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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support local journalism. Guest column, Lee Darragh: Victims Rights Week offers chance to honor those rights and those who help victims Lee Darragh, District attorney of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit By Lee Darragh District attorney of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit As a new assistant district attorney in 1979, I started my prosecution career in Savannah, Chatham County. In that office at that time, there was established one of the first victim/witness advocacy...

Georgia Supreme Court to review Hall molestation case concerning alleged ethnic stereotypes The Georgia Supreme Court is set to hear arguments later this year on whether witness testimony described by the defense as “negative ethnic stereotypes” affected the outcome of a Hall County molestation case. The justices issued an order Monday, April 19, putting the case of Alejandro Martinez-Arias on the court’s August oral argument calendar.  Martinez-Arias was convicted in February 2017 after a jury trial on charges of aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery ...

Former Love is All You Knead owner found not guilty of sex offender restriction violation charge Endrick Torres The former owner of a Gainesville doughnut shop was found not guilty last week on a charge of violating restrictions while on the sex offender registry, according to court documents. Endrick Joseph Torres, of Bethlehem, was acquitted on the charge April 6 following a bench trial before Hall County Superior Court Judge Bonnie Oliver. In a bench trial, the judge provides a verdict instead of a jury. Torres owned Love is All You Knead doughnut an...

More than six months since Lt. Hollingsworth’s death, DA says his office is still working case Law enforcement line both sides of Browns Bridge Road Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in honor of Hall County Sheriff's Office Lt. Stephanie Hollingsworth, who was killed in a car wreck Sept. 20. - photo by Scott Rogers More than six months since the fatal wreck involving Hall County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Stephanie Hollingsworth, the prosecutor said his office is still gathering information and “look forward to a resolution of the ...