Press Releases: 1999

Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that a Fulton County jury convicted former state Senator Ralph David Abernathy III on 18 felony counts.

According to Baker:

Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that he intends to seek a re-trial of former state Senator Ralph David Abernathy III. Visiting Judge L.A.

Today the Georgia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which is a joint effort by Attorney General Thurbert Baker, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the State Auditor, was awarded the 1999 Integrity Award by the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (H

ATLANTA - Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced today that five people were indicted by the Gwinnett County grand jury for involvement in a "mortgage flipping" scheme. Kenneth Bradford (a.k.a. Ken Taylor), Jo Ellen Bryant (a.k.a. C.J.

Richard H. Deane, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia; Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, State of Georgia; Tom Bush, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Milton E.

For immediate release: June 22, 1999 The United States Supreme Court announced its decision today in the case of Olmstead v.

Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker announced today the addition, effective July 1, 1999, of Florida to those states that grant reciprocity to Georgia handgun permit holders.

Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker announced today that a grand jury in Chatham County Superior Court has returned an indictment against James L. Burnsed on 86 counts of insurance fraud.

ATLANTA - Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker announced today that on Saturday, May 15, 1999, Marilois Laster of Tifton, Georgia, entered a plea of guilty to a felony charge of Medicaid fraud.

Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker announced today that a grand jury in Tattnall County Superior Court has returned an indictment against James L. Burnsed on 83 counts of insurance fraud.