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: Jul. 26, 2023 at 12:21 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Debra Worley
An officer was called to remove a boy asking neighbors if he could do yard work to earn money. Officers gave him a special surprise instead.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2023 at 1:15 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Jordan Gartner
Police say a man died after he tried to stop his car from rolling backward.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2023 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press, Rachel Aragon and Miles Montgomery
Atlanta Braves executives say business will continue as usual under a new ownership structure following a spinoff from Liberty Media. Perhaps most notable is fans will be able to purchase stock in the newly created Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc., and become owners of the team.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2023 at 2:10 PM EDT
|By Alexandra Parker, Miles Montgomery and Andrew McMunn
The beaver reportedly bit the girl Saturday and was killed by the girl’s father after.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2023 at 9:25 AM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery, Asia Wilson and Gray News staff
“Incendiary devices” were found after an early morning fire inside the parking deck of an old Atlanta Police Training Academy Saturday morning, the Atlanta Fire and Rescue Department said.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2023 at 7:56 AM EDT
|By Brittany Ford, Miles Montgomery and Amanda Alvarado
The president of the county NAACP said the post shows negligence by the department.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2023 at 11:36 AM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Amanda Alvarado
The shooting happened outside of the lounge.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2023 at 5:26 AM EDT
|By Mariya Murrow, Jennifer Lifsey, Miles Montgomery and Gray News staff
Police say more than one gun was fired and more than one vehicle was involved in the incident.
Updated: May. 29, 2023 at 12:11 AM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Gray News staff
The shooting happened at an overnight "unauthorized gathering" outside the high school, the school district said.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 7:58 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
The University of Georgia football team has declined an invitation from the White House to celebrate the team winning consecutive NCAA championships, UGA Athletic Association officials told Atlanta News First.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 8:21 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and Jordan Gartner
An investigation is underway after a recruit died at a Marine Corps training center.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2023 at 7:31 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery, Jamarlo Phillips and Jordan Gartner
A university is mourning the loss of one of its soccer players.
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. 20, 2023 at 9:29 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
A 33-year-old man who was arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of Atlanta rapper Takeoff is set to face a judge in a court in May, officials told Atlanta News First.
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. 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. 22, 2023 at 12:42 PM EST
|By Miles Montgomery
While business owners in downtown Atlanta continue cleaning up the damage left after a weekend protest turned violent and destructive, the six people who were arrested appeared in court to face a Fulton County judge on Monday.
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: 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. 4, 2022 at 2:05 PM EDT
|By Joyce Lupiani, Don Shipman and Miles Montgomery
According to police, investigators discovered the car Thomas was driving Saturday afternoon in Atlanta but they are still actively searching for him.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2022 at 10:34 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
A candle-lit vigil is scheduled on Sunday for an Atlanta boy who was recently found dead in a suitcase.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 12:27 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
An investigation is underway after a University of Georgia student was arrested for making “terroristic threats,” University of Georgia Chief of Police P. Daniel Silk confirmed.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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: 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 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. 29, 2022 at 12:47 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery and The Associated Press
Legendary music sensation Beyonce has released her highly anticipated album titled, ‘Renaissance’ on Friday, sending fans worldwide into a frenzy.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 1:51 PM EDT
|By Miles Montgomery
An extensive study by WalletHub on resignation rates around the United States has uncovered that Georgia has the fifth highest job resignation rates in the United States during the past 12 months.
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.