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March 13, 2013 DeKalb County Drug Charges Dismissed Amidst Alleged Police Misconduct

Alphonzo Eleby was arrested in July 2012 at a Chevron gas station. Eleby was talking to someone in a black…

March 9, 2013 Nurse Practitioner Charged in Cherokee County Prescription Drug Ring

Kathryn Shoemaker is accused of forging doctors’ signatures in order to fill fraudulent drug prescriptions at nearly a dozen drug…

February 26, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Affirms Paraprofessional’s Sexual Assault Conviction

At the time the allegations of sexual assault surfaced, Travis Demond Hart was employed as a paraprofessional at the same…

February 25, 2013 Bernard Selected to 2013 Georgia Super Lawyers List

Bernard has been selected to the 2013 Georgia Super Lawyers list that was just published in the March edition of…

February 18, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Reversal in Gwinnett County Child Molestation Case

The Defendant claimed that the prosecution erred when it failed to present evidence to show why it did not identify…

February 8, 2013 Doctor Indicted in Fulton County for Child Molestation

Dr. Kelly Thrasher is alleged to have molested an underage girl while she was at a sleepover at his home….

February 6, 2013 GA Court of Appeals Reverses Statutory Rape Conviction

The court also vacated the defendant’s sentence on one count of child molestation and remanded for resentencing because the trial…

February 4, 2013 Recent Wave of Tax Refund Fraud Arrests in Georgia

Last week, Kevin Joseph Sonnier and Bernardo Davis were arrested and charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy…

January 30, 2013 GA Court of Appeals: Informant Insufficient to Establish Probable Cause

In late 2010, the Flowery Branch Police Department received information from an unidentified individual alleging the defendant, Eric Sutton, was…

January 24, 2013 Cobb County Sergeant Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Inmate

He has been charged with aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, sexual assault by a law enforcement officer, and violation of…

January 18, 2013 Cherokee County High School Teacher Charged With Sexual Assault

Police say Tamanini, 31, engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 16 year-old student at the high school. Tamanini…

January 16, 2013 Youth Football League President Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

While investigating child pornography on a file sharing network, law enforcement linked an IP address to the Gonzales home. After…

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