Articles for April 2009

Carlton Vines Takes Plea Deal - Hearing Set for Friday Morning, May 1, 2009

Posted under Breaking News on April 30th, 2009 by admin 7 Comments

April 30, 2009
Indicted former Chattooga County State Court Judge Carlton Vines has reached a Plea Agreement with the PAC Special Prosecutors Joe Burford and Gary Bergman.  A hearing will be held at the Chattooga County Courthouse at 9:00 am Friday morning, May 1, 2009.
Vines was indicted several times on charges stemming from the November 2006 […]

US AG Eric Holder to Speak at ABA Law Day Awards Ceremony in Atlanta

Posted under Breaking News on April 30th, 2009 by admin 0 comments

April 30, 2009
US Attorney General Eric Holder will be the Keynote Speaker at the John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Awards luncheon, to
be held during the annual American Bar Association at the in the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, on Friday, May 1, 2009.
The recipients of the Wisdom Awards have made outstanding contributions to the equality […]

The Princess Chronicles

Posted under Feature Story on April 30th, 2009 by admin 57 Comments

April 30, 2009
Much speculation is swirling about Northwest Georgia environs, regarding the Special Proceedings ordered by the Georgia Supreme Court, relative to Chattooga County Superior Court Judge Kristina Cook Connelly, daughter of Summerville, Georgia attorney, Bobby Lee Cook.
Below, we have printed out the Judicial Qualifications Rules, under the Supreme Court of Georgia, which apply to […]

Major National Drug Take Down Compliments of Atlanta’s David G. Wilhelm OCDETF Strike Force

Posted under Breaking News on April 29th, 2009 by admin 0 comments

NUMEROUS ARREST & SEARCH WARRANTS EXECUTED SIMULTANEOUSLY TODAY IN ATLANTA AREA AND MCALLEN, TEXAS IN TAKEDOWN OF MAJOR DRUG ORGANIZATION
April 29, 2009
Weapons, Drugs, Money Seized in “Operation Grand Finale”
Atlanta, GA–Federal, state and local agents have completed initial searches and arrests in a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency investigation coordinated through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) […]

Feds Get Tough on Public Corruption, Immigration and Charitable Organization Fraud

Posted under Breaking News on April 23rd, 2009 by admin 8 Comments

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY OPERATOR CONVICTED
ON CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT IMMIGRATION CRIMES
April 23, 2009
Liang Yang Conspired to Give Illegal Workers Jobs in Restaurants
Atlanta, GA - A jury in federal district court has returned a guilty verdict against LIANG YANG, 37, of Duluth, Georgia on charges of conspiring to transport, harbor and induce illegal aliens to remain in the […]

Feds in Northern District of Georgia Continue to Prosecute Major Ponzi Cons

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

Over 125 Victims Nationwide Were Defrauded By Copeland’s Ponzi Scheme
April 20, 2009
Atlanta, GA - ROBERT P. COPELAND, 48, of Marietta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to committing a five-year long investment scam that defrauded more than 125 victims of more than $28 million.
United States Attorney David E. Nahmias said, “This is yet […]

RomeNewsByWatson.com Experiencing Technical Difficulties

Posted under Breaking News on April 17th, 2009 by admin 30 Comments

April 17, 2009 

ON Thursday evening, RomeNewsByWatson.com began experiencing numerous technical difficulties, and could not even post for awhile.  We currently have techs  working on the issues, and apologize for the skewed column alignment.
 
We are attempting to determine if this is the result of intentional sabotage, as sources tell us that Judge Kristina Cook Connelly was […]

Sex Trafficking Duo Indicted, Appear in Court

Posted under Breaking News on April 16th, 2009 by admin 0 comments

PAIR INDICTED, APPEAR IN COURT FOR SEX TRAFFICKING OF A MINOR
April 16, 2009
Defendants Told Girl To Say She Was 19 While Engaged in Prostitution
Atlanta, GA - LAWRENCE EDWARD PRUITT, a/k/a “Paulo,” 26, of Central Islip, New York, and MARVIS NICHOLE HARRIS, a/k/a “Brianna,” 26, of Columbia, South Carolina, have been indicted by a federal grand […]

Read Lumsden & Smith Speeches Delivered to Crowd at Rome’s First Tax Day Tea Party

Posted under Feature Story on April 15th, 2009 by admin 2 Comments

April 18, 2009
As I told my readers in my April 15, 2009 report, while all the speeches given at the Rome Tax Day Tea Party were good, the speeches of Floyd County Commissioner Eddie Lumsden and Georgia State Senator Preston Smith were my favorites. Both have allowed RomeNewsByWatson.com to post his speech, below, which we […]

Obama’s Homeland Security Report Identifies End-time Prophecy Christians, Returning Gulf War Veterans and Illegal Immigration Activists as “Right Wing Radicals” Capable of Terrorism

Posted under Breaking News on April 14th, 2009 by admin 3 Comments

April 15, 2009 UPDATERomeNewsByWatson.com has learned this evening that the US DHS Report which came out last week, was originally commissioned by President Bush last fall, at the same time when a report to look at left wing extremism, the report of which was issued on January 2, 2009, while he was still in office, […]