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Published 3 years ago

Ex-deputy accused of racist posts sentenced to prison for illegal gun

Summary by Ground News
Cody Richard Griggers, 28, of Montrose, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 44 months in federal prison. He pleaded guilty in April 2021, to one count of possession of an unregistered firearm. The former Wilkinson County Sheriff’s Deputy has ties to an ‘extremist’ group. During an FBI investigation in which a man in California was found to be using social media to make violent political statements.

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Ex-Georgia deputy accused of racist, extremists texts is sentenced to 3 years in guns case

Cody Richard Griggers, 28, was sentenced on a weapons charge. But officials said he also used slurs and words of racially motivated violence.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States
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The HillThe Hill

Ex-deputy accused of racist posts sentenced to prison for illegal gun

A former sheriff’s deputy in Georgia who was accused of racist posts was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday for illegal possession of firearms, federal prosecutors said.

3 years ago·Washington, United States
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Former Georgia deputy sentenced for illegal gun possession after getting caught in investigation into ‘violent extremist group’

A former Georgia sheriff’s deputy who spewed racial slurs and spoke positively about the Holocaust was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in prison for possessing an illegal gun.

3 years ago·New York, United States
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Ex-Georgia deputy accused of racist, extremists texts is sentenced to 3 years in guns case

Cody Richard Griggers, 28, was sentenced on a weapons charge. But officials said he also used slurs and words of racially motivated violence.

3 years ago·United States
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Georgia man implicated in extremist texts sentenced on gun charge

A former Wilkinson County deputy and U.S. Marine veteran arrested in a federal investigation into a white supremacist group will spend nearly four years in prison for possession of 11 illegal firearms, including a sawed-off shotgun and a machine gun he carried in his patrol car.

3 years ago·Atlanta, United States
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FBI probe leads to arrest of former Georgia sheriff’s deputy

MACON – A former Georgia Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to prison for possessing unregistered firearms resulting from an FBI-led investigation into a violent extremist group.

3 years ago
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