St. Martin’s Most Wanted Nabbed in Southern Georgia

Forty year old Patrick George has been arrested in Valdosta, Georgia by the U.S. Marshals in Albany with critical assistance from the Narcotics section of the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office. George was arrested pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statute...

Fifth Member of CD And DVD Counterfeiting Ring in Atlanta Sentenced to Prison

Ibrahim Diallo, 27, of Atlanta, was sentenced to three years, 2 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3,867. Full Story Available at:Fifth Member of CD and DVD Counterfeiting...

New York City Sex Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 26 Years

Tyrone Townsend, 45, New York, was sentenced to 320 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for sex trafficking by force, threats of force and fraud; transporting women across state lines for prostitution; enticing, inducing...

Two Florida Men Indicted in Scheme to Traffic in Stolen Pharmaceutical Drug

A federal grand jury today returned an Indictment against two Florida men who allegedly conspired to traffic in pharmaceutical drugs from a shipment, worth $8.8 million, stolen at a Georgia truck stop and driven to New Jersey. Full Story Available at:Two...

Georgia Doctor Guilty of Billing Medicare, Medicaid for Sessions with Dead Patients

Robert Williams, of Atlanta, Georgia, pled guilty to health care fraud in connection with a scheme in which he submitted more than $2 million in fraudulent claims for group psychological therapy that he never provided. Full Story Available at:Georgia...

Two Georgia Residents Charged in Sex Trafficking Ring That Used Internet to Recruit Women

Soloman Manasseh Mustafa and Kalandra Annette Wallace were indicted for their alleged roles in a sex trafficking ring operating in the Atlanta area. Both defendants face charges of sex trafficking, kidnapping, transporting women across state lines for...

Georgia Man Given 25 Years in Prison for Production of Child Pornography

Andrew Lastinger, 43, of Moultrie, Ga., has been sentenced to 25 years in prison followed by 50 years of supervised release for production of child pornography.

Comprehensive University of Georgia Study Reveals Patterns in Firefighter Fatalities

While the number of fires is on the decline, firefighter deaths are not —and a new University of Georgia study helps explain why. Researchers in the UGA College of Public Health found that cultural factors in the work environment that promote getting...

Study Finds Weight Training Safe for Pregnant Women

Despite decades of doctors’ reluctance to recommend weight training to pregnant women, a new University of Georgia study has found that a supervised, low-to-moderate intensity program is safe and beneficial. The research, published in the current...