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Articles for August 2009

Hometown Prosecutor Doing Floyd County Proud - Sam Parker Guilty!

Posted under Breaking News on August 31st, 2009 by admin 26 Comments

September 3, 2009
In a see-saw nail biter,the jury in the Sam Parker murder case has found him guilty on all counts.Former LaFayette Police Officer Sam Parker will spend the rest of his life in jail for the murder of his wife,Theresa Parker, whose body has still never been found.
Judge Jon Bo Wood sentenced Parker,after dismissing […]

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Secretary of State’s Election Board Refers Carlton Vines and Albert Palmour to Attorney General

Posted under Breaking News on August 27th, 2009 by admin 3 Comments

August 26, 2009
After a marathon meeting, which lasted all morning and went through lunch and into the late afternoon,the State Election Commission, part of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, has referred the Election Fraud-capades of former State Court Carlton Vines, and his co-conspirator, Albert Palmour, to the State Attorney General’s Office.
Vines was prosecuted in […]

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Diligence of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agents at Hartsfield Yields Success

Posted under Breaking News on August 26th, 2009 by admin 1 Comment

August 26, 2009
ATLANTA, GA-ZANADA MOSES, 25, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Richard W. Story to serve over 5 years in federal prison on charges of importing heroin into the United States and possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it.
Acting United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said of the […]

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FORMER FULTON COUNTY JAIL LT. PLEADS GUILTY

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

August 25, 2009
ATLANTA, GA–EARL GLENN, 47,of McDonough, Georgia,a former lieutenant at the Fulton County Jail,pleaded guilty today in federal court in Atlanta to using excessive force against an inmate in his custody and to lying to an FBI agent about the incident.
Acting United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said,“The public deserves to put their trust […]

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Captain Caddie’s Home Burns on Saddle Mountain

Posted under Breaking News on August 22nd, 2009 by admin 0 comments

August 22, 2009
The home of the former head of Mario Armas’ CCE security agency, “Empire Security”, Charles Monroe Ledbetter, aka “Captain Caddie” has burned.
According to breaking news on the Rome News-Tribune, the home of Charles Ledbetter burned in the wee small hours of Saturday morning, at 8 Saddle Mountain Road.
“According to Battalion Chief Rick Stephens, […]

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HOLY COW! (Or, Operation 4 Horsemen)

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

Over 400 Kilograms of Cocaine & $21 Million in Cash
Seized in the Atlanta Area During the Past Year
August 21, 2009
ATLANTA, GA - Cells of two separate major Mexican drug trafficking organizations operating in metro Atlanta have been dismantled through federal indictments and arrests after a two-year investigation dubbed “Operation Four Horsemen.” The investigation was […]

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U.S. Attorney David Nahmias Resigns to be Seated on Georgia Supreme Court

Posted under Breaking News on August 19th, 2009 by admin 1 Comment

August 19, 2009
David E. Nahmias Leaving on August 23 to Become a Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
ATLANTA, GA - David E. Nahmias, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, announced today that he will resign on August 23, 2009, to be appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue as a Justice of […]

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Georgia Website Owner Wins Libel Law Suit Filed by Bobby Lee Cook

Posted under Feature Story on August 18th, 2009 by admin 43 Comments

August 25, 2009 – Part IV: Summerville’s Pravda Rides Again
It has been three weeks, today, since a Chattooga County jury found in favor of myself and my website for the accusation of libel for what someone else said.But the Summerville News could not bring itself to print that fact in its August 6, 2009 edition.In […]

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All In the Family

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

Father and Son Make Their First Court Appearance
August 18, 2009
Gainesville, GA - LONNY GRAVITT, 41, his son, LINDSAY GRAVITT, 22, and JOSEPH TANTURRI, 24, all of Cartersville, Georgia, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges relating to the theft of 40 weapons from a federally licensed firearms dealer in Jasper, Georgia.  LONNY […]

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Apology to Attorney Jack Harris of the McRae, Stegall,Peek, Harman, Smith & Manning Law Firm

Posted under Breaking News on August 3rd, 2009 by admin 67 Comments

August 3, 2009
I will not be writing about this trial until it is over, but for this one caveat.
I have had to apologize a couple of times since I began this website on August 6, 2007, two years ago this Thursday, and today makes the third time.
Once was when I had relied on several witness […]

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