Victoria Metz  knowingly cashed $79,361.00 in stolen Internal Revenue Service refund checks while she was employed as a teller at Colony Bank in Leesburg.

Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced the sentencing of Victoria Metz, age 26, formerly a resident of Albany, Georgia, on April 25, 2013, by the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, Albany, Georgia.

ATLANTA, GA (WALB)- An Albany Technical College student will represent the face of the Technical College System of Georgia for the next year.

At a banquet Thursday night in Atlanta, Aamir Greene was named the state winner of the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership.

Greene is a decorated, retired Marine who served three tours in Iraq. He started his education in Albany Tech's Telecommunications Engineering Technology program last year.

Greene is President of the school's Student Government Association and part of the Achieving the Dream Core Team.

ALBANY, GA (WALB)- Lawmakers called on President Obama to improve the massive backlog in disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Nearly 900,000 claims are waiting to be processed.

Two veterans have waited years for the VA to come through for them. Millions of men and women have risked their lives to defend our freedom. "I was in the army for three years," said William Crawley.