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ATLANTA (AP) - A judicial circuit in Georgia has a new top prosecutor.
Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday appointed Chase Studstill as district attorney of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit. Studstill will fill the vacancy left by Dick Perryman, who was promoted to superior court judge of the Alapaha circuit.
The circuit is comprised of Atkinson, Berrien, Clinch, Cook and Lanier counties.
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Men face death penalty in Hackle, Moore murder case
The death penalty is for the Berrien Co. charges; Atkinson Co. charges not presented to grand jury yet Jonathan Vann and Kayante Greene (Source: Berrien County Sheriff s Office) By WALB News Team | February 3, 2021 at 2:46 PM EST - Updated February 3 at 5:27 PM
NASHVILLE, Ga. (WALB) - The district attorney for the Alapaha Judicial Circuit will seek the death penalty for the two men charged in the killing of one of three in a 2019 triple homicide.
District Attorney Dick Perryman will seek the death penalty for Jonathan Vann, 22, and Keyante Greene, 27, in connection to the death of Mercedes Hackle. Perryman’s office said the two were indicted on malice and felony murder charges.
Alapaha DA: Four indicted on sex charges A Berrien County grand jury returned true bills against all four men. (Source: Berrien Co. Sheriff) By Dave Miller | February 2, 2021 at 10:42 AM EST - Updated February 2 at 10:42 AM
NASHVILLE, Ga. (WALB) - Alapaha District Attorney Dick Perryman said Tuesday that four Berrien County men in that circuit have been indicted by a grand jury of various sex charges.
Ronnie Eugene Wiard, 49, was indicted for aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, child molestation, sexual battery against a child under 16, cruelty to children in the first degree, among other sex offenses.
Joseph J. Christensen, 59, was indicted for child molestation.
Nashville mayor indicted on theft charges Taylor Scarbrough, Nashville mayor, was indicted on theft charges by a Berrien County grand jury. He was arrested in August 2020. (Source: Berrien County Jail) By WALB News Team | February 2, 2021 at 10:24 AM EST - Updated March 10 at 4:06 PM
ALAPAHA, Ga. (WALB) - The Nashville mayor was recently indicted by a Berrien County grand jury, according to a release from the Alapaha Judicial Circuit.
Taylor Scarbrough, 56, was indicted on multiple theft charges in connection to
an August 2020 incident. He was indicted on theft by conversion and theft by deception charges.
The incident, which was investigated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation,