VALDOSTA — The Quality of Life Association celebrates black history month with a narrated living timeline showcasing many famous Black history figures of yesterday and today. The fundraising event titled, “All Shades Art Exhibit and…
Atlanta man sentenced to 57 months in prison…
Release: A federal district court in Cincinnati, Ohio, sentenced an Atlanta, Georgia, man to 57 months in prison recently for tax evasion. This sentence included an enhancement for failing to report income from drug trafficking.…
Savannah man sentenced to three decades for sex…
Release: Drug-trafficking pimp sentenced to more than three decades in prison in commercial sex conspiracy Violent convicted felon also possessed machine gun SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man who operated an interstate commercial sex trafficking business…
Oglethorpe > CERT Officers Sentenced for Inmate Beatings
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that Darren Douglass-Griffin, Kerry Bolden, Emmett McKenzie and Kadarius Thomas—four former members of the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Macon State Prison (MSP) in Oglethorpe—were sentenced today for…
Savannah > Former Police Chief Sentenced to 7…
SAVANNAH -- Former Savannah Police Chief Willie Lovett has been sentenced related to his conviction on commercial gambling and extortion charges. However, he gets to keep his $130,000 a year pension. Lovett, convicted last November,…
Albany State Student Sentenced in DUI Death
ALBANY -- An Albany State student charged with the death of a passenger in her car has been sentenced in Albany. Amber Brown pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle related to the death of Damian…
Former CERT Officer Sentenced for Beating
ATLANTA - Three former Correctional Emergency Response Team officers were sentenced for inmate beatings, the Justice Department announced. All had been convicted in June of this year. Christopher Hall, a former CERT Sergeant at the…
Coolidge Man Sentenced For Wire Fraud
VALDOSTA, GA - John Dewey Morris, 70 , of Coolidge , Georgia, was sentenced Monday, October 28, 2013, for wire fraud in Valdosta, Georgia, by U.S. District Judge Hugh Lawson. Morris was sentenced to five…
Albany Man Caught With a Kilo of Cocaine…
ALBANY, GA - 43 year old Gregory Greene of Albany was sentenced on Monday afternoon in the Dougherty Superior Court. Greene was arrested for tossing a kilo of cocaine off a South Albany bridge earlier…