Lithuanian Man Kills Corrupt Pedophile Jew Judge

Lithuanian Dad Kills Judge For Molesting His 3 Yr Old

Judge Dreadful Killer A World Hero
Austria Times
10-18-9

A dad who shot dead a judge and a senior politician because they molested his three-year old daughter has becomea national hero after going on the run in Lithuania.

Horrified Drasius Keyds, 37, gunned down the perverted pair on Monday after police turned a deaf ear to his pleas for justice for his tortured tot.

Now in hiding, Keyds has become a hero on YouTube and Facebook with hundreds of thousands of fans from all over the world pledging support.

"You are a hero to all of us," reads one Facebook message. "What you did is nothing but justice."

Mugs and t-shirts with his image on them have begun appearing alongside the logo "Drasius: Lone-avenger".

Keyds' nightmare began a year ago when daughter Deimantela told him about a meeting set up by his then fiancee with judge Jonas Furmanavicziusa and the Speaker of Lithuania's parliament , Andrius Us. [Based on the way these names have been misspelled, I'd say both men are Jews and the misspellings were intentionally made to make it difficult to prove their ethnicity via a google search - "Andrius is no doubt Andreas, and the proper spelling for the other judge is "Furmanavicius" [26,000 google hits], not Furmanavicziusa [Two google hits]. Jews do this ALL THE TIME, in fact, you should automatically assume that any Jew accused of anything, will have an intentionally misspelled first name, surname, or both.]

The pair allegedly raped and abused the youngster who reported her ordeal to her father.

But a year long campaign for a police investigation failed when detectives told Keyds there was not enough evidence to proceed with a case.

Now the fugitive dad is being offered a safe haven in neighbouring countries like Poland.

Parliamentary deputy speaker Stefan Niesioowski said: "This is a clear case of incompetent law enforcement on the original crime."

Fugitive Dekalb County Cop Captured In Belize

Punta Gorda, Belize

Following a lead given to the US Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service, police arrested fugitive Dekalb County Sheriffs Deputy Derrick Yancey in a bar in Punta Gorda, Belize.

Yancey is accused of murdering his 44 year old wife Linda Yancey (who was also a Dekalb police officer) and Marcial Cax Puluc, a 20 year old immigrant "day laborer", inside the Yancey's Stone Mountain, Georgia home in August of 2008. Yancey claimed that the day laborer had shot his wife and then he shot the day laborer. Yancey was arrested after ballistics tests confirmed that he had killed both victims.

On August 28, 2008 Dekalb Superior Court Judge Anne Workman ordered that the accused double murderer was to be released on bond and placed under "house arrest". On April 4, 2009, Yancey cut the electronic monitoring device off his ankle and fled from his mother's Clayton county home, where he had been living under "house arrest".

Yancey remained on the run for five months and was profiled on America's Most Wanted. He's also included in the show's "Cops On The Wrong Side Of The Law" feature.

Police in Belize say Yancey was taken into custody without incident in a bar in southern Belize on September 19, 2009.

"We had his photograph in our possession and upon identifying ourselves, he just handed over himself. There was no resistance in his arrest," said Inspector Andres Makin of the Punta Gorda Police Station.

Yancey will be extradited back to Georgia to face prosecution.

Court Issues 'Slap On The Wrist' For Court Employee In Ticket Fixing Scam

Decatur, GA

Last week Dekalb County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Becker handed down sentences against former court employee Charlene Johnson and local clothing store owner Sonia Williams for their part in a long running ticket fixing scheme. Six others were arrested during the investigation.

Johnson (pictured at left) pleaded guilty to violating the public trust, using her position in at the Recorder's Court to have cases dismissed in exchange for money. Williams pleaded guilty to bringing tickets to Johnson and giving Johnson cash or "store discounts" in exchange for having cases dismissed.

The two were charged with 171 criminal charges, including violations of the Georgia Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Johnson admitted to netting over $20,000 from the scheme over the last three years. Johnson was sentenced to 20 years, but ordered to serve only 12 months and to pay restitution, while Williams was sentenced to five years, but ordered to serve only 30 days.

Georgians Demand More Information On Crime Statistics

Atlanta, GA
Amid rising crime rates, the decreased ability of law enforcement agencies to protect citizens and public admissions by local politicians that the state is unsafe, many Georgia residents and civic organizations are demanding better access to information on crime statistics.

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Some Seek More Crime Reports

Statistics wanted: Those trying to get information to try to determine trends in neighborhoods can run into obstacles.

