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Grill Ripped from Inmate's Teeth

Submitted by 41 News on Tue, 2010-03-16 09:25

Lawyers in Nashville have worked out a settlement after a sheriff's lieutenant ripped the grill off a man's teeth at the county jail.
Anthony McCoy was arrested in November and brought to the jail for not paying child support.

McCoy was told to remove the jewelry from his teeth, but he said it was cemented to his teeth. But his attorney, David Raybin, says McCoy ended up spitting out blood and teeth after a sheriff's lieutenant reached into his mouth and yanked out the grill.

Owner of Dogs that Attacked Girl is Charged

Submitted by 41 News on Tue, 2010-03-16 07:47

Authorities in DeKalb County say the owner of the dogs that attacked a young girl has been charged with reckless conduct.

Eight-year-old Erin Ingram was playing in her front yard last week when she was attacked by two dogs belonging to Twyann Artell Vaughn.

A DeKalb County police officer had to shoot one of the dogs. The other dog ran off but was eventually caught by animal control.

Erin has been in critical condition at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.

Jury to Rule if Ga. Man Fit to Stand Trial

Submitted by 41 News on Mon, 2010-03-15 09:41

A jury will hear testimony Monday on whether a man charged with trying to kill an Athens-Clarke County police officer in December 2007 is competent to stand trial.

It's the second time a jury has considered whether 46-year-old Steven Eberhart should be tried for allegedly stabbing Sgt.
Courtney Gale, who was working as an off-duty security guard at grocery store.

YouTube Poster Arrested for Threats

Submitted by 41 News on Fri, 2010-03-12 09:21

A Georgia man who posted a video on YouTube of himself holding a sign saying "Elton John must die" has been arrested for making terroristic threats.

Atlanta Police Sgt. Curtis Davenport says Neal Horsley was arrested early Wednesday in Carrollton, about 50 miles west of
Atlanta. Davenport would not say who Horsley is accused of threatening, but Horsley's son, Nathan, Horsley, says he believed
the arrest is connected to the video about the musician.

Horsley complains in the video about John's comments in a magazine interview last month that Jesus Christ was gay.

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Man Robbed at Gun Point at Macon Post Office

Submitted by Shelby Coates on Thu, 2010-03-11 17:48

A man says someone asked him fof cigarettes and then robbed him at gun-point. It happened just after 10 p.m. Wednesday night at the U.S. Post Office on Pio No No Avenue. Macon police say a man was walking to his car when someone approached for cigarettes. The victim started to walk toward his car when he felt what he thought was a gun on his back. He handed over his wallet to the robber. And the suspect was last seen running south on Pio No No.

Man Sentenced in Pipe Bomb Case

Submitted by 41 News on Thu, 2010-03-11 09:16

A Columbus man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after a jury convicted him of attacking police officers with a pipe bomb.

The jury in Columbus convicted 59-year-old Raymond J. Geoffrion on Wednesday of aggravated assault on a police officer, manufacture of a destructive device by a convicted felon and other charges.

Sheriff's deputies went to Geoffrion's apartment in 2007 to arrest him on an outstanding warrant. Testimony showed that he refused to admit them, and when they forced their way in they found Geoffrion holding a pipe bomb and a lighter.

Georgia Man Pleads Not Guilty in 1976 Missouri Slaying

Submitted by 41 News on Wed, 2010-03-10 10:29

A 65-year-old Georgia man has pleaded not guilty to killing a former University of Missouri student who disappeared in 1976.

Johnny Wright pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder Monday afternoon at a brief arraignment hearing in Boone County Circuit Court. Wright had been indicted Friday.

The Lawrenceville, Ga., man was arrested in late September, more than two decades after he was charged in the death of 23-year-old waitress Rebecca Doisy. The woman disappeared in August 1976, and her body has never been found.

Wright declined to comment Monday as he left court.

Hammer Attacker Extradited

Submitted by 41 News on Wed, 2010-03-10 09:16

Maryland state police say a man accused of bludgeoning his doctor wife with a hammer has been extradited from Georgia.

Thirty-three-year-old Anthony Soligny of New Windsor, Md., was arrested last week after a deputy spotted his truck on Interstate
85 in Franklin County, Ga., northeast of Atlanta. Police say he is now being held at the detention center in Carroll County, Md.

August Trial Set in 1985 Killing

Submitted by 41 News on Wed, 2010-03-10 09:12

A Louisiana judge has set an Aug. 9 trial date for a Walker native accused of raping and fatally beating 19-year-old Tina Marie Kristynik in her Baton Rouge home in 1985.

Vernon Kennedy, who already is serving a life sentence in Georgia for a 1995 murder, faces a mandatory life prison term if
convicted of second-degree murder in Kristynik's slaying.

If found guilty in Baton Rouge, prosecutors have said the 54-year-old Kennedy will return to Georgia to carry out his life sentence there and will not return to Louisiana unless he is paroled in Georgia.

GA Woman Sentenced in FEMA Fraud Case

Submitted by 41 News on Wed, 2010-03-10 08:15

A 27-year-old Georgia woman was sentenced to a year in prison on charges of scheming to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Markisha Burks of McDonough was sentenced Tuesday on charges of making a false statement to a governmental agency, mail fraud and wire fraud. She also must pay more than $11,000 in restitution to FEMA and the American Red Cross.

Burks was convicted by a federal jury in December on all 12 counts of fraud after a two-day trial.

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