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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoFmr UGA Student Sentenced To Max Prison Term for Running A Ponzi Scheme from His Frat House
117 people, including students and their families, were victims of the scheme. Now he'll serve time in prison and pay over...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoGeorgia Woman Sentenced to Prison for Fraud Scheme that Used Homeless People to Cash Stolen Checks
The defendant removed the legitimate name from the checks and replaced them with the homeless persons’ name in the scheme that...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoNat’l Health Care Fraud & Opioid Takedown Results in Largest Enforcement Action in DOJ History
The nationwide enforcement action involving 345 charged defendants across 51 federal districts, including more than 100 doctors, nurses, and other licensed...
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Bulloch Local News
/ 4 years agoFmr. Trooper Appears in Court for Preliminary Hearing, Bond Reconsideration
The former GSP Trooper facing felony murder and aggravated assault charges appeared in Superior Court in Screven County for a preliminary...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoFormer CEO Sentenced for Embezzling $7.9 Million Intended for Injured Children
A man was sentenced this week to 70 months in prison for his scheme to embezzle $7,957,750 from the United States...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoGeorgia man sentenced to 25 years for producing child pornography of teens in his care
The man who molested two minors in his care and produced child pornography of them has been sentenced to 25 years...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoGBI Jockeys Temporary Plan to Keep Crime Lab Open
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Medical Examiner Office has devised a plan to temporarily continue operations at one Regional office to...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoBiz Exec Sentenced for $4 Million Bribery Scheme Involving DoD Contracts for Wounded Military Veterans
After receiving over $4 million in illegal kickbacks, Thomson admitted to attempting to obstruct the government’s investigation by creating fake business...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoGBI Arrests Columbus Police Officer for Battery and Violation of Oath of Office
The charges stem from a 2019 incident that resulted in arrest and was brought to the GBI in June 2020.
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoGeorgia man sentenced to 28 years for producing child pornography and sextorting dozens of girls online
If the girls expressed an unwillingness to keep producing more photos or videos, Okenica bullied, threatened, and extorted the girls to...