ATLANTA -- An Atlanta Police officer was arrested and suspended without pay for helping a wanted man escape a fugitive squad.

Officer Tommy Williams, 24, was taken into custody May 21 and charged with obstruction, violation of oath and hindering the apprehension of a criminal. He was released from jail on bond the following day; his next court appearance is scheduled for June 5 at 9:30 a.m.

According to a police report, Williams was part of a fugitive unit dispatched to a house in the 500 block of James P. Brawley Drive on May 14. The officers were at the house to arrest Jabri Mathis on murder charges.

ATLANTA -- School may be out, but the fight to keep an ousted Atlanta Public School principal on the job has shifted into high gear.

Frederick Douglass High School has had seven years principals in 9 years.

Dr. Tony Burks, who started last summer, received notice in early May that he would not be returning to the school.

The system released the following statement:

ATLANTA -- A driver died after crashing a vehicle in Fulton County Monday morning.

The accident happened at around 4:15 a.m. in the 4000 block of Wendell Drive, just south of Charlie Brown Field.

Fulton County Police Det. Melissa Parker said the 26-year-old driver was the only person inside the car, a Pontiac Grand Prix. The driver lost control of the vehicle near Wendell Court and hit a tree.

Responding crews found the driver entrapped and unresponsive in the car, which had caught fire. The victim was freed and taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. Parker said the driver was later pronounced dead at Grady. The person's identity has not been released.

The crash also caused a water pipe or water main to break, according to Parker.