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Wiretaps Now More Frequently Used in Georgia Criminal Investigations

September 8, 2012

State and federal investigations have relied on wiretaps and other means of intercepting communications for decades. A large body of law has developed controlling the procedures that law enforcement officers must use before, during, and after tapping phone and other electronic communications. Federal statutes have very detailed requirements that law enforcement must follow and state…

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Columbus, Georgia DFACS Office Raided, Employees Arrested

September 6, 2012

Agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation raided the Columbus offices of the Department of Family and Children Services and arrested two employees. According to the Bureau, a supervisor and former director of the agency are accused of falsifying documents and making false statements in an attempt to regain lost federal funding for DFCS. Both […]

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North Carolina “Felon in Possession of Firearm” Conviction Overturned, Others May be Eligible for Release

August 22, 2012

Last year in United States v. Simmons, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that certain state felony convictions in North Carolina would not trigger federal “felon-in-possession” gun laws. The ruling raised many questions about what would become of those hundreds or potentially thousands of people who had already been convicted and […]

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Outlaw Motorcycle Club and Hoodlums Motorcycle Club Raided by FBI in North Georgia

August 16, 2012

Six indictments and two criminal complaints have been returned in a large drug trafficking and firearms conspiracy case in North Georgia. Several of the people charged appeared in federal court in Gainesville today, and many will have bond hearings later this week or next week. This morning, federal agents raided the clubhouses of two Atlanta-area […]

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Bribery Charges Against Former Georgia Department of Labor Employee

August 15, 2012

Georgia’s Attorney General’s office has announced the indictment of a former state employee on charges of accepting $4,000 in bribes. According to the AG’s office, Peter Brown, who was employed by the Georgia Department of Labor, solicited bribes from a contractor he was charged with supervising in 2011. In exchange, the state alleges that Brown […]

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