AltWeeklies Wire
Black Mafia Family Trial Set for Late Summernew
The list of defendants shrinks as suspects plea -- and become state witnesses.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
02-22-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Visionary Makes an Exitnew
But the Beltline project pushes on.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
01-18-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Hip-Hop's Shadowy Empirenew
In the summer of 2005, the party would get out of hand for Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and the Black Mafia Family -- and the feds would be ready to make their move.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
12-21-2006 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Hip-Hop's Shadowy Empirenew
Loyalty within the Black Mafia Family made the alleged drug enterprise nearly impenetrable -- but one high-placed member would break BMF's code of silence.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
12-14-2006 |
Drugs
Hip-Hop's Shadowy Empirenew
"Big Meech" Flenory and the Black Mafia Family were hip-hop royalty -- but investigators say they had a darker side.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
12-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Breaking Innew
What can criminals teach us about fighting crime?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-31-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Falling Out of Grace?new
Mega-producer Dallas Austin won the forgiveness of Dubai's leader -- but what about that of his biggest fan, the city of Atlanta?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
07-13-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
The Gentry Are Comingnew
What's not to like about better schools, lower crime rates and improved city services? A lot, if you can no longer afford to live here.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup and Michael Wall |
05-04-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Child Welfare Agency Responds to Death of Runaway
For months, Creative Loafing attempted to get comments on the case of an Atlanta 15-year-old runaway who showed up dead. Finally, a spokesman for the Georgia Department of Human Resources responded to questions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-18-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Losing Hanna: Lost in a Bureaucratic Mazenew
In spite of her family's pleas, 15-year-old Hanna Montessori never had her profile entered in the national missing children's database. When her photo finally appeared on the Internet, it was marked "Deceased." Second of two parts; see Part 1.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-04-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Losing Hanna: A 15-Year-Old Girl Goes Missingnew
Before she disappeared, Hanna Montessori bounced back and forth between her mother in Georgia, her father in Maine and group homes in Georgia. First of two parts; see Part 2.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
07-28-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Follow the Bouncing Zell: A Report on His Zig Zagsnew
One of Zell Miller's favorite lines is "To thine own self be true." Which, judging from the congressman's darting to and fro on every issue from the Civil Rights Movement to the Bush family, just goes to show he's every bit the ping-pong ball that Rudy Giuliani accuses John Kerry of being.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry and Mara Shalhoup |
09-02-2004 |
Politics
Did Eddie Crawford's Execution Gut Georgia's DNA Law?new
The denial of DNA testing for convicted child killer Eddie Crawford was a real shame, right up until his execution. Sure, Crawford's claim of innocence was a long shot. But the true casualty is Georgia's year-old DNA law, which was supposed to make post-conviction DNA tests a cinch to get.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
07-22-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Prostitute Says She Killed Three to Prove Love for Pimpnew
"When you're out there and you're living that fast life, you can never say what you wouldn't do," says Falicia Blakely, a nude dancer and mother who committed multiple murders at age 18.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
04-27-2004 |
Crime & Justice
