February 14, 2023
A former commissioner of a county that includes part of Atlanta was sentenced to three years' probation and nine months of home detention on Tuesday, three months after a jury found her guilty of demanding money from a subcontractor on a $10 million wastewater treatment plant expansion project.
February 10, 2023
A former commissioner of a county that includes part of Atlanta has urged a Georgia federal judge to spare her incarceration and sentence her to home confinement and community service on two counts of extortion.
January 30, 2023
Federal prosecutors have asked a Georgia federal judge to deny a former county commissioner's bid to have her extortion conviction overturned, saying the U.S. government proved her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and that she has no evidence showing the jury erred in its decision.
November 03, 2022
A former Georgia county commissioner has been found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of extorting a subcontractor in relation to their involvement in a $10 million wastewater treatment plant expansion.