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Submitted by Amber Eady, Web Producer
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011, 5:27pm

LANIER COUNTY, GA - News release from Lanier County Sheriff's Office

The Lanier County Sheriff’s Office and South Georgia Drug Task Force got a welcome break in a case which has been under joint investigation for the past few weeks. Investigators from the two agencies had been conducting intelligence gathering operations on an Apple Drive residence in Oakridge Subdivision after receiving multiple complaints of drug sales from the house. 

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Valdosta Family Dollar robbed

Submitted by Amber Eady, Web Producer
Friday, December 16th, 2011, 2:09pm
Valdosta Family Dollar robbed

VALDOSTA, GA – The Valdosta Police Department arrived at the Family Dollar located at 512 E. Central Ave Thursday, December 15 due to an armed robbery.

Here is the full press release from the Valdosta Police Department

Armed Robbery

Family Dollar, 512 East Central Avenue

Victims: #1 Family Dollar

               #2 James Lewis

               #3 Michael Brown

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GA mayor arrested for attempted aggravated child molestation

Submitted by Amber Eady, Web Producer
Friday, October 28th, 2011, 12:30pm
GA mayor arrested for attempted aggravated child molestation

ATLANTA, GA - News release from Atlanta Office of Federal Bureau of Investigation

Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Brian D. Lamkin announces, on behalf of the FBI’s Northwest Georgia Safe Child Task Force, the following arrest at Chatsworth, Georgia:

Cary Rhodes, 57 years of age, of Taylorsville, Georgia (Bartow County), was arrested on Thursday, October 27, 2011, by FBI agents and Task Force Officers after coming to the attention of undercover officers on the internet. 

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Underwear bomber goes on trial

Submitted by Amber Eady, Web Producer
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011, 2:30pm
Underwear bomber goes on trial

Jay Gray, NBC

A Detroit courtroom was packed this morning  as the trial of the so-called "Underwear Bomber" began.

The first day of the trial began with an unexpected twist.

The self-proclaimed Al-Qaeda operative, who is acting as his own defense lawyer, did not deliver an opening statement.

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DeKalb co. schools speech pathologist pleads guilty to medicaid fraud

Submitted by Amber Eady, Web Producer
Friday, October 7th, 2011, 2:00pm

ATLANTA, GA – News release from Georgia Department of Law

Kenneth A. Thisdale, a DeKalb County School System speech pathologist, pled guilty today in DeKalb County Superior Court to one count of Medicaid Fraud (O.C.G.A. § 49-4-146.1(b)) for a false billing scheme.

Thisdale was employed by a company which had entered into contracts to provide speech therapy services to students in DeKalb County Schools.

Many of the students who received therapy services pursuant to the contracts were Medicaid recipients.

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Man arrested for biting off roommate's ear

Submitted by Amber Eady, Web Producer
Monday, September 12th, 2011, 2:59pm
Man arrested for biting off roommate's ear

News release from Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office

On September 10, 2011 LPSO Detectives arrested a man for biting off the upper half of his roommate’s left ear.  The arrest stemmed from an incident that occurred a few nights earlier at their residence on Arnold Road.

Deputies met with the victim at a convenience store on Arnold Road around 10:41 pm on Thursday September 8, 2011, where they gathered information on the whereabouts of the suspected ear biter. 

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GA DFCS employees sentenced to prison for stealing over $500,000 in food stamps

Submitted by Amber Eady, Web Producer
Friday, September 9th, 2011, 11:01am

ATLANTA, GA - News release from the Georgia Department of Law

Former Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) employees Gene Tell of East Point, 36, and Kristy Nicole Williams of Decatur, 28, were sentenced today in federal district court before Judge Thomas Thrash on one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and two counts of Wire Fraud relating to a scheme to defraud the United States Department of Agriculture by issuing fraudulent food stamp electronic benefit transaction ("EBT") cards.

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