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When Your Name Is Your Only Crime: Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Faces Lawsuit

Nickie Sledge was standing in front of her grandson when officers arrived on December 21, 2024. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office had directed them to arrest her for elder abuse. They had the wrong person. The 49-year-old Black grandmother from DeKalb County was arrested and charged with exploiting a disabled elderly man. The actual suspect [
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