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The Georgia Department of Corrections canceled a statewide lookout after Wednesday night's capture of a prisoner who walked away from a work detail in Forsyth, spokeswoman Gwendolyn Hogan said.

Given a chance Tuesday to plead for mercy, a Georgia militiaman convicted in a plot to take over a Monroe County courthouse instead railed against the "mainstream media" and accused law enforcers of setting him up for assassination. "I feel it's ...

DENVER -- Three Florida siblings accused in a multistate crime spree that involved a daring bank robbery in Georgia were given prison time Monday on charges in Colorado, where they were captured after a nationwide manhunt. Ryan Dougherty was ...

(AP) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A Georgia man who boasted of a plan to take over a Tennessee courthouse in his quest to oust public officials has been sentenced to four years in prison for transporting firearms across state lines with intent to cause a ...

KNOXVILLE — A Georgia militiaman was sentenced today to four years in federal prison for his role in what authorities say was a plot to take over the Monroe County courthouse. U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan ordered Darren Wesley Huff ...

A judge's ruling on what penalty range to assess for a crime so outdated none exists proved a lose-lose for both sides in the case of a Georgia militiaman convicted of bringing guns across state lines in an alleged plot to take over a Monroe County courthouse that never happened.