Jones was sentenced to five years in prison – one to serve – by Superior Court Judge Katherine Lumsden. “You a got so caught up in being the DA that you forgot about the people you ran to represent,” Lumsden said to Jones during sentencing.Nov 15, 2021
Jones pled guilty to the following charges: Count 1: Influencing a witness | Corporal Sherman Hayes. Count 6: Attempted violation of oath of office | Sheneeka Terry. Count 7: Attempted violation of oath of office | Kimberly Schwartz.Nov 15, 2021
DemocratJones, a Democrat, defeated incumbent DA Julia Slater, also a Democrat, in 2020, and did not face a Republican candidate in the general election.Nov 17, 2021
Attorney Sheneka TerryThe position currently is held by Acting District Attorney Sheneka Terry, sworn in after District Attorney Mark Jones was suspended last year amid allegations of misconduct.Jan 21, 2022
Jones took office as district attorney in January 2021, after defeating incumbent Julia Slater in the 2020 elections, but he served only 10 months before Gov. Brian Kemp suspended him after his indictment on felony charges. A jury was deliberating the evidence presented at his week-long trial when Jones decided Nov.Mar 16, 2022
Federal charges were filed against a total of 15 alleged MS-13 members. Ten were charged by a federal grand jury with conspiracy to commit extortion, conspiracy to commit money laundering and use of a firearm during a crime of violence in an indictment returned on July 27.
In 2012, the U.S. government designated MS-13 as a “transnational criminal organization.”. It is the first and only street gang to receive that designation. MS-13 has become one of the largest and most violent criminal organizations in the U.S., with more than 10,000 members and associates operating in at least 40 states, including Ohio. ...
MS-13, formally La Mara Salvatrucha, is a multi-national criminal organization composed primarily of immigrants or descendants of immigrants from El Salvador , Guatemala and Honduras. The organization’s leadership is based in El Salvador, where many of the gang’s high-ranking members are imprisoned.
Fraud is a broad term in criminal law which describes crimes of deception, misrepresentation, or trickery used to steal the property, assets, or services of another for the personal gain of the perpetrator. Fraud can be committed by falsehoods, misleading allegations, or through conduct.
Fraud crimes can be committed through many means, including mail, telephone, wire, and the internet.