By Megan Matteucci, Tim Eberly

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Fred Pangle uses a neighborhood map, Post-it notes and word-of-mouth to track crime statistics in his Rex subdivision.

The handyman said he maps crime for his Amberwood Neighborhood Association because he can’t get enough information from the Clayton County Police Department.

“They say they can’t tell us anything unless you’re the victim,” Pangle said. “Maybe if we had crime statistics, people might come to the realization of how unsafe it is and know what’s really going on.”

Under the Georgia Open Records Act, almost all initial crime incident reports are open to public review. Across the metro area, people get individual reports every day —- mostly for use in traffic cases or incidents in which they were victims.

But amid rising interest in crime rates, residents, civic groups or even reporters trying to determine broader trends in neighborhoods can find that getting information is more complicated.

Several county departments, including Clayton, Cobb and Gwinnett, generally limit access to reports on a specific incident or for a specific address. There is no ready access to incident logs.

“Open records law does not require an agency to allow open inspection of bulk or all reports,” said Cpl. Illana Spellman of Gwinnett County police. “Open records law requires that if a specific report is requested and is open to public disclosure, that the information be released.”

That’s wrong, said Hollie Manheimer, executive director of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation. Initial incident and arrest reports, she said, “are the classic public record. All of them are open, immediately and always, for public inspection.”

More at AJC.COM.

Georgia Ranked 12th Most Dangerous State Based On 2007 Crime Statistics

Decatur, GA
CQ Press issued its "Crime State Ranking 2009" report last month showing Georgia to be the 12th most dangerous state to live in based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Report for 2007, the most recent statistics available. The state has moved up 7 places, from its spot as 19th in the rankings since the last report.

Researchers working on the Crime Across America report used statistics reported by local jurisdictions involving six crime categories including murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft in their analysis and scored each state against a national average.

Georgia ranked in the top 10 in at the categories of murder, rape and motor vehicle theft. However, academics and police officials have disagreed with the rankings and attempted to dispel the validity of the report.

"I would be polite," says Robert Friedmann, criminal justice professor at Georgia State, "and just comment that the methodology of that data is severely flawed. I think what they are doing is using zip codes."

Frank V. Rotondo, executive director of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, says numbers alone paint an incomplete picture.

"Everybody will interpret the data in the way they want to," he says. "If they’re not happy, they might say cops are writing too many traffic tickets and not arresting enough people. People who support law enforcement might say differently."

The report was compiled by Scott and Kathleen O’Leary Morgan. A spokesman for the researchers, Ben Krasney says, "The numbers in the book are a starting point, a reference point for further research".

Burrell Ellis, Dekalb County Georgia's newly elected CEO, spoke about rampant crime in that county during his State of Dekalb County Address in February, saying "When it comes to public safety, the current state of DeKalb County is unacceptable. We are not safe".

"Crime continues to rise and many of the crimes committed are of a violent nature.", Ellis said. "Too many of our senior citizens live in fear. Families are concerned about home invasions, which are occurring when they are away and sometimes when they are at home in the shower, around the dinner table and even when they are in their beds asleep. This is unacceptable."

Crime in that part of the state has also had an adverse effect on business owners and educational institutions.

Ellis told citizens, "...Businesses are concerned that when they close their doors for the evening, they will find in the morning that they have become the latest targets and victims of burglary."

"Students who have chosen to pursue education at one of our institutions cannot walk to and from their cars, or go to dinner or a movie without the fear of being approached by someone who points a gun in their face and tells them to ‘Give it up.’ This is unacceptable." said Ellis.

Ellis' remarks came just days after ordering former police chief Terrell Bolton to go on administrative leave pending an investigation into Bolton's conduct while serving as chief of the county's police department. Bolton has since been terminated from that position.

Former Sheriff's Deputy Jumps Bond On Murder Charges

Decatur, GA
The Dekalb County Fugitive Squad is searching for a former policeman who jumped bond while awaiting trial on charges that he murdered his wife and a day laborer in 2008.

Former Dekalb County Sheriff's Deputy Derrick Yancey was out of jail under a $150,000 bond and under house arrest when he cut off an electronic monitoring device on Friday and disappeared from his mother's Clayton County home.

According to sheriff's department spokesperson Lt. Billi Akins, Yancey had been staying at his mother and stepfather’s home in Jonesboro awaiting an undetermined trial date and was last seen there Friday night.

