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Federal Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Wednesday November 06, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Ga. U.S. Attorney: Georgia Poll Worker Arrested for Making Bomb Threat to Election Workers
MACON, Georgia, Nov. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release: A Georgia poll worker was arrested today for mailing a letter to the Jones County Elections Superintendent threatening poll workers. According to the criminal complaint, Nicholas Wimbish, 25, of Milledgeville, Georgia, was serving as a poll worker at the Jones County Elections Office on Oct. 16 when he allegedly had a verbal altercation with a voter. Later that evenin  more

Ga. U.S. Attorney: Six Individuals Indicted for Conspiring to Murder Fulton County Detention Officers
ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2024: Wayne Alford, Latasha Baker, Matthew Freeman, also known as "Coach Poker," "Pokerface Matt," and "Gotti Freeman," Jaheim Arnold, also known as "Slime" and "Toppslime," Carlos Pearson, also known as "Rico Reflection" and "Rice Rico," and Jayden Barnes, also known as "Swipe" and "El Swiper," have been indicted for conspiracy to murder two Fulton Count  more

Surface Transportation Board Issues Decision Involving Athens Transportation Partners
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 1332X) entitled "Athens Transportation Partners LLC - Abandonment Exemption - In Clarke County, Georgia": * * * Athens Transportation Partners, LLC (ATP), filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon approximately 6.5-miles of rail line extending from the northern end of the Oconee River trestle bridg  more