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 13, 2006
Albany -- A Dougherty County man who fled during his child molestation trial is sentenced to a decade in prison.
Monte Green said he fled his trial because he thought his lawyer was not helping him. The 24-year-old Green was sentenced to ten years in prison for statutory rape. He also plead guilty this morning to bail jumping.
Green ran after the first day of his July trial. Prosecutors charged that he had sex with a 13-year-old neighbor on December 23, 2002.
Judge Willie Lockett continued the trial even though he had escaped, and the jury quickly found him guilty. He was caught in Dothan, Alabama weeks later.
Today Green told the Judge during his trial he was confused by bad representation by his court appointed attorney, and that was why he ran. "You can't trust anything that comes out of his mouth. He acted the exact same way while we were in the middle of this trial, and he ran away to Alabama," said Asst. District Attorney Christopher Cohilas. "He acted like a child, and today he had to stand up like a man, and be sentenced."
Monte Green was sentenced to ten years in prison for statutory rape. He was also sentenced to five years in prison for bail jumping, to be served at the same time.
Green will also have to register as a sex offender. Green told the Judge he plans to appeal his conviction.
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