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Paying taxes
Posted inCrime

Former tax preparer facing jail time for filing false returns

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceApril 12, 2023April 12, 2023

ATLANTA – A Statesboro man faces up to five years in prison for willfully filing false income tax returns. Samir Patel pleaded guilty Tuesday to evading the proper assessment of his personal federal income taxes. Patel was a tax return preparer at a national return preparation business from 1999 until 2021, according to court documents. […]

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Deputies shoot man suspected of assaulting his disabled father at a trailer park in Georgia

by Thom ChandlerJanuary 8, 2023January 8, 2023
Posted inGeorgia By The Numbers

What is the poorest city in Georgia?

by Samuel Stebbins | 24/7 Wall St. via The Center SquareDecember 1, 2022December 1, 2022
Posted inMissing

Savannah teen Landon Pickney has been missing since August 30

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 7, 2022September 26, 2022
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Former Statesboro councilman Will Britt is headed to prison for tax evasion

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceAugust 29, 2022August 31, 2022
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Georgia teacher charged with child molestation

by Crime ReportsMarch 1, 2022March 1, 2022
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16-year-old charged in triple homicide on Fourth of July

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 1, 2021September 1, 2021
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3 dead after Fourth of July shooting in Bulloch County

by Thom ChandlerJuly 5, 2021July 5, 2021
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Arrest made in killing of Statesboro woman

by Thom ChandlerOctober 24, 2020October 24, 2020

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