Articles for
January 2010
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January 31st, 2010 by
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January 31, 2010
Readers may remember the Luke Puckett story from back in fall of 2007. Chattooga County attorney Arch Farrar played a significant role in the real estate deed search gone bad, which resulted, one way or another, in the death of outsider Luke Puckett. In fact, Arch Farrar’s brother-in-law, Rome, Georgia attorney and close […]
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January 31st, 2010 by
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January 31, 2010
It is rainy and cold as we drive up the gravel driveway to the beautiful home of E & S. It is almost dark on this last Friday night of January 2010, and weather forecasters are predicting ice and snow for North Georgia. But this couple is anxious to tell their story, about […]
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January 28th, 2010 by
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FORMER POLK COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF SENTENCED FOR FRAUD
Former Deputy Filed Fraudulent Insurance Claim
January 28, 2010
ROME, GA - KENNETH LANE GRAVETT, 43, of Cedartown, Georgia, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Robert L. Vining, Jr. on charges that he submitted a false and fraudulent insurance claim on a motorcycle.
“While employed as a deputy […]
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January 21st, 2010 by
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Forged Her Supervisor’s Signature To Pay Her Credit Card Bills
January 21, 2009
ROME, GA - CAROLYN LYNN CHERRY, 63, of Chatsworth, Georgia, was arraigned today and released on her own recognizance before United States Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson. CHERRY, the former bookkeeper for a Dalton insurance business, faces federal charges of mail fraud and bank […]
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January 15th, 2010 by
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January 15, 2010
Clerk of Court Samuel L. Cordle confirmed to RomeNewsByWatson.com that Tim Perry, State Court Solicitor, submitted his letter of resignation to Governor Sonny Perdue, yesterday.
According To Mr. Cordle, the reasons Perry mentioned in his letter were so that he could run for judge in July. Mr. Cordle says that he is not sure when […]
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January 14th, 2010 by
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January 14, 2010
ROME, GA - GARY BARNER, 41, of Rome, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert L. Vining, Jr., to federal prison on a charge of embezzlement of labor union funds.
Acting United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said, “This defendant held a position of supervisory power and had a unique access […]
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January 13th, 2010 by
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Gregory Todd Bowden Faces Minimum of Ten Years in Federal Prison
January 13, 2010
ATLANTA, GA - After a three-day trial, a jury found GREGORY TODD BOWDEN, 43, of Byron, Georgia, guilty of attempting to entice a minor to engage in sex.
“Cases in which defendants seek to entice children to engage in sex are always disturbing; it […]
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January 12th, 2010 by
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“OPERATION SHOOTING STAR” RESULTS IN THREE DOZEN PRISON SENTENCES
Ledgers of Drug Co-Conspirators Showed $190 Million in Drug Proceeds in Only 10 Months
January 12, 2010
ATLANTA, GA - After convicting four defendants during two separate trials and accepting guilty pleas from 36 other defendants, United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell has imposed sentence on all but […]
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January 9th, 2010 by
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January 9, 2009
Steven G. House, currently serving as a Federal Protective Services Agent with the Department of Homeland Security, has been indicted on seven counts of violating Constitutional rights of citizens while performing acts as a law enforcement officer which violated his authority.
According to the indictment, House, a former Rome Police Department employee, pulled over […]
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January 7th, 2010 by
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January 7, 2009
Atlanta, GA - ADOLPHUS DIXON, 43, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. to serve life in federal prison on charges of armed commercial robbery, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and attempted bank robbery.
Acting United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates […]
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