ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the Superior Court of Laurens County has sentenced Jaswain Bell to two terms of life in prison plus 410 years for the murders of 24-year-old Sacred Brown and 23-year-old Miyori Ellington in …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that 11 members of a hybrid criminal street gang known as Money Power Loyalty (MPL) pleaded guilty to all charges brought against them by the Attorney General’s Gang Prosecution Unit. All 11 gang …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that Reed Cohen Skelton, 26, of Bowersville, has been indicted in Fulton County on charges of human trafficking and child sexual exploitation. This case involves a 16-year-old female who was first …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr, Feeding Georgia, and the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the State Bar of Georgia are kicking off the 14th Annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy – a two-week fundraising competition to benefit the state’s regional food …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that his office is officially expanding its Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit to Augusta, with the recent hire of one new prosecutor and two new investigators who will oversee the Unit’s regional …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that Jaswain Bell and Quintez Mercer have been convicted for the murder of 24-year-old Sacred Brown and 23-year-old Miyori Ellington in Dublin, Georgia. Both Bell and Mercer are associates of a …
ATLANTA, GA — Attorney General Chris Carr has filed a brief in defense of President Trump’s executive order that prohibits inmates in federal prisons and immigration detention centers from obtaining taxpayer-funded sex-change procedures. The executive …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending President Trump’s efforts to immediately deport noncitizen Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members. TdA – a criminal organization that originated in a …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that, at his request, the U.S. Department of Justice has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Georgia’s Election Integrity Act. The lawsuit was filed by the Biden administration on June 25, 2021. “The …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr is leading a bipartisan coalition of 31 attorneys general in urging Congress to pass H.R. 2350 and S. 1137, federal legislation that allows states to deploy cell phone jamming technology in prisons and jails. …
ATLANTA, GA – 23andMe, a company that collects and analyzes consumers’ genetic information through direct-to-consumer testing, has filed for bankruptcy. 23andMe collects highly personal information from consumers. In a bankruptcy proceeding, this …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that Hilton Dobbins, Jr., 35, of Atlanta, has been sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to human trafficking, gang, and racketeering charges in Gwinnett County. Dobbins is the fifth defendant …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, defending the Trump administration’s efforts to immediately deport violent noncitizen Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members. TdA – a criminal …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr, along with 14 other state attorneys general, has offered his office’s full support in carrying out the efforts of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism. In a letter …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that his Consumer Protection Division secured over $38 million for Georgia taxpayers in 2024, along with more than $39.3 million in savings and restitution for Georgia consumers. The funds were …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today joined Governor Brian Kemp, First Lady Marty Kemp, and legislative partners for the signing of the AFY 25 budget, which provides additional funds to expand Carr’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, with new …
Defendants face charges related to the 2023 shooting deaths of Jaylon Smith and Brianna Long ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr and Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Bradfield M. Shealy today announced that seven individuals have been …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief in support of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order requiring federal agencies to stop funding sex-change procedures for minors. The Order was challenged by plaintiffs represented by …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr is leading a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general in urging Congress to take action to address the rise in organized retail crime across the country. “Organized retail crime has reached a level never …
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr has joined a coalition of 25 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act, legislation that will close the loophole for copycat fentanyl in federal law and save American lives. “The …
