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Georgia’s stalking law is unusually broad. Most states define stalking as a series of communications designed to harass or intimidate a person. Georgia’s anti-stalking law also criminalizes one-time and third-party contact. However, these two charges often don’t hold up in court. More on that below. Usually, stalking is a family “violence” crime. We put “violence” …
Almost all domestic violence charges in Cobb County are domestic battery charges. However, prosecutors have a number of other options. Many of these options don’t require proof of physical contact, let alone proof of physical injury. Prosecutors often file stalking and other such charges if police officers investigated the mater, sympathize with the alleged victim, …
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Rome) claims that, once again, a fraudster reported a false crime and summoned the police to her Floyd County home. Swatting is the act of making a hoax 911 call to draw an unnecessary law enforcement response. Using technology that makes it appear that the emergency call is coming from a …
A Bulloch County State Court Judge sentenced a former Georgia State Representative to twelve months of probation after he pleaded guilty to stalking a former employee. Delvis Dutton was charged in April 2021 with stalking and trespassing at the home of a former employee and trying to contact the employee. He was also charged with …
A former football icon is expected to easily win the Republican Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Raphael Warnock. But the fall campaign of Herschel Walker may be hampered by prior domestic violence issues. In his younger days, the former Georgia Bulldog standout violently abused women on several occasions, behavior …
Aggravated stalking charges blindside many defendants. Unlike other family violence defendants, such as assault defendants, many stalking defendants do not believe they did anything wrong. Additionally, the possible upgrades in Georgia’s aggravated stalking law are rather obscure. Furthermore, aggravated stalking carries a maximum ten years in prison. That’s an awful long time behind bars for …
