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Page 8 - Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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March Grand Jury
Indictments
Below are people who were indicted in the March
Grand Jury Indictments.
Vishal Singh - Making a False Statement.
Marriunti Taevon Boyd - Theft by Receiving Stolen
Property.
Lucious James Boyd - Driving While License
Revoked.
Melba Golden - Executing Fictitious Checks.
Lakecia Williams - Cruelty to Children in the First
Degree, Battery (2 Counts), Disorderly Conduct.
William Curtis Sipes - Identity Fraud. Financial
Transaction Card Theft (33 Counts).
Jerome Banner - Forgery in the First Degree,
Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute,
Possession of Firearm During Commission of
a Felony, Possession of Drug Related Objects,
Obstruction of an Officer, Theft by Receiving Stolen
Property.
Robert Lee Parker, Jr., - Aggravated Assault, False
Imprisonment, Terroristic Threats.
Tristan Bradley Williams - Criminal Attempt to
Commit a Felony (Enticing a Child for Indecent
Purposes), Criminal Attempt to Commit a Felony
(Aggravated Child Molestation) (2 Counts), Criminal
Attempt to Commit a Misdemeanor (Electronically
Furnishing Obscene Material to Minor), Possession
of Drug Related Objects, Driving while License
Suspended.
John Everett Cortez - Criminal Attempt to Commit
a Felony (Aggravated Child Molestation), Criminal
Attempt to Commit a Felony (Enticing a Child for
Indecent Purposes), Criminal Attempt to Commit
a Felony (Child Molestation), Possession of
Methamphetamine, Criminal Attempt to Commit a
Misdemeanor (Electronically Furnishing Obscene
Material to Minors), Possession of Marijuana (Less
than an Ounce), Possession of Drug Related Objects.
Pedro Vincente - Criminal Attempt to Commit a
Felony (Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes),
Criminal Attempt to Commit a Felony (Child
Molestation), Criminal Attempt to Commit a
Misdemeanor (Electronically Furnishing Obscene
Material to Minors).
Mikell Kristian Cordero Sapp - Possession of
Marijuana w/Intent of Distribute, Possession of
Firearm During Commission of a Felony, Possession
of Drug Related Objects, Driving while License
Suspended, Failure to Stop at Stop Sign, Distracted
Driving, Failure to Wear Safety Belt.
Jordan Emory Kelly - Theft by Taking (4 Counts),
Possession of Firearm During Commission of a
Felony.
Zachariah Tootle - Theft by Taking (4 Counts),
Possession of Firearm During Commission of a
Felony.
Desmond Reshun Hughes (AKA Des Hughes) - Theft
by Taking, Financial Transaction Card Fraud (4
Counts).
Kennarius Roshawn McBride - Theft by Taking,
Financial Transaction Card Fraud (4 Counts).
Michael Daniels - Aggravated Assault, False
Imprisonment.
Donald Grier - Burglary in the Second Degree (2
Counts).
Gavin Angelos Panagiotopoulas - Identity Fraud.
Hayley Rebecca Winn -Identity Fraud.
Justin Allen Willaims - Theft by Receiving Stolen
Property.
Damaion Lamar Johnson - Unlawful Acts of
Violence in a Penal Institution.
Patrick Michael Casey - Kidnapping (5 Counts),
Criminal Attempt to Commit a Felony (Aggravated
Sodomy) (5 Counts), Aggravated Assault (5 Counts),
Terroristic Threats (5 Counts),
Possession of Firearm During Commission of a
Felony (5 Counts).
Natasha Coleman - Identity Fraud, No Proof of
Insurance, Failure to Carry License, Unlawful Use of
Wireless Devise While Driving.
Johnathon Allen Johnson - Identity Fraud, Financial
Transaction Card Fraud (2 Counts).
Rehoming 2 Blue Pit bull due to health of
owner.
Both are 2 years old and have been raised
since birth by owner.
912-863-5667
CANDIDATES
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Coroner: Henry Young-Independent
Sheriff: Robert Oglesby - Independent
Tax Commissioner
Tina Burke - Independent
Shenice Thompson - Democrat
Clerk of Superior Court
Tracey Herrington - Independent
County Commissioner District 1
Tracie Coney - Independent
Giovanni Shumake - Democrat
County Commissioner District 3
Jonathan Powell - Independent
County Commissioner District 4
Mike Chance - Republican
Board of Education, District 4, NP
George Parker
Board of Education District 1, NP
Mary Young
Board of Education District 3, NP
CJ Green
Probate Court Judge, NP
Wanda Burke
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Protestor chains himself to construction equipment
Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta was blocked for several hours
after a protestor locked himself to construction equipment. The activist
was protesting Atlanta’s planned public safety training center. Police
say the man used pvc pipe and other materials to lock his arms to a
construction elevator shaft. The protestor did this around 5:30 a.m. by
8 a.m. traffic was flowing again. Police arrested 34 year old Michael
Czajkowski, charging him with criminal trespass and obstruction.
