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Friday, May 17, 2013  United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia Michael Moore has announced via press release that 34-year-old Lowndes County resident Devasko Dewayne Lewis has indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on May 16th.

Friday, May 17, 2013  United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia Michael Moore has announced via press release that 52-year-old Josh Ensley has entered a plea of guilty to one count of an Indictment charging him with receipt of child pornography.

Friday, May 18, 2012  After filing 150 false tax returns, five men get their time in front of a judge.

Friday, April 27, 2012  Updated with video; An Albany-area drug dealer gets over 20 years in jail time and supervision from a 2009 arrest.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Updated with video; A Leesburg man faces a five count indictment for tax evasion from 2005 through 2007, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  Eight Southwest Georgians are sentenced for drug-related charges, announces James U.S. Attorney Michael Moore, Middle District of Georgia.

Friday, December 16, 2011  A federal grand jury returns an indictment on the three Dougherty siblings in connection with an armed robbery at a Valdosta bank in August.

Friday, September 30, 2011  The U.S. Attorney's Office and local law enforcement made 13 additional arrests in connection with a drug network bust involving Albany Marine Corps Logistics Base employees.

Thursday, October 14, 2010  United States Attorney Michael J.  Moore announced on Wednesday that in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, in the Albany Division, 60-year-old Renee Garrett of Cairo, Georgia, was found guilty after a jury trial of three counts of  theft of mail.

Monday, May 04, 2009  Several law enforcement agencies searched a house on Lily Pond Road after a tipster claimed guns and drugs were being hidden there.