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LifeLine Animal Project Is Offering Free Pet Adoptions During Their Annual ‘Clear The Shelters’ Initiative
If you’ve been looking for a sign that you should adopt a new pet–this is it! LifeLine, the largest animal welfare organization in Georgia, has begun their yearly campaign to clear all their shelters! LifeLine wants to see all their adorable pets go to loving homes by September 10th! So they’ve waived all pet-adoption fees until that date!
Fulton County jail subcommittee issues 17 recommendations
(The Center Square) — A Georgia Senate subcommittee looking into the Fulton County Jail has issued a report with 17 recommendations for improving the facility’s conditions, including a suggestion that Fulton County Superior Court judges should carry full dockets. The report caps a months-long review by the Senate Public Safety Subcommittee on the Fulton County Jail. The recommendations could guide legislative action when lawmakers return to Atlanta next year. During...
4 Security Officers Arrested At Fulton County Jail In Contraband Sting Involving Cell Phones, Sex, And Chicken Pot Pies
Four security officers at Fulton County Jail lost their jobs for smuggling cell phones and chicken pot pies. Four security officers at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia have lost their jobs following their arrest for an alleged contraband operation. According to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, the four security...
Chicken Pot Pie and Cell Phones: Four Jail Guards Arrested in Connection with Alleged Smuggling and Sex Scandal
Four jail security contractors have been charged in connection with a contraband smuggling scheme involving cell phones, a chicken pot pie and sexual relations with an inmate at an Atlanta jail, RadarOnline.com can reveal.The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office announced that LaQuna Ballard, 34; Regina Harris, 26; Breaisha Tate, 26; and Anizya Silas, 24, have all been arrested as suspects in the alleged contraband smuggling scheme.The four women were employed by a jail contractor and were working on the sixth and seventh floors at the Atlanta jail.Tate is accused of having sex with an inmate at least three times and receiving...
4 Female Fulton County Jail Workers Charged For Having Sex With Inmates And Smuggling Phones, Chicken Pot Pies
Four security contractors at the troubled Fulton County Jail in Atlanta are facing serious charges related to a smuggling scheme involving cellphones, a chicken pot pie, and inappropriate conduct with an inmate. The accused individuals — LaQuna Ballard, 34, Regina Harris, 26, Breaisha Tate, 26, and Anizya Silas, 24 —...
UPCOMING: Motions hearings wrap up in Young Thug’s trial
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A weeklong series of hearings are wrapping up Friday as the jury in Young Thug’s internationally watched criminal trial prepares to return Monday. On Wednesday, Brian Steel, one of two attorneys for the rapper - real name Jeffery Williams - was complaining to...
State lawmakers dig into violent conditions in Georgia prisons, Fulton jail
A Georgia Senate subcommittee, led by Republicans Sens. Randy Robertson, left, and John Albers, right, released its recommendations for improving problems at the troubled Fulton County jail. Following the media briefing, the two legislators held the first panel hearing examining conditions in state prisons that have been plagued by violence. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder Georgia’s state prisons and Fulton County’s jail took center stage Friday before legislative committees tasked with making recommendations on how to deal with troubles arising from overcrowded and outdated detention facilities. ...
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