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Thursday, April 04, 2013  In three months and two days on the job, Sheriff Eugene Crum already helped indict dozens of suspected drug dealers through Mingo County's new Operation Zero Tolerance.

Monday, April 01, 2013  AP IMPACT: Mexican cartels dispatch trusted agents to live and work deep inside United States

Thursday, March 17, 2011  At least 12 dogs suspected of being used for dog fighting activity were found Thursday in Donaldsonville, Georgia.

Tuesday, March 01, 2011  A nationwide sweep arrests 27 Georgia gang members.

Friday, February 11, 2011  41-year-old Sidney Whitfield of Albany, and 28-year-old Nathaniel Hodges of Americus, were both sentenced Friday after entering guilty pleas before U.S. District Judge W. Louis Sands.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010  The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has charged a third person in a quintuple murder case in Colquitt County. 32-year-old Alexander Woods III was arraigned on five counts of murder this week.

Friday, August 20, 2010  A 38-year-old McDonough, Ga. man was sentenced to serve 30 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute drugs.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009  Cherokee County authorities have arrested eight people and seized guns, cash and drugs after a three-month investigation into a Mexican drug trafficking organization.

Thursday, October 22, 2009  The Drug Enforcement Administration says raids conducted in suburban Gwinnett County have led to dozens of arrests.

Friday, October 31, 2008  A Texas television station investigated the worship of a Mexican cultural icon known as "La Santa Muerte" or "Holy Death".

Tuesday, October 21, 2008  Police in Ciudad Juarez received an ice chest packed with four human heads.