http://www.georgia-criminal-lawyers.com/ Published By Pate & Brody en-us 2010-09-02T16:43:01-05:00 http://www.georgia-criminal-lawyers.com/2010/09/ti_could_face_prison_in_atlant.html 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... Pate & Brody 2010-09-02T16:43:01-05:00 http://www.georgia-criminal-lawyers.com/2010/09/federal_housing_fraud_arrests.html On Wednesday, federal and state law enforcement agents took out 80 arrest warrants for individuals across Georgia accused of fraudulently claiming federal housing funds. Police are calling the sweep Operation Clean House. The 80 individuals will face state charges including... Pate & Brody 2010-09-01T18:12:44-05:00 http://www.georgia-criminal-lawyers.com/2010/08/khat_drug_arrest_in_north_geor.html 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... Pate & Brody 2010-08-20T17:03:21-05:00 http://www.georgia-criminal-lawyers.com/2010/08/internet_sextortion_cases_grow.html 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... Pate & Brody 2010-08-20T16:57:56-05:00 http://www.georgia-criminal-lawyers.com/2010/08/owners_of_kc_pit_bbq_in_sandy.html Federal authorities in Atlanta announced this week that seven individuals connected with KC Pit BBQ have been charged with drug and money laundering offenses. DEA and IRS agents raided the popular Sandy Springs restaurant on June 17th. We covered the... Pate & Brody 2010-08-11T16:54:24-05:00 http://www.georgia-criminal-lawyers.com/2010/07/alleged_gambling_operations_ra.html Athens police conducted five raids in Athens-Clarke County and Madison County on Wednesday morning including three Athens businesses. The raids were conducted after police suspected the business owners of running an illegal gambling operation. Authorities seized a total of 36... Pate & Brody 2010-07-18T11:00:15-05:00 http://www.georgia-criminal-lawyers.com/2010/07/medicare_fraud_indictments_in.html On Friday, federal authorities indicted 29 people in Baton Rouge, Louisiana suspected of defrauding Medicare out of $32 million. Four of the individuals are physicians. The Baton Rouge Advocate has the story. The federal government set up the nation’s eighth... Pate & Brody 2010-07-18T10:44:29-05:00 http://www.georgia-criminal-lawyers.com/2010/07/page_pate_is_retained_to_repre.html Atlanta criminal defense lawyer Page Pate and the law firm of Pate & Brody were retained last week to represent New Roads, Louisiana Mayor Tommy Nelson after FBI agents searched New Roads City Hall. FBI agents have refused to provide... Pate & Brody 2010-07-05T09:42:29-05:00 http://www.georgia-criminal-lawyers.com/2010/07/albany_stopnshop_owners_indict.html Law enforcement agents in Dougherty County have arrested three owners of the Stop-N-Shop gas station in Albany, Georgia. The Dougherty County District Attorney’s Office has announced that the owners have been indicted on charges of racketeering and money laundering. WALB... Pate & Brody 2010-07-02T17:43:02-05:00 http://www.georgia-criminal-lawyers.com/2010/07/albany_georgia_convenience_sto.html Georgia law enforcement agents conducted three raids in Dougherty and Lee Counties on Friday including a convenient store in Albany, Georgia. The raids were conducted as part of an ongoing money laundering and racketeering investigation involving gambling machines. WALB has... Pate & Brody 2010-07-02T15:21:24-05:00