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• Leandra's Law Approved: Drunk Driving Penalties More Severe

  On November 18, 2009, the bill supporting Leandra's Law was signed, now making it a felony to drive drunk while a child is in the car. The new legislation is named after an 11-year-old girl…

• Hackers Arrested for Stealing $ 9 Million from Atlanta Based Credit Card Processing Co.

  According to an 11alive.com article, an unnamed accomplice and numerous Eastern Europeans have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly hacking into an Atlanta-based credit card processing company (RBS WorldPay) computer network and…

• Effingham County Arrest of DUI, Deputy Hit-and-Run Suspect

  There was much media attention over the recent search for a drunk driving suspect who was wanted for allegedly running over a deputy. According to a wtoc.com article, the man was found and arrested in…

• Mexico-Based Cartel Bust: New York One of Many Drug Shipment Sites

  A report from foxnews.com discusses the recent events of the largest drug bust of the last 10 years conducted by the Justice Department, in which New York State and many other U.S. states were main…

• $275,000 Stolen from NAACP: Ex-Employees Accused

  A recent wsbtv.com news article reported that during an audit, it was discovered that $275,000 was stolen from the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Atlanta Branch. According to the article, the…

• Man Arrested in Spelman College Shooting

  According to a wsbtv.com report, a 21-year-old man has been arrested for murder and aggravated assault in Atlanta. The man is considered the only suspect in a shooting that took place on the campus of…

• From a DUI Stop to a Stolen Police Car

  After being pulled over for suspicion of DUI, a man decided his best option for escape wasn’t the allegedly stolen U-Haul vehicle he was driving, but the police car that had pulled him over for…

• Georgia Man Was Falsely Imprisoned for 17 Months Due to Mistaken Fingerprints

  Fingerprints are considered to be insurmountable evidence. However, in the case of a convicted Georgia man, a routine check of the supposed offender’s identification revealed the huge mismatch: his fingerprints were inaccurately identified as those…

• Child Exploitation Charges against Peachtree City Golf Pro

  The growth of the Internet and its many uses is unprecedented; however, many communities are often shocked when someone within a neighborhood is arrested by law enforcement for using the Internet to sexually exploit children…

• Georgia Participates in “All Hands Across the Border” DUI Crackdown

  The “All Hands Across the Border” campaign was announced as an effort to dissuade and prevent drunk driving during the upcoming holidays, such as Labor Day and other long weekends. The program began on Sunday,…