Archive for May, 2010
The Atlanta Journal Constitution (reporters Bill Rankin and Carrie Teegardin) recently penned an outstanding article on the ever-escalating cost of incarcerating people in Georgia. The statistics are disturbing.
Currently, one in 13 people are currently in custody, on parole or on probation. This statistic means that Georgia has a higher percentage of its residents under some form of criminal corrections than any other state in the nation. Already cash-strapped, Georgia now spends approximately $1.1 billion annually to lock people up.
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A Macon insurance agent was recently indicted for allegedly collecting the premiums on insurance policies that he had previously sold. The agent is suspected of taking more than $150,000 from various Macon businesses.
The Macon Telegraph has the story.
Broadus W. Marshall Jr., of Marshall Insurance Co., was arrested in December after Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia discovered the alleged fraud. Authorities believe that Marshall forwarded Goodwill’s premiums to Philadelphia Insurance Co. until December 2008. Marshall then allegedly ...
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In March, three Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services employees were arrested for taking bribes from probationers. In addition to the three arrests, probation officers have sought to revoke the probation of numerous individuals who officers say bribed the three county employees. Authorities are also still trying to determine if the alleged corruption involved more Athens-Clarke County employees.
The Athens Banner-Herald has the story.
The accused Leisure Services employees supervised individuals sentenced to probation for misdemeanor offenses such as public intoxication ...
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The Georgia Insurance Commissioner’s Office sent law enforcement agents to search two Bibb County homes last week. The searches were part of an insurance fraud investigation that was launched after insurance companies complained that two Macon women tried to fraudulently collect $400,000.
The Macon Telegraph has the story.
The two women, Sharon Marberry and her daughter-in-law Jessica Marberry, allegedly falsified pharmacy bills in order to receive reimbursements. Specifically, police claim that the women used pharmacy receipts from CVS to ...
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