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Georgia Lottery compliance inspector arrested by GBI
ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. – An employee of the Georgia Lottery Corporation was recently arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Michael Kessler, 62, was employed as a compliance inspector.
Georgia Lottery reportedly received allegations that Kessler was accepting bribes from store owners and asked the GBI to investigate immediately.
On May 13, the GBI executed a search warrant of Kessler’s home in Rockedale County.
Kessler was booked into the Rockdale County Jail and then taken to the Henry County Jail.
This investigation is active and ongoing. The Georgia Lottery has been working with the GBI to provide any support needed for the investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the GBI Office of Special Investigations and Commercial Gambling Unit at 404-270-8491. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.
Barcelona inaugurated their first store abroad at the weekend in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi as part of their business expansion.
The ‘Barça Store Georgia,’ located in the historic centre, opened its doors on Saturday and will be operated under license.
“We are delighted to open ‘Barça Store Georgia’ in Tbilisi and offer Georgian fans a unique opportunity to feel even closer to the club they passionately support,” Georgian businessman David Zakariadze, the driving force of the project, said.
“Our goal is to create a special environment where every fan can truly experience the ‘Blaugrana spirit.’”
Zakariadze, a big fan of Barça since childhood, worked on this project for three years.
“The most difficult thing was to convince FC Barcelona of how attractive the Georgian market is,” Zakariadze told EFE as reported in Infobae.
“Fortunately, they believed me. We conducted a market study, and now we can be proud of the implementation of the idea.”
The Catalan club will open two further stores this week in Spain, one in Malaga and one at Palma de Mallorca airport, thus, owning 15 shops outright with six others operated under license.
GULF COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – The Gulf County Sheriff’s Office located a missing child from Georgia Sunday.
GCSO says at 1:15 p.m., they were contacted by the Sandy Springs Police Department in Georgia about a child abduction. GCSO was given a possible location of the suspect, along with details that he was armed in a Mercedes SUV.
Officials say multiple agencies including The Gulf County Sheriff’s Office, Port Saint Joe Police Department, FWC, and Florida Highway Patrol made a felony stop on the white Mercedes SUV and found the who child, who was safe.
The suspect, 17-year-old Camilo Campagna was taken into custody on warrants out of the state of Georgia. Campagna is being charged with child pornography, aggravated child molestation, child molestation – victim between 14 and 16, possession of child pornography, possession of sexually explicit content, grooming of a minor, loitering and prowling.
Officials say he will be detained at the Department of Juvenile Justice in Bay County due to his age.
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