USA v. Sutton

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:19-cr-00192

Court:

Georgia Northern

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Mark H. Cohen

  1. February 14, 2023

    Former Ga. County Official Gets Home Detention For Extortion

    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. 

  2. February 10, 2023

    Ex-County Official Seeks To Avoid Prison In Extortion Case

    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.

  3. January 30, 2023

    Feds Urge Against Ex-Ga. Official's Extortion Acquittal Bid

    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.

  4. November 03, 2022

    Jury Finds Ex-Ga. Commissioner Guilty Of Extortion

    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.