“He was an electronic monitor and was restricted to the house,” Akins said late Saturday night. “We received info that he cut the bracelet off and left his residence.”

Yancey, 49, was indicted in August of last year when he was accused in the June 2008 double murder of his 44 year old wife, Linda Yancey and a day laborer, Marcial Puluc. Linda Yancey was also an officer on the Dekalb County police force.

Yancey claimed that he had shot Puluc after discovering that the 20 year old day laborer had killed his wife. Investigators said lab tests showed Yancey shot both victims.

Police say the fugitive should be considered armed and dangerous.

If you have information about where Yancey may be, please call the DeKalb County Sheriffs Fugitive Squad at (404) 298-8200.

DeKalb County Police Chief Terrell Bolton Fired

Decatur, GA
In a bold move towards a better community in DeKalb, the county's new CEO Burrell Ellis has fired DeKalb police chief Terrell Bolton. The announcement came on Tuesday, following much controversy surrounding Bolton's conduct as police chief.

A pre-termination notice sent to Bolton last week gave him a deadline of 10:00 a.m. Monday to respond to the charges and explain why he shouldn't be fired. Bolton did send a letter to Ellis on Monday morning, stating numerous reason he should be allowed to remain in his position, however Ellis apparently was not swayed.

Among Bolton's major claims is that he can't be fired because he is on medical leave. Bill McKenney, Bolton's lawyer claims the firing may violate federal law. McKenney says the leave falls under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act and cautioned Ellis not to take any action while the chief is on leave.

Bolton is accused of various discrepancies, crimes and misconduct including allegations that he has taken over 5 months of "comp" time during his two years on the job despite police department policies against "comp" time for executives and that he personal kept luxury vehicles seized in drug raids.

This could be a step in the right direction for Ellis in cleaning up the government of DeKalb County. Former CEO Vernon Jones left quite a mess in the county, including a judicial system full of unscrupulous ashkenazis who rob citizens under color of law on a daily basis, amounting to basically nothing more than an organized crime ring similar to the former judicial system of Cook County, Illinois.

Online Petition: Jail For Hospital Employee Who Stole From Dead/Dying

Atlanta, GA

In May of 2008, scumbag "social worker" Tacuma Jawara was arrested after police learned he had stolen jewelry from the bodies of deceased patients at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital.

Since his arrest in the case involving wedding rings stolen from the late Katherine Armstrong, a wife and mother of two small children who was killed in a tragic automobile accident in April, at least two more families have come forward with allegations that Jawara had stolen from members of their families while they were patients at the hospital. Aside from the theft of Mrs. Armstrong's jewelry, Jawara has been arrested on additional charges of stealing a wedding ring from another man and stealing money orders from the purse of another female patient.

It has recently been brought to our attention that the courts are failing the public in this matter, as they often do. There is a high possibility that this scumbag will be turned back out on the streets.

We request that our readers review and sign the following online petition.

One of my dearest friends was killed in a horrific auto accident on April 30th. A Loomis (armored) truck stalled out of gas in the center lane of a busy Atlanta interstate and my friend hit it. The driver of the truck has been charged with vehicular homicide and my friend has been cleared of any fault in the accident. She leaves behind a husband and two young children, ages 1.5 and 4 (at the time of the accident).

To make matters worse, her one of a kind wedding and engagement rings were stolen from her body at the hospital where she was airlifted following the accident. It was determined that the man assigned to log victim's personal items and to tend to the victim's family is the person who stole (and pawned) her rings.

Fortunately, her rings were recovered from an Atlanta-area pawn shop and the hospital employee was charged with felony theft by taking. It has since been discovered that he stole from another victim and he has been charged with a second count of theft.

The DA has consolidated the cases, so the most this man can serve is ten years for both counts. If the DA had prosecuted the cases separately, the scum who stole her rings could have gotten ten years for each count. Unfortunately, the DA and the judge in this case are pretty jail-averse...very unfortunate as this man is so worthy of being locked up for a long time. The DA offered this man 4-6 months (yes, MONTHS) in jail, but fortunately Alan (Katherine's husband) and another victim of Jawara, named Ron Goyette were able to compel the judge to throw the plea deal out and set a court date.

Read and sign the complete petition at the follwing link:

Jail For Jawara Petition

Editor's Note: This petition is in no way connected to the Vanquishing Georgia website and was apparently started by friends and family members of the late Mrs. Katherine Armstrong. While we realize that this is a highly volatile subject, we ask our readers who do opt to sign the petition to avoid inflamatory statements and keep the respect of Mrs. Armstrong's family in mind when you post your comments. However, as always, feel free to speak your mind here in our comments section on Vanquishing Georgia. Thanks.

