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Talbotton chief admits to making false statements

February 2, 2012 Express Telegraph
The former police chief of Talbotton pleaded guilty this week to a federal charge of making false statements, according to federal authorities. Michael Howard, 43, admitted that in June 2011, he lied to a federal agent when he denied knowing a known drug dealer had transported narcotics through Talbot County, the FBI said. “Former Chief Howard chose to lie to federal investigators during a broad investigation wherein four other area law enforcement officials have already
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GBI: Killer used sweatshirt to kill himself

January 20, 2012 Express Telegraph
ATLANTA — A 20-year-old maintenance worker who this week pleaded guilty to killing a seven-year-old girl died as a result of “ligature hanging,” the GBI confirmed on Friday. Ryan Brunn, 20, who faced life in prison, “hanged himself with his sweat-shirt,” the investigative agency said in a statement. Brunn earlier this week pleaded guilty to killing Jorelys Rivera in Canton in December. “The ongoing investigation by agents from the GBI’s Milledgeville Regional Office has not uncovered
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Lawmakers target negligent dog owners

January 20, 2012 Express Telegraph
A pair of Georgia lawmakers are pushing legislation that would penalize negligent dog owners whose animals attack and either kill or seriously injure another person. “Dog attacks typically should not happen because they are so easily preventable,” state Rep. Amy Carter, R-Valdosta, said in a statement. “While we are all free to own any type of dog we wish, all dog owners must realize their responsibility to protect their family, neighbors, and the public at
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Ga. man faces Jan. 31 execution

January 18, 2012 Express Telegraph
ATLANTA — A man convicted of a 2001 murder in Paulding County faces a Jan. 31 execution, state officials said. Nicholas Cody Tate was convicted of killing Chrissie Williams and her 3-year-old daughter, Katelyn. If executed, Tate will be the 30th inmate in Georgia to be put to death by lethal injection.
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FBI: Former Fulton County detention officer sentenced to federal prison

January 12, 2012 Express Telegraph
ATLANTA — A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former FultonCounty detention officer to federal prison Derick Deshun Frazier, 32, of Stockbridge, pleaded guilty on Oct. 24to accepting a bribe to smuggle cell phones and cigarettes to inmatesinside the Fulton County Jail. U.S. District Judge Orinda D. Evanssentenced Frazier to six months in federal prison, which is to befollowed by three months of home confinement, then two years ofsupervised release. “Cell phones in the hands
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Court: County must reinstate firefighter

January 10, 2012 Express Telegraph
ATLANTA — The Supreme Court of Georgia today upheld a lower court’s ruling ordering DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis and Fire Rescue Chief Eddie O’Brien to reinstate Sell Caldwell III to his former position as a fire captain. The county’s former fire chief in February 2010 fired Caldwell following a house fire in Dunwoody where an elderly woman died. Caldwell was terminated for failing to locate the dispatch address and failing to take command of
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Reports: Trooper involved in fatal crash fired

January 7, 2012 Express Telegraph
ATLANTA — A Georgia State Patrol Trooper involved in a fatal crash on New Year’s Eve that claimed the life of the wife of the Atlanta Braves’ trainer has been fired, according to published reports. On Dec. 31, Trooper First Class Donald Crozier was en route to help a trooper involved in a pursuit when he ran a red light and crashed his cruiser into a second vehicle driven by Braves Trainer Jeff Porter, according