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Rhonda Cook is a native Georgian. She began reporting in 1978 with United Press International and joined the AJC in 1989 with the assignments to cover the Georgia Legislature, politics, state government, prisons and criminal justice matters. In the years since, she has specialized on the criminal justice system.
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Man fatally shot at south Fulton gas station
Fulton County police have a video clip that shows the face of a man suspected of shooting another beside the pumps at a Chevron gas station early Sunday, but they don’t have a name. Fulton County Police Department spokesman Scott McBride said investigators are hoping someone recognizes the suspected gunman ...
750 jurors summoned for racketeering trial of former DeKalb School superintendent and others
Around 750 summonses have been sent in hopes of finding 12 jurors and four alternates to hear the upcoming racketeering trial of former DeKalb County School Superintendent Crawford Lewis, the district’s one-time chief operating officer Pat Reid and her ex-husband Tony Pope. On Friday, DeKalb Superior Court Judge Cynthia Becker ...
Clayton special grand jury says more investigation needed into county government
A special purpose grand jury told a Clayton County judge Tuesday there is more corruption and malfeasance in local government that needs to be investigated and urged him to appoint another panel to finish the work they started. “We, as a grand jury, felt it shouldn’t be ended,” foreman Walter ...
Grand jury report: Clayton government irresponsible, abuses power
Some Clayton County elected officials and the people they hire to run county agencies are “irresponsible,” abuse their powers and use their positions to help themselves, their relatives and their friends, according to a report from a special grand jury that is to be released Tuesday. Almost 2 1/2 years ...
Clayton DA drops case against two former sheriff’s office employees
The Clayton County district attorney has dropped charges against two key witnesses for the prosecution in the case against Sheriff Victor Hill. District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson took that action 11 days after a Clayton County jury acquitted Hill of charges that he had used his office for personal gain. ...
FBI agent’s actions jeopardize Georgia child sex prosecutions
The alleged indiscretions of a married FBI agent have jeopardized at least 10 criminal cases against suspected sexual predators of children. The FBI has disbanded the joint local-federal Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force while it investigates the agent who ran it, Ken Hillman. According to a letter from the ...
Suit against Clayton sheriff claims retaliation, hostile workplace
One former and two current employees of the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office are suing Sheriff Victor Hill for allegedly retaliating against them because they successfully sued him in 2005. Former Chief Deputy Garland Watkins, who ran against Hill as a write-in candidate last year, and Lt. Brian Crisp and Lt. ...
Teenager locked up eight months for running away
The transformation of the teenage girl can be traced in pictures.The sandy-haired pre-teen, thrilled to be a big sister, had morphed into a troubled 16-year-old with face piercings, her hair streaked fire-engine red and black.She began running away. She was drinking. She wouldn’t go to school. Her mother eventually called ...
New indictment means smaller case against former DeKalb school superintendent and others
Former DeKalb County School Superintendent Crawford Lewis, his former chief operating officer and her ex-husband are facing a third version of a racketeering case first brought against them more than three years ago, but now there are fewer charges, fewer schools and fewer taxpayer dollars involved and two names have ...
Suspended Clayton police chief returns to work
Clayton County Police Chief Greg Porter has returned to work even though he remains under investigation for alleged theft of federal grant money, his attorney confirmed Wednesday. “It is our understanding that the chief has been reinstated and is back at work, ” Porter’s attorney, Manny Arora, said in a ...
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