On Monday, nine men were arraigned in a Rome, Georgia federal court for allegedly scamming a paper mill out of $4.8 million dollars. Federal authorities say the mill paid for timber that was never delivered. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story. The mill, Temple-Inland paper mill, was allegedly conned out of the millions of […]
On Wednesday, several law enforcement agencies raided at least two homes in Gwinnett County. The raids targeted a Mexican-based organization that police say traffics in drugs. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story. The DEA spearheaded the raids which resulted in dozens of arrests and an undisclosed sum of drugs and money. The organization which […]
The Eleventh Circuit recently vacated the sentence of a defendant after determining that the district court improperly found that he was a leader in a drug conspiracy for purposes of the Sentencing Guidelines. That erroneous finding had increased his sentence by four levels. In US v. Martinez, the defendant, Martinez, pled guilty to conspiring to […]
A federal judge has set a bond for a woman accused of swindling more than $2 million from investors in an alleged Ponzi scheme. The granting of bond comes after a prior judge refused to set bond The Macon Telegraph has the story. Saundra McKinney Pyles, 52, and Gary Sheldon Hutcheson, 56, are accused of […]
On Tuesday, police raided 14 stores and homes in Clarke, Oconee, and Gwinnett counties which capped a three-month investigation into fencing and gambling operations. The Athens Banner-Herald has the story. Police say that convenience store owners and employees placed orders with criminals to steal certain items from homes, businesses, and vehicles. Authorities grew suspicious when […