Category Crime & Justice

Crime, policing, and criminal justice issues.

Crime & Justice, Macon, News

Keith Dozier Convicted of Murder in Gail Spencer’s Death

Dozier Sentenced to Life Without Parole Keith Anthony Dozier was just found guilty today on murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, burglary and theft. This was over a very elaborate and complicated embezzlement scheme which resulted in the murder of legal…

Crime & Justice, Macon, News

Basil Ghali Was Arrested in Detroit With Assault Rifle

We have obtained an arrest record for an incident that occurred on January 9, 2012 in Detroit, MI. Basil Ghali was stopped by police and they recovered a clear plastic vial of suspected marijuana. On further inspection of the Hyundai…

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Macon

Basil Ghali’s Parents Forced To Testify Under Subpoena at Grand Jury

Dr. Jalal Ghali and his wife Dr. Jinan Ghali were issued a subpoena to testify at their 24-year old son Basil’s upcoming Grand Jury case. Their attorney Laura Hogue filed a motion in Bibb County Superior Court Monday seeking to quash…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 29, 2015

Crime & Justice, Education, Georgia, Opinion

Unintended Consequences of Drug Testing at Carroll County Schools

Students at the five high schools in the Carroll County, Georgia school system will be subject to random drug testing starting next school year. “It was done as more of a deterrent,” said Assistant Superintendent Terry Jones of the unanimous Board…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 27, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Macon, News

Sheriff Davis Expands Reprimands Up the Chain of Command

As we all know crap rolls downhill and today Sheriff Davis decided to let some others down the chain of command who were more directly responsible take some of the heat. He laid down the law to others in the…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 23, 2015

Crime & Justice, Macon, News

Basil Ghali Turns Himself In and Charged With Reckless Conduct

Some Good News and some bad news. The good news is the shooter (Basil Ghali) has been identified and charged. The bad news is he was charged with reckless conduct which is a misdemeanor and not with aggravated assault which…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 23, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, Macon

Conversation With Sheriff Davis About The Tobesofkee Fishermen Shooting Case

I recently spoke with Sheriff Davis by phone for forty-two minutes and I learned several new details that haven’t been reported elsewhere. Deputies Theodore Gaines and Salim Abushanab were pulled from patrol on April 15, 2015 and switched to jail duty and…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 18, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, Macon

Cryptic Blogs Connected To Tobesofkee Shooting Suspects

This is a follow-up article to Who has been terrorizing fishermen at Lake Tobesofkee in Macon, GA. I have been told that Dr. Ghali might have lost Wael possibly last year and he is deceased. If that is true, the entire…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 15, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, Macon

Who has Been Terrorizing Fishermen at Tobesofkee?

I first reported on the assault with a deadly weapon/attempted murder with shots fired from a laser beam sighted gun from a lakeside home on Tobesofkee on March 23. I never seriously entertained the idea that Dr. Jalal Ghali had fired…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 14, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, Macon, News

Fishing For Justice in Macon, Georgia

Approximately ten rounds were fired at three fisherman on lake Tobesofkee in Macon, Georgia and to date no one has been charged or arrested. The shots, according to reports, were fired from 124 Lotus Pointe Drive, the home of Dr.…

Crime & Justice, News

Cleveland Traffic Cop Assaults Woman After She Tries To Video Her Assault

An Ohio woman named Jessica Ferrato who was attacked by a Cleveland transit cop after pulling out her phone to record his unprofessionalism Sunday learned the power of social media when she posted about her altercation on Facebook. A transit cop…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 1, 2015

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Politics & Elections

Georgia Police State Bill Moved to Senate Public Safety Committee

Regular readers of Georgia Watchdog understand we always try and be fair when it comes to articles dealing with police matters. We understand the majority of police are good folks just trying to make a positive difference every day with…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 15, 2015

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

THE HIDDEN FORCE BEHIND GEORGIA’S MOVE TO LEGALIZE NO-KNOCK SEARCHES

By Garland Favorito Unanimous Public Opposition at Senate No-Knock Search Warrant Hearings On March 4, a Senate Non-Civil Judiciary Committee passed Chairman Jesse Stone’s SB159 bill that proposes to legalize no-knock searches for the first time in Georgia history. Two days…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 11, 2015
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Crime & Justice

Police Murders of Civilians Continues – 4 Murders captured on Video

By Garland Favorito Police initiated murders of unarmed, non-threatening civilians who committed no crime or were suspected of a victimless crime have continued despite media hype around the August 6 shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. Four separate killings have now actually…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 3, 2015
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Crime & Justice, News

Holder limits seized-asset sharing process that split billions with local, state police

The Washington Posts reports that Attorney General Eric Holder is barring local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without proof that a crime occurred. The Post’s Robert O’Harrow Jr. explains the most sweeping…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 16, 2015

Crime & Justice, News, Opinion

Part 1: The Broken relationship between the police and the public

Unless you have been living under a rock you have watched all the protests on television. This discontent started to bubble to the surface with Trayvon Martin even though George Zimmeman was not a cop. His acquittal was seen as…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 9, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Macon, Opinion

Police are Routinely Using Resisting Arrest as a Reason for the Arrest Itself

For those of you that think you are great at solving riddles, I have one for you. How can you resist arrest when you have done nothing wrong to be arrested for? If that sounds paradoxical to you (and it…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 7, 2015
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Crime & Justice

San Francisco Cop Caught Choking a Sleeping Hospital Patient, then Falsely Arresting Him

By Mike Sawyer Luckily for the victim, the hospital security cameras show what really happened. San Francisco, CA — A San Francisco sheriff’s deputy is facing four felony charges and a misdemeanor after he randomly assaulted a sleeping patient at…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 21, 2014