yesterday morning at which his leased limousine was seen. After a night of Super Bowl parties, two men were stabbed to death in Atlanta's Buckhead entertainment district after an altercation, Atlanta police said, and several of the participants left the scene in a black Lincoln 220 Navigator limousine leased by Lewis as several shots were fired from inside the vehicle. Officers and detectives involved in the investigation said Lewis was in the limousine as it fled the site, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said in today's editions.

OVERZEALOUS prosecutors created an embarrassing fiasco in what Baltimoreans call the Ray Lewis murder case, and Atlantans call the Buckhead stabbings. Remember the comments of the football star's lawyer the day Mr. Lewis was indicted? Attorney Ed Garland called it "a completely inadequate, careless and sloppy indictment" in which prosecutors had "indicted before investigating." Time proved him right. Mr. Lewis copped a misdemeanor plea for lying to police and a jury cleared two other defendants in the killings in the Buckhead entertainment district.

ATLANTA -- A Baltimore man who has been charged with Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis in the stabbing deaths of two men was reportedly in Atlanta last night preparing to surrender to police. A lawyer in Maryland who has been advising Reginald Oakley, 31, said he was told that the fugitive has been consulting with an Atlanta lawyer after arriving in town Friday evening. But as of last night, Oakley had not come forward, and police said they had made no provisions for a surrender. Authorities continued their nationwide search yesterday for Oakley and a third suspect, Joseph L. Sweeting, 34, of Miami.

ATLANTA -- Authorities accused Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis yesterday of obstructing their investigation into the stabbing deaths of two men and prepared to seek murder indictments today against the player and two of his acquaintances. Police and FBI agents launched a nationwide manhunt for Lewis' two associates, one from Baltimore and the other from Miami. Both are convicted felons. City officials, in their first public comments on the high-profile case that grew out of Super Bowl revelry, accused Lewis -- who has been in custody since Jan. 31, the night of the killings -- of covering for his buddies by lying to detectives and even framing another acquaintance.

ATLANTA -- The driver of a limousine that carried Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis to posh Super Bowl parties has identified two of the player's friends as being involved in a fight that ended with two men fatally stabbed, a source familiar with the case said yesterday. After the scuffle outside an upscale nightclub, Lewis said, "Let's get out of here," and his driver, Duane Fassett, drove away with the football star and others, according to the source. Fassett saw the fight and helped Atlanta police identify two of the combatants, but did not see the stabbings, the source said.

ATLANTA -- Lawyers representing linebacker Ray Lewis on murder charges said yesterday that they have interviewed all of the occupants of the limousine that sped from the scene and that each clears the Ravens player of wrongdoing. Donald F. Samuel, one of the attorneys, would not reveal their names. But he said they confirm Lewis' story that he acted as a peacemaker and did not know that anyone had been stabbed until hours after the Jan. 31 incident. Those statements contradict the account that the driver of Lewis' rented limo gave to Atlanta homicide detectives.

ATLANTA -- Police investigating Ray Lewis' role in the stabbing deaths of two men continued to search yesterday for other members of the Baltimore Ravens linebacker's entourage and have made inquiries in Maryland. Atlanta police asked team officials to tell them who received Lewis' sidelines passes to Ravens games, an NFL source said. Baltimore County police confirmed yesterday that they had been asked by Atlanta authorities to help locate addresses for people here. Lewis lives in Owings Mills.

ATLANTA -- The driver of a limousine that carried Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis to posh Super Bowl parties has identified two of the player's friends as being involved in a fight that ended with two men fatally stabbed, a source familiar with the case said yesterday. After the scuffle outside an upscale nightclub, Lewis said, "Let's get out of here," and his driver, Duane Fassett, drove away with the football star and others, according to the source. Fassett saw the fight and helped Atlanta police identify two of the combatants, but did not see the stabbings, the source said.

ATLANTA -- Armed with composite sketches of possible suspects, federal investigators continued the search for the Olympic bomber yesterday, as officials announced plans to reopen Centennial Olympic Park, site of the blast that rocked the world's biggest sporting event.Fresh Georgia National Guard troops also prepared to pour into the city, while the Centennial Summer Games tried to regain a sense of security in the wake of Saturday morning's explosion that left two dead and injured 111.Hundreds of thousands of spectators also attended the Games, enduring long waits at security barricades before enjoying events as diverse as the women's marathon and table tennis.

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was charged with first-degree murder last night in the stabbing deaths of two men outside an Atlanta nightclub in the early morning after a night of Super Bowl parties. In arresting Lewis, Atlanta police said he was suspected of being one of several men who fled the scene of the killings in a limousine. Earlier yesterday, Lewis told The Sun that he had been cleared by Atlanta police to leave the city, and he had been expected to fly to Hawaii this morning for the Pro Bowl game Sunday.

Atlanta police questioned Ravens middle linebacker Ray Lewis about a double murder in the city yesterday morning at which his leased limousine was seen. After a night of Super Bowl parties, two men were stabbed to death in Atlanta's Buckhead entertainment district after an altercation, Atlanta police said, and several of the participants left the scene in a black Lincoln 220 Navigator limousine leased by Lewis as several shots were fired from inside the vehicle. Officers and detectives involved in the investigation said Lewis was in the limousine as it fled the site, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said in today's editions.