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A Georgia man was sentenced to 19 years in prison for his role in an inmate-directed armed drug conspiracy operating in Athens.

ATHENS – Three defendants found guilty in multiple armed drug trafficking investigations in the Athens community were sentenced to federal prison for their crimes.

ATHENS – Three defendants found guilty in multiple armed drug trafficking investigations in the Athens community were sentenced to federal prison for their crimes.

ATHENS, Ga. – Two individuals involved in a larger armed drug conspiracy operating in the Athens area were found guilty by a federal jury for their crimes

An 11Alive Reveal investigation has uncovered an unprecedented number of people who died inside Georgia prisons last year. One of them includes a man with a known mental illness prison official failed to protect. He’s 24-year-old Bobby Thompson. His mother, India Tarver, says her son called her at work nearly every day to catch up. “Between 12 and 1 o’clock and he knows the time. He was never late,” Tarver said.  On September 23, 2020, though, Tarver’s phone didn’t ring. She got a gut feeling something was wrong. So, she called the Wheeler Correctional facility in Alamo, Georgia,...