PETA has sent an urgent letter to Rockdale County District Attorney Alisha Johnson calling on her to file cruelty-to-animals charges against Deputy Eric PETA has sent an urgent letter to Rockdale County District Attorney Alisha Johnson calling on her to file cruelty-to-animals charges against Deputy Eric Tolbert of the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO), who has admitted to confining three American bullies a breathing-impaired breed (BIB) to a shed while temperatures reached 95 degrees with a heat index of more than 100 degrees, causing their lingering deaths.
The former University System of Georgia regent who used his position and Augusta s landfill to further an alleged scam has been indicted on racketeering and forgery charges brought by the Georgia attorney general.
Clarence Dean Alford, an engineer and former state legislator, negotiated with Augusta officials for several years to build a $68 million waste-to-energy plant at the landfill that never materialized.
Doing business as Allied Energy, Alford said the Augusta Waste-to-Energy facility would convert garbage to biodiesel pellets, and investors sank millions into the scheme and others involving solar.
Alford resigned from the board of regents in 2019 after being charged with racketeering and theft. Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission entered a $10 million judgment against him for bilking investors.
A former member of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents was indicted Tuesday for racketeering in connection with a scheme to defraud investors.