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freshwest

(53,661 posts)
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 10:37 PM Oct 2014

Georgia GOP Chairman Scandal.

Georgia GOP County Chair Arrested After Rape Attempt Caught on Skype

By Nicole Girard -October 29, 2014



Union County Republican Party Chairman Billy Joe Turnage, 76, was arrested Friday after his attempted rape of a 39-year-old woman was broadcast on Skype Wednesday.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation charged Turnage with aggravated sexual battery and criminal attempt to commit rape after a two day interview process. The GOP Chairman is currently being held without bail.

The story, which originally appeared in North Georgia News, said Union County Sheriff Investigator Staff Sgt. Darren Osborn responded to a 911 call about a sexual assault in progress which was being captured on the popular telecommunications application software—Skype—from the victim’s residence.

“Oct. 22, dispatch received a 911 call at approximately 4 p.m. of what was believed to be an assault and rape,” Osborn said. “It was being viewed via Skype...”

More at link:

http://samuel-warde.com/2014/10/georgia-gop-county-chair-arrested/

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calimary

(81,198 posts)
2. And Dear God there's sex in it, too!
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 11:31 PM
Oct 2014

And is nobody covering it?

MAN, if a Democrat was involved they'd be all over it every day around the clock - til Doomsday.

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