Crime Suppression Team’ Nabs Drug Trafficking Suspect
After Bulloch County authorities executed a search warrant, they arrested a man and charged him with several drug trafficking-related offenses. On April 1, investigators located a trafficking amount of marijuana, THC products, Psilocybin edibles, firearms, and U.S. currency at a resident in Cottage Row in Statesboro. Investigators estimate the street value of the narcotics seized […]
Coweta County Accident Seriously Injures Eleven People
Area trauma centers were overwhelmed after a runaway Dodge pickup crossed the center line and caused two collisions that seriously injured eleven people. Investigators state that a black Dodge Ram, heading north and navigating a curve on Smokey Road, veered off its path. The driver, losing control of the vehicle, crossed into the oncoming lane, […]
Is Georgia Tough on Sex Offenders?
Remarkably, the answer to this question is “no,” at least comparatively speaking. The Peach State has very tough criminal laws in most areas, but sex crimes isn’t one of these areas. California was the first state to pass a yes means yes law. Generally, these laws make it much harder to establish consent, one of […]
Civil-Criminal Matters in Georgia, Part I
The different burdens of proof in civil and criminal court (more likely than not vs. beyond a reasonable doubt) are the most obvious difference between civil and criminal court. These forums also serve different purposes. Civil courts compensate victims and criminal courts punish offenders. Sometimes, matters overlap in criminal and civil court. The 1990s O.J. […]
The Georgia Three-Step
We admit this title is not quite as catchy as the Texas Two-Step. However, for over half of Georgia families, a divorce is, or at least should be, a three-step process. About 54 percent of households are headed by a single parent, the mom and/or dad has been married before, the parents are unmarried, some […]
Undocumented Immigrant Charged with UGA Slaying
Immigration and criminal law collided after an undocumented person from Venezuela with an extensive criminal history in the United States allegedly beat and killed a 22-year-old nursing student. In 2022, the 26-year-old suspect was apprehended illegally crossing the border and then immediately released. A few months later, he was arrested in New York City on […]
John Hinkley, Jr. Released from All Restrictions
More than forty years after his crime, the failed Presidential assassin is now free to pursue his dream of becoming a chart-topping folk singer. “I’m very sorry, I have tremendous remorse for what I did in 1981,” he said recently. Although doctors testified that he’s no longer a threat to himself or others, he still […]
A Real Housewife is in Real Trouble
Reality TV star Karen Huger (Real Housewives of the Potomac) was charged with DUI after she “crossed a median and struck street signs” in her 2017 Maserati, according to the Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland. Huger was alone in her vehicle when the crash occurred and she was not injured, police said. Police filed […]
Columbus Man Sentenced in Child Pornography Case
A former CEO pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography charges in October 2023. A judge recently sentenced him to seven years in prison. When they executed a search warrant, officers found 5,047 images and 86,000 videos depicting child pornography. Many of the victims were under 12; some of them were toddlers and infants. A […]
Five Things You Might Not Know About Domestic Battery in Georgia
Most likely, you know at least one domestic battery victim. About one in seven women have sustained a physical injury at the hands of a romantic partner. These statistics are largely self-reported, so they may be a bit inflated. Even taking that into consideration, domestic battery is a serious problem. A domestic battery arrest usually […]
