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A state press release says the Attorney General’s Gang Prosecution Unit indicted 16 people in connection with assaults at Coffee Correctional Facility in Coffee County.
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A Georgia Attorney General press release says Chris Carr responded to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox.
A Georgia Attorney General press release says Treyvon Howard pleaded guilty in Chatham County Superior Court and received a 20-year sentence tied to two incidents in 2024.
The Georgia attorney general’s office said the order stems from a January 2024 lawsuit and affects more than 3,300 homeowners, including more than 400 who paid an early termination fee.
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A state press release says the unit, created in 2022, has expanded beyond Atlanta and highlights prosecutions and conviction totals in several counties.
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The Office of the Georgia Attorney General said Darius Scott was sentenced July 7 after a June 25 conviction on gang and weapons-related charges tied to PDE in DeKalb County.