Russ Bynum

November 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Personnel records show Buck Aldridge was fired in August 2017 by a police department in the same Georgia county after he threw a woman to the ground and handcuffed her during a traffic stop. The Camden County Sheriff's Office hired him nine months later.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

7 minute read

October 20, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The family of Leonard Cure, 53, viewed the dash and body camera video before Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor's office posted it online. Relatives said they suspect Cure resisted being arrested because of psychological trauma from spending 16 years imprisoned in Florida for an armed robbery he didn't commit.

By Russ Bynum

6 minute read

October 16, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The civil lawsuit was filed in McIntosh County Superior Court a month after elected county commissioners voted to double the size of houses allowed in Hogg Hummock, where a few dozen people live in modest homes along dirt roads on largely unspoiled Sapelo Island. Black residents fear larger homes in the community will lead to property tax increases that they won't be able to afford.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

5 minute read

September 15, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Attorneys for Latoya James' family said the verdict Thursday validates their argument that deputies ultimately were responsible for the 37-year-old Black woman's death—not only because they shot her, but also for bursting into her cousin Varshan Brown's home with little warning in the middle of the night.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 13, 2023 | Daily Report Online

On Tuesday, the McIntosh County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to weaken zoning restrictions the county adopted nearly three decades ago with the stated intent to help Hogg Hummock's 30 to 50 residents hold on to their land.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

5 minute read

August 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Harrison William Prescott Floyd turned himself in to the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta a week after being indicted in the Georgia case alongside Trump and 17 others. Court records show Floyd, identified as a former U.S. Marine who's active with the group Black Voices for Trump, was also arrested three months ago in Maryland on a federal warrant.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

5 minute read

August 18, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"We take this matter very seriously and are coordinating with our law enforcement partners to respond quickly to any credible threat and to ensure the safety of those individuals who carried out their civic duty," Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat's office said in a statement.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

2 minute read

July 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, which Durden led for 24 years before stepping down last year, confirmed Durden's death in a Facebook post Friday. No cause of death was given.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

4 minute read

July 18, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously shot down a petition that Trump's attorneys filed last week asking the court to intervene. Trump's legal team argued that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office should be barred from seeking charges and that a special grand jury report that is part of the inquiry should be thrown out.

By Russ Bynum / The Associated Press

3 minute read

June 26, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Four Black students sued a Georgia school district in federal court Friday, saying teachers and administrators violated their civil rights by fostering "a longstanding and ongoing environment of racial discrimination."

By RUSS BYNUM | The Associated Press

3 minute read