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Articles for April 2008

Illegal Importation of Leopard Skin/Skull From South Africa

Posted under Breaking News on April 28th, 2008 by admin 0 comments

ILLEGAL IMPORT OF SKULL & LEOPARD SKIN LEADS TO
$20,000 FINE FOR VIOLATING ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
GA - WAYNE TALIAFERRO, 56, of Alpharetta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States Magistrate Judge Alan J. Baverman on his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of illegally importing a leopard skin and skull from South Africa, a violation of […]

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Connecting the Dots

Posted under Feature Story on April 28th, 2008 by admin 58 Comments

COMING FRIDAY, May 2, 2008 -
William Abbate, the stock broker kidnapped and held for ransom by Bobby Lee Cook, in 1997, sent me a package of documents, which we will be posting along with a more detailed and personal account by Abbate of the circumstance surrounding his capture.
Among the documents we will be posting, are:
1) […]

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Child Predator Traveled to Georgia to Have Sex With 10 Year Old

Posted under Breaking News on April 25th, 2008 by admin 0 comments

TEXAS MAN GUILTY OF TRAVELING GEORGIA
TO HAVE SEX WITH A CHILD
Online Predator is Convicted of a Thirty-Year Offense
Atlanta, GA - After a bench trial in district court, a federal judge today returned a guilty verdict against KELLY FARLEY, 39, of McKinney, Texas on charges of crossing state lines to have sex with a child under […]

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John Johnston Makes His Case

Posted under Current News on April 23rd, 2008 by admin 10 Comments

(Note/Disclosure: Teresa Watson was subpoenaed to testify in the case).
It was an unusual afternoon in the courtroom of Floyd County Superior Court Judge F. Larry Salmon, on Tuesday, April 22, 2008.
John Johnston was present, representing himself in a case filed last year against Steve Rood, the Georgia Department of Veteran Services, and the Georgia Disabled […]

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Defendant’s Scheme “Betrayed the Public’s Trust”

Posted under Breaking News on April 23rd, 2008 by admin 1 Comment

CURRENT & EX -ARMY OFFICIALS & TWO CONTRACTORS INDICTED ON DEFENSE PROCUREMENT FRAUD CHARGES
Atlanta, GA - AARON TERRY, 55, of Wichita Falls, Texas; TIMOTHY THOMAS, 51, of Powder Springs, Georgia; JAMES MCMANN, 43, of Kent, Washington; and ERIC AUYANG, 56, of Mobile, Alabama, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on charges […]

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More, Illegal Alien Fake ID Indictments

Posted under Breaking News on April 23rd, 2008 by admin 2 Comments

EIGHT DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN FAKE I-D DOCUMENT CONSPIRACY
Illegal Immigrants Manufactured & Sold Fake Social Security Cards,
Green Cards & Driver’s Licenses
Atlanta, GA– Eight illegal immigrants have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to unlawfully manufacture and possess fraudulent identification documents, including Social Security cards, permanent resident cards, and driver’s licenses and […]

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Child Porn Sentencing

Posted under Breaking News on April 22nd, 2008 by admin 0 comments

GWINNETT PHARMACIST SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR
COLLECTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Atlanta, GA — WILLIAM CARTER GORMAN, 54, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced today to a term of 10 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography. GORMAN was arrested in July 2007 after accepting a package containing eight child pornography movies that he had ordered through the […]

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Meet Bo Loggins and Meet Bo Wood, LMJC

Posted under Feature Story on April 21st, 2008 by admin 23 Comments

Part III: Bobby Lee Cook, et al’s Cottage Industry Of Bogus Litigation
Well boys and girls. Things are percolating well up in Cookville during the wee small hours, as I write this story. But while Law Enforcement takes care of business, we shall continue to explain exactly why law enforcement ever needed to get involved en […]

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Josh Smith’s Sentencing Hearing

Posted under Whine & Opine on April 20th, 2008 by admin 6 Comments

“How do you put in to words, the impact of losing your only son”?With these words, Randy Agan, father of murder victim Truitt Jerome, (T.J.) Agan, of Floyd County, began his comments to Federal District Court Harold L. Murphy, in the sentencing of one of Agan’s son’s murderers, Josh Smith.
T.J. Agan and Chris Fortenberry were […]

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Then Whip Them All Soundly, and Put Them to Bed

Posted under Feature Story on April 17th, 2008 by admin 36 Comments

Please see this Sunday’s “Whine & Opine” column, (Click at the top of the page), for a look at the first sentencing hearing held for the murders committed by the Mexican Mafia Drug Conspiracy - that of Josh Smith, held this past Friday, April 18, 2008. Included is a link to the copy of the […]

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