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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years ago17 Tobacco Farmers Settle Civil Claims in Widespread Crop Insurance Fraud Investigation
Seventeen tobacco farmers have agreed to resolve civil allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, a federal law that prohibits...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoEx-con accused of helping destroy evidence and lying in investigation of murdered wife of Fort Stewart soldier
A former federal inmate has been charged with helping destroy evidence of the murder of the wife of a Fort Stewart...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoPriest sentenced to prison for destruction and trespassing on restricted naval installation in Georgia
A priest with a long history of arrests during anti-war protests has been sentenced to federal prison for the April 2018...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoRapper Who Bragged about Unemployment Benefits Scam in Music Video Arrested for Allegedly Bilking COVID-19 Jobless Relief Program
A rapper who boasted in a YouTube music video about getting rich from committing unemployment benefits fraud was arrested today on...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoAmerican Contractor from Georgia Pleads to Conspiracy to Steal Gov’t Equipment from Military Base in Afghanistan
An American military contractor pleaded guilty this week to her role in a theft ring on a military installation in Kandahar,...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoFederal prison sentence strikes ‘Loretta Lightningbolt’ for witness-tampering
A Georgia woman who admitted to tampering with a witness in a child sexual coercion investigation has been sentenced to nearly...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoMajor south Georgia drug trafficker sentenced to nearly two decades in federal prison
A South Georgia man who has alternated much of his past three decades between selling illegal drugs or serving time in...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoDOJ Charges More Than 14,200 Defendants With Firearms-Related Crimes in FY20
The DOJ announced it charged more than 14,200 defendants with firearms-related crimes during FY2020, despite the challenges of COVID 19 and...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoReward Increased in Unsolved Murder as 15th Anniversary Approaches
Fifteen years after he was killed, Regan Wheeler is remembered for his faith and commitment to God...but for his family, they...
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Crime & Safety
/ 4 years agoGeorgia to Hold Statewide ‘Earthquake Preparedness’ Drill on Oct 15
At least 15,000 registered participants will “Drop, Cover and Hold On” to practice what to do in the event of an...