Articles for
March 2008
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March 31st, 2008 by
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On December 3, 2007, I began Chapter 5 of my Chattooga County Chronicles, entitled, “How to Marginalize Your Opponent in Three Easy steps”. It was a complex story about how the Bobby Lee Cook machine had tried to marginalize and take out local attorney, Ben Ballenger, for his years of attempts at exposing the corruption […]
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March 27th, 2008 by
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Chattooga County Indictments:
Part III - Okalahoma! Where the Wind Come Sweepin’ Down the Plain
Friday, March 28, 2008
The genesis of this latest set of Federal Indictments in Chattooga County, started in Oklahoma, several years ago, and re-kindled old flames for quite a few Law Enforcement folks in the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit. More than fourteen years […]
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March 27th, 2008 by
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Sentencing Deferred One Year to Allow Harris to Perform Unique andExtensive Community Service, After Which He Will Serve Prison Sentence
Atlanta, GA - CLIFFORD J. HARRIS, JR., an entertainer also known as “T.I.,” 27, of College Park, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers, unlawful possession of […]
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March 26th, 2008 by
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Harbin Clinic Holds Open House at New Cedartown Medical Center
Harbin Clinic is pleased to announce an Open House Celebration of the new Harbin Clinic Cedartown Medical Center at 14 Cherokee Road in Cedartown on Sunday, March 30, 2008 from 2-4 pm. The new Center is located on the corner with Highway 27 South, near Cedartown […]
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March 26th, 2008 by
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Defendant Was Sergeant Over Narcotics Team
Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Police Officer WILBERT STALLINGS, 44, of Conyers, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to conspiring to violate civil rights by executing a search of a private residence without benefit of a search warrant. Late this afternoon, STALLINGS was expected to be released on $25,000 […]
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March 25th, 2008 by
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Floyd County Commission Meeting - March 25, 2008
Public Participation:
Serpentfoot appeared to challenge the Commission to move the County Seat to Livingston, Georgia, the historical site of the original Floyd County Courthouse.
She also once again challenged the Commission to take action to protect the historic gravesite of Chief John Ross’ family at Land Lot 244 near […]
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March 24th, 2008 by
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Chattooga County Indictments:
Part III - Okalahoma! Where the Wind Come Sweepin’ Down the Plain
Friday, March 28, 2008
The genesis of this latest set of Federal Indictments in Chattooga County, started in Oklahoma, several years ago, and re-kindled old flames for quite a few Law Enforcement folks in the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit. More than fourteen years […]
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March 22nd, 2008 by
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DAWSONVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR TAX FRAUD
Friday, March 21, 2008
Merickle Skimmed Over A Half-Million Dollars
From His Company Tax-Free
Gainesville, GA - ROBERT MERICKLE, 59, of Dawsonville, Georgia was sentenced today in federal court on a charge of filing a false tax return in 2001, which failed to report substantial amounts of income from a company […]
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March 20th, 2008 by
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Thursday Afternoon, March 20, 2008
Alright, I doubt it is because Judge Murphy is a Basketball fan, but the 1:30 hearing was postpone until 3:00pm. I am back watching the Dawgs.
Georgia came in to the second half with an 9 point lead, but the Number Three Seed showed why they are where they are. They wore […]
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March 18th, 2008 by
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One of our readers sent this link in to us, and asked us to post it on this website. This police chase video from Omaha, Nebraska, lasts for just over nine minutes, ends in a shootout, with the suspect being shot five times. He survives. You must see the end of the video, and then […]
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