Saturday, December 29, 2012
News from Patch sites in the area.
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
A key figure in the Shirley Lasseter bribery case has received a date to report to federal prison. After being granted a brief reprieve because his wife was hospitalized, Carl “Skip” Cain of Flowery Branch has been ordered to report to federal prison by January 7, 2013, to begin serving a 57-month sentence without parole. Cain pleaded guilty earlier this year to participating in a bribery scheme involving former Gwinnett County commissioner Lasseter, and to drug trafficking charges. Cain, 65, has been assigned to a federal prison in Edgefield, S.C. The Federal Correctional Institute at Edgefield is a medium security facility for male offenders. It is near the Georgia-S.C. border about 25 miles north of Augusta. FCI-Edgefield has a current …
Monday, October 8, 2012
The son of former Gwinnett commissioner Lasseter was located via a tracking device, according to the Gwinnett Sheriff's report.
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Updated Oct. 9, 2012 John Fanning, jailed without bond since a domestic dispute on Friday (Oct. 5) in Dacula that involved his estranged family, beat his wife with a table and table leg within view of their children, according to a Gwinnett Sheriff's incident report. John Fanning, son of former Gwinnett commissioner Shirley Lasseter, fled to a nearby wooded area after the incident and was located by Gwinnett Sheriff's SWAT officers via an electronic tracking device, the report says. The report says the incident occured between 11 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, and 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 5. John Fanning's three children "watched John L. Fanning beat their mother with the wooden table and legs of table, causing visible bruising and lacerations of her …
Sunday, October 7, 2012
A look back at some top news stories in the area.
Click on the links below for more information. PRO GOLF RETURNS TO GWINNETT: Chiefly for economic sponsor reasons, Gwinnett has been without a pro golf tourney since 2008. However, the PGA Champions Tour will make a stop at TPC Sugarloaf in April 2013, with Mitsubishi Electric of Suwanee as a sponsor. LINGERIE FOOTBALL IN GWINNETT: Women in lingerie -- and football gear -- plan to tee it up at the Gwinnett Arena in 2013. The Lingerie Football League also has a "name that team" effort going, and promises open tryouts. -- What were your favorite news stories from the past week? Tell us in the comments below. HABITUAL VIOLATOR ARRESTED: He flipped his car in a ditch, and told police his face felt like it was "on fire." Turns out the man …
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Following a late January domestic dispute in Gwinnett, John Fanning was charged with misdemeanor battery. Lesley Fanning was charged with felony aggravated assault.
John Fanning, who was jailed Friday (Oct. 5) on several charges relating to a domestic dispute in Gwinnett, also faces several charges relating to a domestic dispute earlier in 2012. Both incidents involve his estranged wife, Lesley Lynn Fanning. Fanning, son of former Gwinnett Commissioner Shirley Lasseter, is being held without bond at the Gwinnett Detention Center. Charges include aggravated assault and cruelty to children (third degree). Gwinnett Police records show that they responded to a dispute involving the Fannings at their Dacula home on Bold Springs Road in January. In the January domestic dispute, police had not been called to the residence. A Gwinnett Police officer on patrol observed a visibly upset Lesley Fanning near her …
Friday, October 5, 2012
The son of former Gwinnett Commissioner Shirley Lasseter is being held without bond in the Gwinnett Detention Center after an incident Friday in Dacula.
Updated 2:51 p.m., Oct. 5, 2012 John Fanning, son of former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter, was booked into the Gwinnett Detention Center on Friday morning (Oct. 5) on charges that include aggravated assault and cruelty to children (third degree), records show. Fanning, already facing a federal prison sentence for bribery and drug trafficking charges, is being held without bond on the assault charge, as well as a charge of false imprisonment. Fanning, with a listed address of Bold Springs Road in Dacula, was booked into the jail at 11:28 a.m., records show. FOX5 News reported that Fanning, 34, showed up at his estranged wife's house around 11 a.m. Friday, violating her protection order against him. A spokesperson for the …
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
John Fanning, son of former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter, and "Skip" Cain were sentenced in U.S. District Court for bribery and drug trafficking.
John Fanning, 34, of Dacula, the son of former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter, was sentenced to 57 months in prison Tuesday (Sept. 18) in U.S. District Court in Atlanta for bribery and drug trafficking. Carl “Skip" Cain, 66, of Flowery Branch, also received a sentence of 57 months on the same charges. Both prison sentences are without parole. U.S. District Judge Charles A. Pannell Jr. followed the sentencing recommendations of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta, based on the defendants' cooperation in an ongoing investigation of corruption in Gwinnett County government. Fanning and Cain each could have received sentences of 70 to 87 months under federal sentencing guidelines. Fines from $10,000 to $100,000 for each man …
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Reviewing the top recent news stories from Suwanee and Gwinnett.
Let's take a rewind through some top local news events. SUWANEE POLICE SUBSTATION OPENS: No part of Suwanee needs a strong police presence more than the Gateway area. The area that includes Exit 111 off I-85 has been plagued by crime and business failures in recent years. However, the city cut the ribbon Monday on a new $1.9 million substation, training facility and firing range. FANNING'S WIFE ARRESTED ON GUN CHARGE AT COURTHOUSE: It seems that John Fanning, a former Gwinnett zoning official and the son of former Commissioner Shirley Lasseter, has more on his mind than his possible federal prison term. He is divorcing his wife, Lesley Lynn Fanning, and is involved in a child custody dispute in Gwinnett court. The personal matter got more …
Friday, September 14, 2012
Lesley Lynn Fanning, daughter in law of former Gwinnett Commissioner Shrley Lasseter, was to attend a child custody hearing.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Lesley Lynn Fanning, the estranged wife of former Gwinnett zoning official John Fanning, was charged with attempting to bring a handgun into the Gwinnett Justice Administration Center in Lawrenceville on Wednesday, Sept. 12, according to a report by the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department. The handgun was discovered in her purse or laptop computer bag about 1:45 p.m. as it was going through X-ray screening at the courthouse by Gwinnett Sheriff's Deputy Jimmy Melancon. The gun and 10 rounds of ammunition were confiscated after other deputies arrived on the scene. Lesley Fanning was charged with carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and carrying a weapon into a public gathering place. John Fanning, also of Dacula, is the son of …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Feds say developer Mark Gary paid Lasseter $30,000 to influence her vote on a solid waste transfer station.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Former Gwinnett Planning Commissioner Mark Gary has been charged by federal authorities in Atlanta with bribery in connection with a payment made to then-Commissioner Shirley Lasseter, according to media reports. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported Wednesday (Sept. 5) that Gary, who is part of Gary Holding Group in Johns Creek, paid $30,000 in casino chips to influence Lasseter's vote on a solid waste transfer station in Norcross. Lasseter voted for the transfer station on April 28, 2009. The following June, Gary gave the chips to her son, John Fanning, federal court documents say. Lasseter, whose Gwinnett District 1 included Suwanee, Duluth and Sugar Hill, appointed Gary to the planning commission in 2009, according to media reports…
Steve Burns
5:56 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
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