Hall County Deputy charged by alligator
A Hall County deputy was charged by an angry alligator last
Wednesday. Now Gainesville will put up signs to warn others. Pictures
reveal the alligator to be around 8 feet long. Deputies were at the
Training Center when the deputy heard hissing and spotted the
alligator with his mouth open and it charged him. The deputy avoided
injury by running up an embankment.
Nine South Georgia gas stations busted for gambling
A group of nine gas stations have been busted for violating Georgia’s
gambling laws, according to the GBI. The Muscogee County Sheriff s
Office and GBI served warrants at nine gas stations across Columbus.
Officials say the businesses were using coin operated amusement
machines where customers received cash payouts.
Clayton County looking for missing teens
Last Tuesday, Clayton County law enforcement learned that Jaden Freehoffer, 15, and Mekhi Wortham, 16,
were missing. Jaden is described as 5 feet 4 inches, 140 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last
seen wearing all black clothing and black shoes. He is diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder and
ADHD.
Mekhi is 5 feet 4 inches, 150 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing all black
clothing and black shoes. He is diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder and ADHD.
Anyone with any information on their whereabouts is asked to contact the Clayton County Police Department
at 770-477-3550.
Augusta National buys city park
Augusta National Golf Club is now the owner of land occupied by an Augusta park.
The Augusta Land Bank on Wednesday approved the sale of West Vineland Park to Augusta National for
$350,000.
Last month, the Land Bank agreed to accept the property transfer from the city for the purpose of turning
around and selling it to Augusta National.
Conviction upheld in 1995 slayings
The Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld an inmate’s Burke County convictions in the 1995 shooting
deaths of his estranged wife and his 15-year-old stepdaughter.
Willie Williams Palmer was convicted of malice murder and other crimes stemming from the slayings of
Brenda Jenkins Palmer and 15-year-old Christine Jenkins.
He’s serving a sentence of life without parole at the Augusta State Medical Prison.
On appeal, Palmer alleged several errors occurred during his latest and fourth trial in Burke County. Palmer
contended that:
His Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was violated.
The state’s loss or destruction of potential biological evidence from the crime scene required dismissal for
prosecutorial misconduct or an instruction allowing the jury to draw an inference adverse to the state.
The trial court violated his constitutional right to present a defense by excluding evidence of “historical bias
against him on the part of law enforcement and prosecutors.”
The court erred in prohibiting him from questioning the lead Georgia Bureau of Investigation investigator
about a shooting that occurred two months after the murders to support his theory of an alternative suspect
and his argument that the investigators unfairly focused on him as the shooter.
That the cumulative effect of the trial court’s errors deprived him of a fundamentally fair trial.
Witch Doctor sentenced to life in prison
A Gwinnett County man who calls himself a “witch doctor” was convicted of several sex crimes, according to
Gwinnett District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson.
Hasaan Shalgheen, 45, of Duluth, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison after being found guilty of rape, false
imprisonment, theft by deception, sexual battery and battery. Austin-Gatson said Shalgheen is accused of
raping and sexually assaulting a woman he charged $1,500 to perform an evil spirit healing ritual.
According to a news release sent out by Austin-Gatson, the victim met Shalgheen at his apartment on Feb.
5, 2023, after she agreed to pay him for the “cleansing ritual.” She paid a $200 deposit and pledged to send
installment payments over a 30-day period. When the woman entered his home, she saw a handgun sitting out
on a table.
The report states that Shalgheen told her the ritual would take three hours and gave her a white nightgown to
wear. The woman reluctantly agreed to change into the nightgown, and then Shalgheen forcibly had sex with
her, according to the report.
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Saturday voting) from 9:00 am -5:00 pm., at the Jenkins County Courthouse 611 East Winthrope
Avenue, Millen, Georgia 30442.
To request an application for an Absentee Ballot by Mail, contact the Registrar’s Office at 478-982-
3985 or by mail at Jenkins County Registrars P.O. Box 510, Millen, Georgia 30442 or visit the office
at Jenkins County Courthouse, Registrar Office at 611 East Winthrope Avenue, Millen, Georgia
30442.
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and Election Day voting please visit: mvp.sos.ga.gov
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