DeKalb Police Can't Protect Merchants From Gangs Of Feral Negroes

Tucker, GA

Saturday night police apprehended only one of five negroes who entered DeKalb County's Northlake Mall around 8p.m. and smashed the glass in a jewelry display case at the Charms Of Gold kiosk and fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of jewelry. Police recovered some of the stolen jewelry. The four other suspects remain at large.

As a result of the growing number of smash and grab thefts and robberies in the county many DeKalb businesses are closing. At least eight jewelry stores and kiosks at DeKalb's Northlake Mall closed their doors on Sunday and announced that they will remain closed indefinitely due rising black crime in the area and an overall lack of ability by local law enforcement to protect them from roving bands of feral negroes.

Amin Lalani, owner of Charms Of Gold, said they have been hit by smash and grab robbers three times this month and have lost over $30,000 in merchandise. "They have the hammer in hand. They're wearing gloves. They smash and grab whatever thay can", Lalani told reporters.

Shawn Patel says his jewelry store, located inside Northlake Mall, has also been the target of thieves within the past few months. "We're closing tomorrow. All the stores. All the jewelry stores. We're sick of it. We can't afford anymore. DeKalb County cannot offer us protection. We don't have any choice," said Patel.

Walker County Gives Sheriffs Military Firepower

Walker County, GA

In answer to the ever increasing number of violent crimes across Georgia, the Walker County Sheriff's Department is outfitting it's officers with military style AR-15 assault rifles in hopes of providing the ability to defuse potentially dangerous situations, which occur even in rural areas like Walker County, from a greater distance.

Officers have gone through a three day training school to ensure proper handling of the highly powerful weapons.

Article from the Walker County Messenger:

The Walker County Sheriff’s Department is equipping some of its deputies and detectives with more firepower, and last week the department held training sessions to teach them the basics of operating the new guns.

The new guns are Bush Master M-4 AR-15s assault rifles, the same guns used by soldiers overseas.

“Violent offenders bring weaponry to the table that our guys haven’t been able to match,” Sgt. Pat Cook said. “It is all a lot of forward-thinking on the sheriff’s part. He is doing everything he can do to make the sheriff’s office as cutting-edge and as modern as a law enforcement agency possibly can be,” Cook said. “He is doing everything he can do to make sure these guys have got the tools they need to protect themselves and to protect the public.”

The rifle school was held each day from Wednesday, Aug. 13, through Friday, Aug. 15, at the firing range at Walker State Prison. This was the fourth class held by the department. “It is no secret to the world that it is getting to be a rougher place,” Cook said, “and there is no doubts about that. Our deputies are encountering situations now where they basically have been outgunned. …. Looking ahead at that, starting last year, Sheriff Steve Wilson allocated money to purchase patrol rifles.”

According to Cook, due to the ongoing foreign wars, ammunition is difficult to come by and, when ordered, can take several months to arrive.

“What we are doing is giving them increased firepower, giving them something that gives them the ability to have standoff distance,” Cook said. “What we are giving them now is the ability to stand off 100 to 200 to 300 meters, if they had to, and engage a hostile threat with this rifle they will be carrying in the cars.

Article and video here.

Deputy Sheriff Fired Over Fraudulent Bigfoot Corpse

Jonesboro, GA

A local sheriff's deputy and apparent con-man has lost his job over his part in a recent Bigfoot hoax. The 28 year old hoaxer, Matthew Whitton, was fired when the supposed Bigfoot corpse which Whitten and a friend, Rick Dryer, claimed they found in the north Georgia mountains turned out to be a rubber costume.

“I terminated him,” said Police Chief Jeffrey Turner. “He’s disgraced himself, he’s an embarrassment to the Clayton County Police Department, his credibility and integrity as an officer is gone, and I have no use for him,” Turner said. “His behavior is unbecoming of that of a police officer."

“This turn of events from hero to someone who defrauds a nation is just baffling. I don’t know how he got from one point to the other,” Turner said.

Whitton and Dryer had claimed that they found the corpse on a Bigfoot hunting expedition a few months ago. The two con-men had been running a website offering hunting trips to perspective victims for $499 per trip. They produced several videos on Youtube claiming they had found this corpse. In one of these videos the pair meet at Hartsfield International Airport to pick up Dr. Paul Van Buren, a scientist from Texas to examine DNA samples from the creature. The fake scientist was later exposed as Whitton's brother, Martin.

