Newly elected Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is the Georgia s attorney general to give the Rayshard Brooks murder case to another prosecutor.
In one of her first moves as the newly elected Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis is asking for another prosecutor to take over a controversial felony murder case.
Willis sent a letter on Wednesday to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr asking that he transfer the felony murder case against former Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe, who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks in June. Rolfe is white and Brooks was Black.
Willis says the case has to be moved out of her office due to the conduct of her predecessor, Paul Howard. His actions created a sufficient question of the appropriateness of this office continuing to handle the investigation and possible prosecution of these cases, she wrote.
District Attorney In Atlanta Wants Off Rayshard Brooks Case
By Jaclyn Diaz
January 29, 2021
In one of her first moves as the newly elected Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis is asking for another prosecutor to take over a controversial felony murder case.
Willis sent a letter on Wednesday to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr asking that he transfer the felony murder case against former Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe, who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks in June. Rolfe is white and Brooks was Black.
Willis says the case has to be moved out of her office due to the conduct of her predecessor, Paul Howard. His actions created a “sufficient question of the appropriateness of this office continuing to handle the investigation and possible prosecution of these cases,” she wrote.
Atlanta DA requests an alternative prosecutor for two high-profile cases, including the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks krdo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from krdo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
N.J. man offered child in Georgia money for nude photos, authorities say
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A 34-year-old New Jersey man with has been charged by Georgia authorities with exploitation of children after he offered a juvenile money online for nude photographs, officials said.
Eric E. Talley, of Roselle, was taken into custody at his Roselle home on Jan. 5, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Monday.
Authorities began investigating after someone tipped off the Oconee County (Georgia) Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Georgia Bureau of Investigations identified Talley as a suspect and learned he had been charged with possessing and viewing child pornography in New Jersey in 2016 and criminal solicitation of a minor in South Carolina in 2012.
Douglas Wooten 90 Day Fiance contestant/cast member charged with the murder of Marcos Ramirez
Douglas Wooten 90 Day Fiance contestant/cast member charged with the murder of Marcos Ramirez along with three other men, including his teen son.
When real life is more real than reality TV. A former cast member of
TLC’s
Douglas Wooten of
Hazlehurst,
Georgia turned himself in to authorities on Jan. 7 after a warrant for his arrest was issued and was charged with felony murder, home invasion, armed robbery, and cruelty to children in connection to the death of 54-year-old
Marcos Ramirez,
On Jan. 4, authorities responded to a home in