Apr 28, 2023 | Criminal Matters
On April 25, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the conviction of Georgia physician, Dr. Audrey Arona. Dr. Arona pleaded guilty to charges related to the sale of drug that contained human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), marketed as a weight lost product. HCG is...
Apr 11, 2023 | Criminal Matters
On April 10, the Department of Justice announced a former member of Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex’s (EKCC) internal affairs department pleaded guilty to one count of deprivation of an inmate’s civil rights, and a former EKCC sergeant pleaded guilty to three...
Mar 21, 2023 | Criminal Matters
On March 15, 2023, the Georgia Supreme Court issued an opinion holding that a lower court, which had enjoined the Gwinnett County District Attorney from engaging in any enforcement measures concerning the sale of Delta-8, should have instead dismissed the lawsuit. A...
Mar 13, 2023 | Criminal Matters
On March 8, 2023, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a former Georgia police officer’s sexual harassment lawsuit because the complaint was drafted as a “shotgun pleading.” The Eleventh Circuit is well known for its disapproval of and...
Feb 7, 2023 | Criminal Matters, Government Investigations
On February 3, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the conviction of Sixto Jorge Díaz Colón, of San Juan, for extortion and obstruction of justice related to his involvement in “a scheme to obtain money in exchange for preventing the release of chat messages...
Jan 31, 2023 | Civil Matters, Criminal Matters
On January 30, the Department of Justice announced Katie R. Crews, former Louisville, Kentucky police officer, was sentenced to two years of probation, two hundred hours of community service and a $5,000 fine for using excessive force. Crews was blamed for instigating...