The exposure of the "scientist" fraud lead to the release of another Youtube video in which Whitton tried to salvage the hoax and taunted the people of the Bigfoot research community who had blown his cover (video below).

Within a short time Whitton and Dryer had teamed up with notorious Bigfoot scam artist Tom Biscardi and set up a press conference in Palo Alto, California during which they planned to release results of DNA testing from samples of the corpse. Of the three DNA samples that were tested one was determined to be unusable, one was determined to be human DNA and the other was said to be oppossum DNA.

Biscardi quickly attempted to attribute the oppossum DNA to being from the contents of the creatures stomach, yet the entire scam fell apart over this passed weekend when a block of ice in which the creature was encased melted and revealled that the supposed Bigfoot was in fact a rubber costume.

Both Whitton, who was on administrative leave from the Sheriff's department after shooting himself in the hand while on duty, and Dryer have since disappeared. Police Chief Turner says he has been unable to contact Whitton to give him his termination documents and retrieve police uniforms and other department property.

Holiday Road Death Predictions

Atlanta, GA

Georgia public safety officials predict 23 people will die on Georgia roads over the July Fourth holiday weekend.

They estimate that the long weekend will bring 2,315 crashes on Georgia roads and 1,094 injuries.

The annual predictions are made by crash analysts at the Georgia State Patrol and the Georgia Department of Transportation. They cover the period that begins at 6 p.m. Thursday and ends at midnight Sunday.

State officials are warning holiday travelers not to drink and drive. Motorists should expect to run into random sobriety checkpoints and concentrated police patrols around the state.

Illegal Immigrants Deported In High Numbers From Georgia And Carolinas

COLUMBIA, S.C.

The Greenville News reports that federal immigration officials claim over 14,000 deportations have taken place during the past eight months from the states of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina alone.

U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement regional spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez credits the screening processes of prisoners of local police departments for the deportations of illegal immigrants.

The immigrants are of course deported at the tax payer's expense.

More than 14,000 illegal immigrants have been deported from Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina in the past eight months, according to federal immigration officials."The fact of the matter is that our officers deport people every day. Deportations are up every year. I attribute that to increased activities by the agency and increased resources," Barbara Gonzalez, a regional spokeswoman for the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency, told The Greenville News.

Federal agents find out about illegal immigrants in several different ways. Some jails screen all their prisoners and notify agents when they find someone in the country illegally. Others are caught in workplace raids or by fugitive teams.Federal officials said 14,118 illegal immigrants in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia have been deported by the federal government since Oct. 1.

Anyone serving time for a crime must complete their sentence before immigration agents start to deal with them. When immigrants lose their appeals to stay in the U.S., they are sent back on flights home to their native country, sometimes with an escort if their are certain risk factors, Gonzalez said. Each flight costs taxpayers between $600 and $700 depending on the destination, Gonzalez said.

Complete controlled media article here.

Negro Pedophile SWAT Standoff In West End Atlanta

Atlanta, Ga.

When police attempted to serve a child molestation warrant at an apartment complex on Hollywood Road, in west Atlanta, around 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning, they found their 25 year old suspect, Lewis Abram barricaded in a bedroom closest with an assault rife.

A ten hour standoff and shootout in which 30 - 40 shots were fired ensued. The standoff ended about 7:45 p.m., after SWAT officers led Abram out of the house. There were apparently no injuries during the shootout. Makes you wonder about law enforcement weapons training.

Abram had been accused of enticing children between the ages of 5 and 9 into is apartment and molesting them.

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An Atlanta man was arrested Tuesday night after trading bullets and 14-plus hours of negotiations with Fulton County police.

Lewis Abram, 25, barricaded himself against authorities trying to serve an arrest warrant, and the standoff was punctuated by an afternoon shoot-out between the man and the Sheriff Department's SWAT team. More than 30 shots were reportedly fired, but no one was injured.

"He was firing a high-powered assault rifle," said Fulton County Marshal Antonio Johnson of Abram. "Shots went through the wall."

The standoff began at 9 a.m. and it was 7:45 p.m. before Abram gave in to police negotiators and was arrested.

The incident began when three deputy marshals went to Abram's apartment on Hollywood Road in The Park at Scotts Crossing apartment complex to serve a warrant against him on a charge of child molestation, Johnson said.

