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Articles for March 2009

“We’re gonna chase foxes. We’re not gonna chase rabbits”.

Posted under Feature Story, Breaking News on March 30th, 2009 by admin 51 Comments

April2, 2009 - Jury is Deadlocked. New Trial Should Begin in May.While deliberating only about four total hours today, the jury notified Judge Nelson, twice, that they were hopelessly deadlocked. IT was not an unexpected outcome, as the prosecution knew going in that the jury pool had been rigged and front-end loaded with Bobby Lee […]

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Karen Handel Files Paperwork to Form Committee to Seek Governor Office in 2010

Posted under Breaking News on March 27th, 2009 by admin 1 Comment

March 27, 2009
Karen Handel today officially filed the necessary paperwork to form a campaign committee to seek the office of Governor of Georgia in 2010.
Handel said, “After prayerful consideration and with the support of my husband Steve, I have decided to run for Governor. I am humbled by the level of support I am receiving […]

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Clifford Harris, (“T.I.”) Sentenced to 1 Year and 1 Day

Posted under Breaking News on March 27th, 2009 by admin 0 comments

March 27, 2009
Results of Defendant’s Extensive and Unique Community Service Program
Also Presented at Sentencing Hearing
Atlanta, GA - CLIFFORD J. HARRIS, JR., a/k/a “T.I.,” 27, of College Park, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. on charges of unlawfully possessing machine guns and silencers and possession of firearms by […]

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Barton Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud - One Victim Was Alzheimer’s Patient

Posted under Breaking News on March 25th, 2009 by admin 0 comments

March 25, 2009
Atlanta, GA - FREDERICK BARTON, 48, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to committing wire fraud.
“Among other frauds, this securities professional defrauded a 90-year old client suffering from Alzheimer’s disease of nearly her entire life savings,” said United States Attorney David E. Nahmias. “We hope that today’s guilty plea […]

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Guilty Plea in 60 Million Dollar Gainesville PONZI Scheme

Posted under Breaking News on March 24th, 2009 by admin 0 comments

GAINESVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY
TO DEFRAUDING INVESTORS OUT OF MORE THAN $60 MILLION
March 23, 2009
Gainesville, GA - WENDELL RAY SPELL, 50, of Gainesville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to charges arising out of a scheme to defraud investors out of more than $60 million.
United States Attorney David E. Nahmias said of the case, […]

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Kidnappers Plead Guilty, Late Friday Evening

Posted under Breaking News on March 21st, 2009 by admin 0 comments

Late, Friday March 20, 2009
Drug Dealer Was Chained in Gwinnett Basement For a Week
As Captors Demanded $300,000 Drug Debt
Atlanta, GA - VICTOR ABILES GOMEZ, 20, OMAR MENDOZA-VILLEGAS, 19, and GERARDO SOLORIO REYES, a/k/a “Gera,” 23, all illegal immigrants from Mexico, pleaded guilty late yesterday to federal hostage-taking and related charges, arizing from the week-long kidnapping […]

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Feds Go After Fulton County Jail Officer For Civil Rights Violations

Posted under Breaking News on March 20th, 2009 by admin 0 comments

FORMER FULTON COUNTY JAIL OFFICER ARRESTED ON
FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGES
March 20, 2009
Former Sheriff’s Department Detention Officer Charged for Offenses
Relating to Jail Inmates in 2007 and 2008; Investigation is Continuing
Atlanta, GA - CURTIS JEROME BROWN, JR., 41, of Lithonia, Georgia, a former Fulton County Sheriff’s Detention Officer who worked at the Fulton […]

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While We Were SLeeping…

Posted under Whine & Opine on March 19th, 2009 by admin 7 Comments

Okay, so we were not really sleeping, but in a prominent Democrat’s attempt to suppress Free Speech and Freedom of the Press, we were temporarily removed from the internet because Summerville Georgia attorney and prominent face of both the Democratic Party in Northwest Georgia, as well as organized crime in Northwest Georgia, Bobby Lee Cook.
His […]

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Atlanta’s 25 Million Dollar Ponzi Schemer Indicted

Posted under Breaking News on March 18th, 2009 by admin 0 comments

March 18, 2009
James G. Ossie’s Scheme Allegedly Defrauded Over 120 Investors In Just 9 Months
Atlanta, GA - JAMES G. OSSIE, 49, of Atlanta, the founder and principal of an Alpharetta, Georgia-based currency trading firm, “CRE Capital, Inc.,” has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 10 counts of wire fraud. OSSIE is scheduled to […]

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Sex Offender Gets Federal Time for Failure to Register

Posted under Breaking News on March 17th, 2009 by admin 0 comments

SEX OFFENDER DOES NOT REGISTER AS A “SEX OFFENDER”
AND IS SENTENCED TO JAIL AND SUPERVISION FOR LIFE
March 17, 2009
Convicted Sex Offender Was Working at a Carnival in DeKalb County
Atlanta, GA - JIMMY JOEL BEASLEY, 49, of Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. on a charge of failing […]

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