A Coastal Georgia district attorney and a Superior Court judge said Monday they were doubtful that enough evidence exists to move forward with a malice murder charge against a 31-year-old Camden County mother arrested earlier this month for an alleged illegal abortion, paving the way for a possible reduction or dismissal of charges.
The infant delivered after an alleged illegal abortion attempt in late December died due to “undetermined causes,” according to the Camden County coroner, although local police have charged the mother, Alexia Moore, with attempted murder.
A 31-year-old U.S. Army veteran from Kingsland has been charged with attempted murder, the first time that a mother has been charged under Georgia’s restrictive abortion law.
The National Park Service floated the idea of making land swaps with some private land owners at Cumberland Island National Seashore about 18 months ago.
A Camden County public agency is seeking a new developer for the roughly 700-acre Gilman Paper site in St. Marys, after Atlanta-based developer Jim Jacoby squandered a final chance to pay millions of dollars of debt to the county.
An Atlanta developer has proposed selling his bankrupt company that owns St. Marys’ old Gilman Paper site, but a concerned investor has raised objections to the deal.
A federal grand jury has indicted former Staff Sgt. Buck William Aldridge of using excessive force multiple times and falsifying reports to justify his actions, but not the case involving Leonard Cure, who Aldridge fatally shot in October 2023.
A Georgia district attorney says he won't pursue charges against a sheriff's deputy who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop that spiraled into violence. Leonard Cure was killed three years after being released from a Florida prison by authorities who concluded he was locked up for a crime he didn't commit.
Three first-time or non-incumbent candidates for sheriff in Coastal Georgia won these powerful law enforcement posts, as voters chose change and reform in these positions that control jails and solve crimes within county lines.
As part of the The Current‘s ongoing election coverage and candidate interviews, reporter Jake Shore and photojournalist Justin Taylor paid a visit to Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor at the Woodbine office and detention center for an interview. While he won’t be on the main ballot on May 21, his challengers have put his spending and jail record foremost in their messages.
