Articles for June 2008

Former Home Depot Employee Took/Paid Kick-Backs He Called “French Fries” & “Milk Shakes”

Posted under Breaking News on June 30th, 2008 by admin 2 Comments

FORMER HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEE
PLEADS GUILTY TO VENDOR KICKBACK SCHEME AND TAX EVASION
Atlanta, GA–ANTHONY M. TESVICH, 42, of Atlanta, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of tax evasion, arising out of a scheme to defraud Home Depot.
United States Attorney David E. Nahmias said, “This defendant has […]

Crack Cocaine, Firearms & Other Federal Charges in Alabama, 24-Man Indictment

Posted under Current News, Melonie's World on June 30th, 2008 by admin 5 Comments

ANNISTON, AL - United States Attorney Alice H. Martin announced today that a four-year undercover investigation conducted in the Anniston/Oxford area has resulted in the unsealing of a twenty-four count indictment, and six related multi-count indictments filed in the United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama.
The twenty-four count indictment charges the following individuals with […]

Criminal Complaint on Child Pornographer Bart Huskey Released Monday

Posted under Breaking News on June 25th, 2008 by admin 5 Comments

June 25, 2008
(Editors Note: Because of the graphic nature of the description of the sexual abuse of the female victim, the initials of the female victim, and other information contained in the Federal Criminal Complaint, released June 23, RomeNewsByWatson.com has decided not to link to the document. Those wishing to view it may do so […]

An Unholy Trinity?

Posted under Whine & Opine on June 25th, 2008 by admin 55 Comments

Last week, Northwest Georgians were shocked to learn that a former Tennis Pro sanctioned by the LaFayette Recreation Department, was arrested in what appears to be an International Child Pornography Ring. James Bartholomew Huskey has admitted to the accusations, and is cooperating with federal and international authorities for producing a now infamous series of movies […]

Fed’s Take Down Child Porn Producer from LaFayette Parks and Rec Tennis and Indict Forsythe County Sheriff’s Deputy and Fulton County Magistrate for Human Trafficking

Posted under Breaking News on June 18th, 2008 by admin 1 Comment

THREE FAMILY MEMBERS INDICTED ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND RELATED CHARGES
Atlanta, GA - MALIKA GARRETT, 42, of Woodstock, Georgia, her husband,
RUSSELL GARRETT, 43, a Forsyth County Deputy Sheriff, also of Woodstock, Georgia, and her father-in-law, D. WILLIAM GARRETT, Jr., 72, a Fulton County Magistrate Judge, of Alpharetta, Georgia, have been indicted by a federal grand jury […]

Rome’s Sexual Assault Center: A Sanctuary for Victims

Posted under Feature Story on June 18th, 2008 by admin 5 Comments

Rome’s Sexual Assault Center
I drive up to the Summerville Park home, and pull in to the driveway, not sure if I am at the right place. There is a large parking pad, instead of a residential driveway, and so I am hopeful as I walk up to the front porch, and knock at the door. […]

Former LaFayette Parks and Rec Tennis Pro, Bart Huskey, Arrested as Producer of International Child Porn

Posted under Breaking News on June 18th, 2008 by admin 6 Comments

(Editors Note: Because of Bart Huskey’s position through the LaFayette Parks and Rec Department, working with children in the LMJC, I am posting comments below this Federal Press Release, from a prominent individual whose daughter was a student of Huskey’s. If you know of anyone who may be a potential victim of Huskey’s, please you […]

Multi-jurisdictional Cooperation Brings Down Major Mexican ICE Import Operation

Posted under Current News on June 17th, 2008 by admin 6 Comments

“The recent arrest of Gary ‘Sleepy’ Coker, in the Jamestown, Alabama area, just over the Chattooga County line, should have a very significant county wide impact on stemming the flow of Methamphetamine in the form of Mexican “ICE” into Chattooga County. Obviously, for this reason, the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force was pleased […]

Bart Huskey of LaFayette, Georgia Arrested in International Child Porn Case

Posted under Breaking News on June 17th, 2008 by admin 14 Comments

NORTHWEST GEORGIA MAN ALLEGED TO HAVE PRODUCED AN INTERNATIONALLY-KNOWN SERIES OF
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IMAGES ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES
James Bartholomew “Bart” Huskey Makes Initial Court Appearance in Atlanta Late Today

Atlanta, GA -JAMES BARTHOLOMEW “BART” HUSKEY, 38, of LaFayette, Georgia, has been arrested by federal, state and local law enforcement authorities on a federal criminal complaint charging him […]

Former State Rep Just Will Not Learn

Posted under Current News on June 17th, 2008 by admin 0 comments

FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON SAILOR JR. PLEADS GUILTY TO ADDITIONAL FEDERAL CHARGES
Sailor Secretly Stole From His Church While Cooperating With FBI
Atlanta, GA - WALTER RONNIE (”RON”) SAILOR, JR., 33, of Norcross, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to a superseding information charging him with wire fraud in connection with a fraudulently obtained loan, as […]