Other Crimes
There are a variety of other criminal offenses in Georgia and, thanks to our over-zealous Georgia Legislature, more “crimes” are being added to the books every year.
Our criminal defense lawyers approach each case with the dedication and creativity needed to defend people charged with serious Georgia crimes. Our defense lawyers have won difficult trials for people charged with unique crimes in federal and state courts across Georgia. We have also challenged the constitutionality of some unusual Georgia laws, and have won major criminal appeals in the Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals reversing our clients’ convictions and saving them from many years in prison.
Below are some of our notes on recent cases and trends involving some of the less common Georgia crimes.
Columbus, Georgia DFACS Office Raided, Employees Arrested
Agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation raided the Columbus offices of the Department of Family and Children Services and arrested two employees. According to the Bureau, a supervisor and former director of the agency are accused of falsifying documents and making false statements in an attempt to regain lost federal funding for DFCS. Both women now face felony charges and, if the allegations are true, the state could potentially face civil penalties over millions of dollars in fraudulently ...
Bribery Charges Against Former Georgia Department of Labor Employee
Georgia's Attorney General's office has announced the indictment of a former state employee on charges of accepting $4,000 in bribes. According to the AG's office, Peter Brown, who was employed by the Georgia Department of Labor, solicited bribes from a contractor he was charged with supervising in 2011. In exchange, the state alleges that Brown promised the contractor future contracts with the state. According to the state, Brown accepted $4,000 cash during an undercover sting operation run by the ...
Federal Gun Charges Against Celia Savage May Be a Stretch
It’s difficult to imagine anything further removed from the legitimate interests of the federal government than a young woman blowing up old toilets in the middle of the woods. Yet, that is the very behavior that federal agents used to get a search warrant for the home of Celia Savage where they claim they discovered “pipe bombs,” a pistol, and some unknown quantity of drugs. Federal agents from the FBI and ATF claim that Savage admitted to producing explosives to ...
“Project Nefarious” Makes 15 Alleged Gang Arrests in Georgia
U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement today announced the arrest of 15 suspected gang members in Georgia in the past month in part of a nationwide crackdown on gang-organized human and drug trafficking. The men, all in the country illegally, were charged with auto theft, drug possession, and forgery, though it appears that more serious charges may be pending for some. ICE believes the 15 men arrested in Georgia are linked to the Sureños 13 gang, which began in Southern ...
