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Pro-Trump lawyer says subpoenaed by Georgia grand jury investigating 2020 election

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative attorney L. Lin Wood said he had been subpoenaed to appear before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating former U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the…

August 29, 2022

The NJEA Went Down to Georgia to Find Extremist Parent Because There Were None in New Jersey

TRENTON, NJ – We all know how the old song goes. The devil went down to Georgia, looking for a soul to steal. “He was in a bind ’cause he was way…

August 27, 2022

Georgia prosecutor seeks testimony from ex-Trump aides in election probe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia prosecutor investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election is seeking to compel testimony from his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and…

August 25, 2022

14-Count Indictment Unsealed Charging 12 Defendants in Alleged Armed Drug Trafficking Operation Centered in Milledgeville, Georgia

MACON, Ga. –Ten Milledgeville, Georgia, and two Atlanta residents are facing federal drug and firearms charges alleging their participation in the armed distribution of large quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl and other controlled substances.…

August 23, 2022

Georgia Man Arrested for Franklin Township Attempted Hotel Murder, Kidnapping

FRANKLIN TWP., N.J. – A Georgia man held a woman against her will inside a Franklin Township hotel and shot her twice early Sunday morning. According to Somerset County Prosecutor John P.…

August 22, 2022

Senator Graham wins temporary reprieve from testifying in Trump Georgia probe

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An appeals court put on hold U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s scheduled testimony for Tuesday before a grand jury in Georgia probing efforts by Donald Trump to…

August 22, 2022

Georgia jury awards $1.7 billion in Ford truck crash case- AP

(Reuters) – A jury in Gerogia has returned a $1.7 billion verdict against Ford Motor Co involving a pickup truck crash that claimed the lives of a couple, the AP reported on…

August 21, 2022

Giuliani testifies in Georgia criminal probe into 2020 U.S. election

By Maria Alejandra Cardona ATLANTA (Reuters) -Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s onetime personal lawyer, testified before a special grand jury in Atlanta on Wednesday in a Georgia criminal probe examining attempts by the…

August 17, 2022

Former Trump attorney Giuliani target of criminal probe in Georgia -New York Times

WASHINGTON – Attorneys for Rudy Giuliani, a former lawyer to Donald Trump, have been told he is a target of a criminal investigation in Georgia into election interference, the New York Times…

August 16, 2022

Sumter Woman and Georgia Man Indicted for Firearms Crimes

FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA — A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Daeja Bryana Hodge, 25, of Sumter, and Kelsey Antonio McCallum, 29, of Gainesville, Ga., for one count of conspiracy, three…

August 15, 2022

Giuliani a target of Georgia’s criminal probe into 2020 U.S. election

By Joseph Ax and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer who helped lead challenges to the 2020 election results, said on Monday that he is a target…

August 15, 2022

Georgia nurse practitioner sentenced to prison, ordered to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution in complex telemedicine fraud scheme

AUGUSTA, GA: A Rockdale County, Ga., nurse practitioner has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution for her role in a massive telemedicine fraud…

August 9, 2022

22 Defendants Charged in 22-Count Indictment Alleging Middle Georgia Drug Trafficking Ring

ALBANY, Ga. – 22 individuals are facing federal charges resulting from an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation into an alleged armed drug trafficking organization distributing methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl and other…

August 9, 2022

Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting the distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Brian…

August 8, 2022

How Ahmaud Arbery’s death changed a coastal Georgia community

By Rich McKay BRUNSWICK, Ga. – Carla Arbery has a T-shirt summing up what’s changed in her coastal Georgia community since the murder of nephew Ahmaud Arbery by three white men in…

August 8, 2022

Co-Defendants Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charges Related to 10-Kilo Meth Bust in Lee County, Georgia

ALBANY, Ga. – Three individuals involved in an illegal drug ring responsible for distributing approximately ten kilograms of methamphetamine in Southwest Georgia entered guilty pleas in federal court today. Matthew Bridges, 29,…

August 5, 2022

Georgia Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Trafficking Methamphetamine into Smyth County

ABINGDON, Va.– A Georgia man, who was convicted in February 2022 for conspiring to traffic methamphetamine from Georgia into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Jerada “Rod” Henderson,…

August 5, 2022

Georgia anti-abortion law allows tax deductions for fetuses

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) -Pregnant women in the U.S. state of Georgia will be able to deduct their fetuses as dependents on their taxes under a 2019 anti-abortion law that a judge…

August 2, 2022

Georgia Man is Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicaid Programs in Three States

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Georgia man was sentenced to prison for participating in a scheme that defrauded the Medicaid programs in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia of more than $5 million,…

July 28, 2022

Georgia Man Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for his Role in Oxycodone Prescription Scheme

Montgomery, Alabama – On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, Maurice Daughtry, 38, of Marietta, Georgia, was sentenced to 130 months in prison for his role as one of the organizers of a…

July 27, 2022

Georgia Man Is Sentenced To Prison For Defrauding Medicaid Programs In Three States

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Georgia man was sentenced to prison for participating in a scheme that defrauded the Medicaid programs in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia of more than $5 million,…

July 27, 2022

Judge blocks prosecutor from probing Georgia lawmaker in Trump election probe

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON – A judge in Georgia on Monday granted a Republican state lawmaker’s request to disqualify the district attorney from probing the lawmaker directly in an investigation into efforts…

July 26, 2022

Jacksonville pharmacist, pharmacy owner sentenced for illegally filling drug prescriptions issued by south Georgia ‘pill mill’ doctor

BRUNSWICK, GA: A pharmacist and a pharmacy owner have been sentenced to close out the prosecution of a white-coat operation that illegally distributed more than half a million opioid pills and other…

July 22, 2022

Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office Uses Long Arm of the Law to Capture Scammer in Georgia

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, GA (PRESS RELEASE) — Sheriff Kevin Kraus announces the apprehension of Richard Wayne Long, 48, of Ellenwood, Georgia. Recently, the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office has experienced a significant uptick in…

July 21, 2022

Judge allows subpoenas against Georgia Republicans in Trump fake elector probe

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON – A judge on Thursday refused to quash subpoenas for 11 fake electors identified as targets in a probe in Georgia in alleged attempts by former U.S. President…

July 21, 2022

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