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Child pornography arrests skyrocket as penalties grow harsher

February 17, 2011
In the past five years, the number of prosecutions for child pornography has increased by nearly 40 percent as the sentences doled out by judges have become more severe. In recent years, however, many legal scholars and some judges have begun to question the wisdom of such harsh sentences. The dramatic upswing in cases began […]

Atlanta airport customs agent arrested in largest ecstasy bust this year

December 18, 2010
Federal authorities in Atlanta have arrested 14 individuals in connection with an airport ecstasy investigation that yielded $2.8 million in ecstasy pills. A U.S. Customs agent at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and his wife, a Delta employee, were among those arrested. The seizure was the largest in the nation for 2010 and the ninth largest in […]

T.I. could face prison time for violating his federal probation

September 2, 2010
T.I. was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday night on a new drug charge. He will now be forced to head back to Atlanta, Georgia to face a federal judge for violating his probation. Page Pate was interviewed on Atlanta public radio WABE FM 90.1 today about the arrest, and the possible effect on his […]

Khat drug arrest in North Georgia

August 20, 2010
A Stone Mountain man was arrested last week in Bartow County after a traffic stop yielded 400 bundles of a drug known as khat. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story. The Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force believes that the value of the drugs may exceed $250,000. Police found the drugs after pulling over Hussein Dahir […]

Internet “sextortion” cases grow in Georgia and across the nation

August 20, 2010
Police have begun cracking down on individuals who use Facebook and MySpace to extort or blackmail others for explicit photos and sex. The practice, known as “sextortion”, has led to prison sentences in Georgia and throughout the US. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story. Those involved in sextortion cases are usually teenagers and young […]

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