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Investigators seized $33K and 3 vehicles in drug bust. They’re keeping some of the money and a Ford F-150 after dropped charges
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Charges were dropped in November against 16 people from a 2020 drug bust in Gainesville. Pictured is $30,000 in cash, handguns and drugs seized in the raid. (Courtesy Hall County Sheriff's Office)
Ben Anderson
The Times
Updated: Dec 15, 2022, 9:08 PM
Published: Dec 14, 2022, 9:17 PM
Northeastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Lee Darragh may have dropped the charges against 16 defendants in a massive drug trafficking investigation, but his office is keeping $10,000 of seized money and a 2015 Ford F-150 worth an estimated $30,500.
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Gainesville man accused of shooting toward daughter, two adults sentenced
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Michael Shockley enters Hall County Magistrate Court Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, for a bond hearing. Shockley is accused of shooting toward a man driving a pickup truck that came Friday, Jan. 10, to his home on Tribble Gap Road, according to authorities. - photo by Scott Rogers
Nick Watson
The Times
Updated: Apr 2, 2025, 5:25 PM
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An Alto man accused of shooting toward three people, including his daughter, was sentenced to probation as part of a plea deal, according to court documents.
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