Thursday, May 23 2013 11:45 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:45:38 GMT
A Cordele man is out of jail tonight, accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from his former employer. Crisp County Investigators say 25-year-old James Aultman stole more than $10,000More >>
A Cordele man is out of jail tonight, accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from his former employer.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:40 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:40:13 GMT
Albany Police are putting on a free gospel concert this weekend. It's free, but they will accept donations to fund the department's annual community picnic in June. Musical artists from around SouthMore >>
Albany Police are putting on a free gospel concert this weekend.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:35 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:35:30 GMT
A couple of South Georgia mayors attended a forum at the Albany Civil Rights Institute to enlighten the public on how city governments run, Thursday. Albany Mayor Dorothy Hubbard and Baconton Mayor AnnetteMore >>
A couple of South Georgia mayors attended a forum at the Albany Civil Rights Institute to enlighten the public on how city governments run, Thursday.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:28 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:28:35 GMT
Law enforcement agencies in Albany and Dougherty County are teaming up and strategically hitting the streets to make sure you stay safe this summer. Operation Takeback is a summer-long program to catchMore >>
Law enforcement agencies in Albany and Dougherty County are teaming up and strategically hitting the streets to make sure you stay safe this summer.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:43 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:43:51 GMT
Workers at the Marine Corps Logistics Base will be returning to work Friday. Many of the Marine base workers were sent home Thursday following a rupture to the bases main water line. One of the waterMore >>
Workers at the Marine Corps Logistics Base will be returning to work Friday. Many of the Marine base workers were sent home Thursday following a rupture to the bases main water line.More >>
June 6, 2005
Albany -- Trials for 80 people who used a statewide I.D. theft ring to buy cars started Monday in Dougherty County. These people paid an Albany woman to secure the identities of dead people from newspaper obituaries, identities they used to buy cars.
Eight of the 80 people facing charges of felony forgery, identity theft, and conspiracy pleaded guilty. The trials of four others got underway.
In January, GBI agents raided the homes of people who had hired Kwezeta Butler to help them buy a car. Prosecutors say the 80 people gave Butler 500 dollars, and she would lead them to the Southlake Mitshubishi car dealership in South Atlanta. The dealership would sell them a car using those stolen I.D.'s.
Assistant District Attorney Greg Edwards said "Certainly there were a lot of instances where there was direct information and many other instances that it was pretty clear that there was something crooked was going on."
So far, 26 people have pleaded guilty to being customers of the I.D. theft ring. Those without criminal records were given pre-trial intervention. Others were sentenced to five years probation and fined between 500 to one thousand dollars.
Prosecutors say the ringleaders of the I.D. theft scheme were Kwezeta Butler of Albany and Pasteur Patcamp, a salesman at the Mitshubishi dealership. Both have pleaded guilty.
Butler will testify at the trials scheduled to continue for the rest of the month.
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