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ALBANY, Ga. â The seventy-ninth and final defendant connected to a major methamphetamine distribution ring supplying illegal drugs across the southeastern United States was sentenced to serve 96 months in a federal prison, said Peter Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
Kim Wesley, 48, of Nashville, Georgia, was sentenced on Thursday, April 15, by U.S. District Judge Leslie Gardner to 96 months imprisonment to be followed by eight years of supervised release. Wesley previously pleaded guilty to one count distribution of methamphetamine. Wesley is one of 79 co-defendants in the 2016 Boris Fuller methamphetamine distribution wiretap investigation. All 79 defendants have been federally charged, convicted and sentenced. There is no parole in the federal system.
Tifton bank robber sentenced Randy Angelo Hill, 35, was sentenced to serve six years in prison by U.S. District Judge Louis Sands on Wednesday. Hill previously pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery. (Source: WALB) By WALB News Team | April 16, 2021 at 1:46 PM EDT - Updated April 16 at 1:46 PM
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - A Tifton man was sentenced to federal prison without parole after robbing a bank by telling the bank clerk he had a bomb, according to Peter Leary, acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
Randy Angelo Hill, 35, was sentenced to serve six years in prison by U.S. District Judge Louis Sands on Wednesday. Hill previously pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery.
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Tifton police continue investigation after missing woman found in shallow grave
Tifton police continue investigation after missing woman found in shallow grave By Molly Godley | March 8, 2021 at 10:33 PM EST - Updated March 10 at 4:51 PM
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - Tifton police are investigating the death of Laura Aguirre, 24, who they said was reported missing Friday and her body was found the next day.
Matthew Howard, 24, has been arrested and charged with felony murder. Matthew Howard (Source: Tift County Sheriff s Office)
Tifton Police Chief Steve Hyman said they received a call Friday morning, reporting Aguirre hadn’t shown up to work.
“It started out as a missing person and trying to determine if she was missing or whether she had just walked off. As we got more and more, and people started talking, we were able to determine more,” said Hyman. “We put out a BOLO on GCIC to surrounding agencies that she was missing.”
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