Saturday, May 25 2013 6:27 PM EDT2013-05-25 22:27:57 GMT
Supporters of a 6-year-old Albany boy battling a serious brain disorder are coming together once more to help with his medical bills. This time, with a Vegas style event. This may seem like a regularMore >>
Supporters of a 6-year-old Albany boy battling a serious brain disorder are coming together once more to help with his medical bills. This time, with a Vegas style event.More >>
Saturday, May 25 2013 4:52 PM EDT2013-05-25 20:52:02 GMT
A woman is recovering after her SUV was struck by another vehicle, flipping it several times. It happened around 3:15pm Saturday, near the 1500 block of U.S. Highway 19. Officials say John Earley wasMore >>
A woman is recovering after her SUV was struck by another vehicle, flipping it several times.More >>
Saturday, May 25 2013 7:30 AM EDT2013-05-25 11:30:07 GMT
Albany Engineer K. Bruce Maples, P. E. announced some road closures Thursday morning. Beginning at 6:00 A.M., Saturday, May 25, 2013, the following streets will be closed for the Spring Fest and SBMore >>
Albany Engineer K. Bruce Maples, announced some road closures beginning at 6:00 A.M., Saturday, May 25, 2013, in downtown Albany.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 10:55 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:55:46 GMT
Not going out of town for Memorial Day? Don't worry, the Albany Panthers want to make sure you have a good weekend as they host their first ever beer fest. You can sample more than 20 types of beer SaturdayMore >>
Not going out of town for Memorial Day? Don't worry, the Albany Panthers want to make sure you have a good weekend as they host their first ever beer fest.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 10:50 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:50:57 GMT
The family of a Miller County woman is mourning tonight after GBI investigators say the 58 year old was murdered by her husband, before he took his own life. Now the family of Barbara Bass is speakingMore >>
The family of a Miller County woman is mourning tonight after GBI investigators say the 58 year old was murdered by her husband, before he took his own life.More >>
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - An Albany State University professor arrested this week on sexual assault and attempted sexual assault charges had two prior criminal convictions.
When 63-year old Dr. Phillip Jemilohun was hired at ASU in January 2007, university officials knew he was a first time offender charged with petty theft in Fulton County. That did not disqualify him from the job.
His background check did not turn up a misdemeanor sexual assault conviction in Virginia. Nine months after he was hired, the Board of Regents implemented more comprehensive checks that ASU Police Chief Roberson Brown says would have picked up that conviction.
"There are so many different, similar names and dates of birth are the same," said Albany State University Police Chief Roberson Brown. "With the Live scan you actually have that persons DNA fingerprint which there would be every little room if any for making a mistake or error for someone who had the same name, same date of birth."
Dr. Jemilohun has been released from the Dougherty County Jail on bond.
The ASU Department of Natural Science professor is suspended without pay until the case is resolved.
(Source: Dougherty Co. Jail)
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