MACON, Ga. – A convicted felon and registered sex offender was sentenced to prison for failing to provide information related to his intended international travel, as required by federal law, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Michael Walker, 45, of Perry, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 20…
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – William Brown, Ronald Williams, and McLane Ricardo Haddocks III have been sentenced for trafficking and conspiring to trafficking fentanyl and heroin. The three were long-time Florida drug dealers, and…
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ALBANY, GEORGIA – An Adel, Georgia, woman is facing up to 20 years in prison for maintaining a drug premises, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District…
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STATESBORO, GEORGIA – Four people have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to operating a methamphetamine distribution ring throughout Bulloch County. The four defendants were indicted in January 2020, and…
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ATLANTA , GEORGIA – Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced today that Georgia has joined a coalition of 16 States that have filed an amicus brief supporting the National Rifle Association’s (NRA)…
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DEKALB COUNTY, GA – A DeKalb County police officer was struck and killed by a passing motorist while helping another police officer who was involved in motor vehicle crash. Police say 22-year…
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ALBANY, Ga. – A convicted felon arrested with an assault rifle and 15 rounds of ammunition in Lanier County was sentenced to eight years in prison for illegally possessing the firearm, said Peter…
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COLUMBUS, Ga. – A member of the Aryan Brotherhood pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen gun as part of an investigation into gang activity in the Columbus community, said Peter D. Leary,…
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MACON, GEORGIA – Two defendants involved in Macon’s “Get Dat Money” methamphetamine drug distribution organization entered guilty pleas in federal court this morning, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the…
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BANGOR, MI – Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson once believed that putting too many people on one side of the island of Guam might cause it to tip, but that’s no reason to…
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LUDOWICI, GA – A couple posing as Mr. and Mrs. Claus at an event last week hosted by the Long County Chamber of Commerce in Ludowici, Georgia tested positive for COVID-19 just…
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DONALSONVILLE, GA – A Donalsonville, Georgia, man has been sentenced to serve 42 months in a federal prison for attacking a female postal worker as she was delivering mail, said Peter D. Leary,…
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MARIETTA, GA – A Marietta pawnshop owner is in trouble after a six-month sting at his shop by police revealed he was working with the local criminal element to help them move…
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ATLANTA , GEORGIA- Santwon Antonio Davis has pleaded guilty to wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud his employer in May 2020 by submitting a fraudulent COVID-19 medical excuse letter. He…
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – Lesbia Lily Gonzalez Moreno and Ailin Michelle Maldonado have been charged with paying bribes to Gerald D. Harris, a former Supervisor in DeKalb County’s Tax Commissioner’s Office, in exchange…
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MACON, GEORGIA – Yesterday, a federal grand jury in Macon, Georgia, returned a 4-count indictment against former supervisory correctional officer Sergeant Patrick Sharpe, 29, and former correctional officer Jamal Scott, 33, of…
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ALBANY, GEORGIA – A multi-agency press conference held today at the Law Enforcement Center in downtown Albany announced a GBI-led arrest operation in the Albany-area last month had led to the capture of…
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SAVANNAH, GA – A Savannah man faces a minimum of 87 years in prison if convicted of a series of armed robberies of convenience stores in which a co-defendant has pled guilty.…
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BRUNSWICK, GA – A Wayne County man has been sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison after a drug arrest in which a deputy was seriously injured. Derrick Morris, a/k/a…
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MARIETTA, GA – A police K-9 helped track down and apprehend a man who shot a woman dead inside the El Ranchero Restaurant in Marietta, Georgia on Sunday as Kennesaw State University…
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SAVANNAH, GA: A series of federal indictments unsealed in the Southern District of Georgia charges more than 60 defendants with felonies targeting interrelated, gang-affiliated transnational drug trafficking conspiracies that provided a…
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Atlanta, GA – On November 30, 2020, Governor Brian P. Kemp signed Executive Order 11.30.20.01 and Executive Order 11.30.20.02, extending Georgia’s Public Health State of Emergency until January 8, 2021, and extending current COVID-19…
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ATLANTA , GA – A federal judge sentenced Kuo Pin (“Kenny”) Cheng for illegally smuggling protected turtles from Asia, including at least two endangered species, in violation of the Convention on International…
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Three owners and operators of an Atlanta pharmacy have been sentenced to federal prison for a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that targeted the Georgia Women, Infants, and Children (“WIC”) program. The defendants…
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