Category Crime & Justice

Crime, policing, and criminal justice issues.

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…

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…

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

Basil Ghali Re-Arrested on Aggravated Assault; Kinnan Ghali Arrested on Obstruction

Basil Ghali was re-arrested but this time on a felony count of aggravated assault at 5:00 PM at his home on Lake Tobesofkee where the original shots were fired.. He had formerly…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 24, 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 1, 2015

Crime & Justice, Macon, News, Watchdog Reports

Shots Fired At Fisherman From Doctor’s Mansion and Deputies Do Nothing

CBS Affiliate WMAZ news out of Macon, GA reports that two men and a teenage boy were fishing on a boat at Lake Tobesofkee a public not private lake, when multiple shots were…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 23, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, News

Video Journalist Wins $200,000 in Lawsuit Against Cumming, GA Mayor

This week we would like to honor Nydia Tisdale with our Georgia Peach Award for fighting an heroic battle against City Hall and winning. Georgia Watchdog first learned about this intrepid watchdog…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 17, 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…

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…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 11, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Dirty Dozen Georgia Sovereign Immunity Cases

Dirty Dozen Georgia Sovereign Immunity Cases As Citizens of Georgia, you may be surprised to learn that, according to exceedingly broad court interpretations of the Georgia Tort Claims Act (GTCA), you have…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 3, 2015

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

GA House Republicans Move to Legalize No-Knocks, Allow Murders by Police

Despite the lies being circulated in the media by HB56 sponsors and Republican leaders who are successfully “dumbing down” their Republican base, no knock warrants have always been illegal in Georgia and HB56…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 22, 2015

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

No-Knock Warrants Should Remain Illegal in Georgia

The letter below was authored by Catherine Bernard on 2/10/2015] “…the house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 10, 2015

Crime & Justice, Georgia, News

5 dead, including gunman, in Douglasville, Georgia shooting

Neighbors along a quiet, suburban street outside Atlanta were left horrified after police say a man shot six people — killing four of them, including his ex-wife and several children — before…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 8, 2015