Pamalicious
02-03-2009, 12:17 PM
DJ Porsche Foxx sought in Union City fire
Officials: Radio personality was at scene before blaze destroyed home
By MIKE MORRIS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Fulton County fire investigators Tuesday were looking for radio personality Porsche Foxx and a man in connection with an an early-morning fire that destroyed a Union City town home.
“These are not suspects, they’re just people we would like to speak with,” said Keith Padgett, chief fire marshal for the Fulton County Fire Department.
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A second woman was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment of a second-degree arm burn following the 2:30 a.m. blaze at the Mallory Park complex on Bagby Court off Flat Shoals Road, said Padgett.
Padgett termed the fire “suspicious,” though the cause remained undetermined.
Through interviews with the injured woman and neighbors, investigators “learned that two people were there at the scene that left the scene, that we need to talk with,” he said.
One, Tony Matthews, lived in the town home with the injured woman. The other, Foxx, was visiting when the fire broke out, according to Padgett.
Foxx, whose real name is Stephanie Calhoun, was a popular afternoon DJ at V-103 until the station fired her after a 2004 DUI arrest. She pleaded guilty in 2005 and was re-hired by V-103 in 2007. She was fired by the station again last November.
Three years ago, Foxx’s home in the upscale Regency neighborhood off Campbellton Road in south Fulton was destroyed by a fire that investigators determined may have been caused by an unattended candle.
Padgett asked that anyone with information on the whereabouts of Matthews or Foxx call his office at 404-612-8907.
Officials: Radio personality was at scene before blaze destroyed home
By MIKE MORRIS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Fulton County fire investigators Tuesday were looking for radio personality Porsche Foxx and a man in connection with an an early-morning fire that destroyed a Union City town home.
“These are not suspects, they’re just people we would like to speak with,” said Keith Padgett, chief fire marshal for the Fulton County Fire Department.
• Photos
A second woman was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment of a second-degree arm burn following the 2:30 a.m. blaze at the Mallory Park complex on Bagby Court off Flat Shoals Road, said Padgett.
Padgett termed the fire “suspicious,” though the cause remained undetermined.
Through interviews with the injured woman and neighbors, investigators “learned that two people were there at the scene that left the scene, that we need to talk with,” he said.
One, Tony Matthews, lived in the town home with the injured woman. The other, Foxx, was visiting when the fire broke out, according to Padgett.
Foxx, whose real name is Stephanie Calhoun, was a popular afternoon DJ at V-103 until the station fired her after a 2004 DUI arrest. She pleaded guilty in 2005 and was re-hired by V-103 in 2007. She was fired by the station again last November.
Three years ago, Foxx’s home in the upscale Regency neighborhood off Campbellton Road in south Fulton was destroyed by a fire that investigators determined may have been caused by an unattended candle.
Padgett asked that anyone with information on the whereabouts of Matthews or Foxx call his office at 404-612-8907.