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Tuesday, March 27, 2012  A 25-year-old pled guilty to calling the Colquitt County 911 Center to state there was a bomb at an unnamed school in the county.

Monday, January 16, 2012  Updated with video; A woman from Ty Ty, Georgia who’s been in federal prison for the last 14 years is fighting for her chance to be granted clemency by President Obama.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011  Army private suspected in WikiLeaks breach to be moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Thursday, March 11, 2010  21-year-old Justin Barron admitted to molesting a 9-year-old girl on February 19, 2009 at the Marine Corps Logistics Base.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009  Federal prison officials say Atlanta rap star T.I. is expected to be moved to a halfway house shortly after the first of the year as he nears the end of his federal prison sentence for illegal firearms possession and for possessing a gun as a convicted felon.

Friday, August 21, 2009  A Gainesville man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for bilking investors out of at least $16 million in what authorities say is the largest fraud in Hall County's history.

Thursday, August 06, 2009  Court documents show fired Albany Downtown Manager Don Buie was convicted in 1994 on one count of bank fraud.

Tuesday, June 09, 2009  A judge has sentenced the former director of a south Georgia church daycare center to five years in federal prison for stealing more than $100,000.

Thursday, April 02, 2009  A former flooring purchaser for The Home Depot, Inc. has been sentenced to three years and 10 months in federal prison for taking part in a kickback scheme.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009  Suspended NFL star Michael Vick has left a federal lockup in Kansas, apparently bound for Virginia for a bankruptcy hearing next week.

Thursday, February 26, 2009  APNewsBreak: NYC bomb plot terrorist deported a week after being released from federal prison