Someone let officers inside Abram's apartment, but the trio retreated and called for backup when they discovered Abram holed up in his bedroom with an automatic weapon, Johnson said.

A woman then fled the apartment.

Controlled media story continued here.

Black Culture Or Indecent Exposure... Cries Of "Racism" Regarding Proposed Law Banning Sagging Pants

Atlanta, GA

Metro area negroes crowded into a recent Atlanta City Council meeting to voice belligerent opinions and contempt for a proposed amendment that would make "sagging pants" a crime.

Some asserted that the amendment is "racist" apparently based on the fact that sagging pants are a part of "black culture", because White people don't wear their pants that way. LOL.

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Some call it a fashion trend and a cultural expression, others say it's simply indecent exposure.

The Atlanta City Council heard more public comments Wednesday night over a controversial amendment to ban baggy pants in Atlanta.

For Chris Franklin, it’s a cultural image, a strong statement, an undeniable part of his identity.

“Cause I’ve been doing it for so long, like for so long. I ain't going to stop sagging my pants cause they made a law. I'm still going to sag my pants, you know,” said Franklin. “It's just natural. The black culture do it - everybody you see. Most everybody from the black culture you're going to see them sag their pants.”

But it's a reflection of hip-hop and what Franklin and his friends call "the black culture," which could make them criminals under a proposed amendment of Atlanta's indecency laws.

One city council member says what's on display is not a matter of culture or self-expression, but one of indecent exposure and destructive self image.

“It is ridiculous, so disrespectful, so unnecessary because many of these same people don't have enough money to go to college. You know we say 'heads up, pants up, grades up,'” said Atlanta City Councilman for District 10 C.T. Martin, who sponsored the amendment. “Why are you doing that, when the majority of people in the world are not walking around with their underwear showing?”

Councilman Martin says the proposed penalty for not covering up was recently downgraded from paying a fine to doing community service. But the ACLU calls it a discriminatory "dress code," one that critics and Chris say targets the black youth culture.

“It might be a racist thing because I don't see no white people sagging their pants, because they have their pants up, right here, to above their stomach. They might have it way up here you know,” said Franklin, motioning to his stomach. “But black culture they ain't going to have their pants way up here that ain't something you can make a black person do, pull up their pants. They ain't going to listen to ya'll. They're not going to listen.”

And it's an image, a statement, and an identity, Franklin says he's going to keep wearing.

The City Council's Public Safety committee has not determined how much community service violators would have to serve. Councilman Martin expects the City Council to vote on the proposal at the end of February.

Original story here.

Gwinnett County Sheriff Can't Enforce Immigration Laws

Lawrenceville, GA

Despite pleas from the County Commission, Gwinnett Sheriff Butch Conway declares he doen't have the manpower to combat the flood of illegals into the growing metro-Atlanta county.

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The Gwinnett County Commission chairman wants the sheriff's department to begin enforcing federal immigration laws.

Chairman Charles Bannister is calling for Sheriff Butch Conway to sign up for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program that trains deputies to start deportation proceedings for illegal immigrants booked into the jail.

In 2007, Cobb County Sheriff Neil Warren became the first sheriff in Georgia to initiate the ICE program. A spokeswoman for ICE, Pat Reilly, said Whitfield County in north Georgia will begin training deputies this month.

Conway said he doesn't have the resources to designate the five or six deputies needed for the task. He said Wednesday his department had 60 deputy vacancies last year. Conway said commissioners denied a request for more than 40 additional deputies in 2008 because of budget constraints...

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Woman Attacks Police Officer In Athens Grocery Store

Athens, GA

An Athens area Kroger store has been the scene of yet another assault against a police officer, the second such assault in just over a month. In December 2007, a man attacked and stabbed Sgt. Courtney Gale, who still remains hospitalized.

In the second attack a woman, Shakeena Davis, attacked Officer Charles Snyder and wrestled away his firearm before being pepper sprayed by the policeman. Both were taken to area hospitals for evaluation.

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A woman grabbed an Athens police officer's handgun during a scuffle at the same grocery store where another officer was stabbed last month, police said.

Lt. Mike Tyndell said Officer Charles Snyder's injuries in the attack about 7 p.m. Monday at the Kroger store are not believed to be serious. Tyndell said the off-duty officer was working in uniform as a store security guard and approached a woman identified as Shakeena Davis of Athens, after someone told him the woman was wanted on felony warrants.

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