Victimless crime? Judge takes exception in RICO case

SUPERIOR COURT

A defense attorney’s argument that her client’s drug issues were a ‘victimless crime’ did not go over well with the Chief Superior Court Judge for the Ocmulgee Circuit during a recent motion day. The defendant in the case was one of 103 defendants arrested in the 2021 take down led by the Jones County Sheriff’s Office of a drug ring operating in the state. The arrest was her...

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