Sunday, September 30, 2012
Gwinnett businessman charged with bribing former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter.
A plea hearing has been scheduled for Gwinnett businessman Mark Gary on corruption charges at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, before U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell Jr. in Courtroom 2307 of the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta charged Gary with bribing former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter to obtain commission approval in 2009 of a controversial $4 million waste transfer station in which he had a personal stake. Gary was implicated in an investigation of corruption in Gwinnett County government. After Lasseter voted in favor of the permit for the project, Gary allegedly gave her son John Fanning a bribe consisting of $30,000 worth of chips at an out-of-state casino. Fanning …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Feds say developer Mark Gary paid Shirley 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…
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
It's the first sign of activity on the popular forum from one of the Gwinnett figures since the recent guilty pleas.
Warning to those who want to copy or re-post anything from Shirley Lasseter's Facebook page: a legal shot has been fired. In the first posting on Facebook since the guilty pleas by former Gwinnett Commissioner Lasseter and her son, John Fanning and Justin Fanning -- both of her sons -- have posted a statement. The post made seems to be warning those who would re-use or repost the material on the Facebook page. It's the first sign of activity from any of the defendants who pleaded guilty on May 31 to federal bribery charges. John Fanning and his mother pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme and face prison time. The case still is big news in the area. Lasseter is a former Duluth mayor and also represented Suwanee on the Gwinnett commission. The…
Saturday, June 2, 2012
A friend takes the action "to help Shirley."
The support is already is plentiful online for former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter. A friend has set up an account at a Duluth bank to benefit the former Duluth mayor, who pleaded guilty Thursday to federal bribery charges. Will you contribute to Lasseter's benefit account? Tell us in the comments below. Jerry Robb, a friend of Lasseter, posted the notice of the benefit account on Facebook: "An account at the Gwinnett Community Bank in Duluth has been set up to help Shirley. For anyone interested in donating money..Checks should be made out to Shirley's Fund, account #0040946. Thanks so much!!" The bank is located on Buford Highway. Lasseter apparently was in serious financial straits before her guilty plea. Her Duluth …
Friday, June 1, 2012
Officials, citizens shocked by news about former Gwinnett Commissioner Shirley Lasseter.
It was as if a shock wave rolled through Gwinnett County Thursday (May 31) as news spread that Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Fanning Lasseter had pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Atlanta to accepting $36,500 in bribes for her potential favorable vote on a proposed real estate development. Everyone that Duluth Patch called so far for a comment replied that they were “shocked.” And saddened by the news, too. The vivacious redhead served as mayor of Duluth for 14 years before running for the Gwinnett County Commission and getting elected. Lasseter resigned from the commission the same day as she entered her guilty plea in court. Since she did not run for re-election, her first term would have expired at the end of the year. “…
Gwinnett County Commissioner Chairman Charlotte Nash says the county's legal department is looking into whether they need to fill Shirley Lasseter's seat.
Charlotte Nash, Chairman of the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, said on Friday that the County is now reviewing laws to determine if they need to appoint someone to fill Shirley Lasseter's unexpired term. "Our law department is reviewing it," Nash said. "We expect the results of their analysis today." Lasseter resigned after pleading guilty to federal bribery charges Thursday. She faces up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The former Gwinnett County commissioner apparently was struggling fiscally late in her term.
Shirley Lasseter, who resigned Thursday as Gwinnett County Commissioner after pleading guilty to federal bribery charges, apparently was under financial distress in recent years. According to Georgia property deed records, Lasseter's Duluth home on Howell Ferry Road was foreclosed on in December 2009. This also was the year Lasseter's husband died. The home was purchased in 1979. Property records also show no current Gwinnett home ownership by Lasseter, 64. Also, a recent media report quoted a friend of Lasseter's in Duluth as saying that she was having financial woes. A Lasseter friend, Jerry Robb, said she called him a month ago after her car ran out of gas. The vehicle's gas gauge was not working and she was unable to afford the …
After pleading guilty to accepting bribes while serving as a Gwinnett County commissioner, Shirley Lasseter to be sentenced in U.S. District Court in Atlanta Aug. 6
Former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter, 64, of Duluth faces a sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Atlanta Thursday morning to accepting $36,500 in bribes to support a proposed real estate development on Boggs Road. Lasseter’s son, John Fanning, 34, of Dacula and Carl “Skip” Cain, 65, of Flowery Branch pleaded guilty to participating in the bribery scheme and to drug trafficking. Lasseter sold [the influence of] her office and “betrayed the citizens who voted for her,” said U.S. Attorney Sally Yates during a press conference announcing the guilty pleas Thursday afternoon at the Richard Russell Building in downtown Atlanta. “Today’s guilty pleas are part of…
What are people saying after Shirley Lasseter pleaded guilty to bribery charges and resigned as Gwinnett County Commissioner Thursday?
On Thursday, Shirley Lasseter pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges Thursday. She then resigned her post as a Gwinnett County Commissioner. According to authorities, Lasseter accepted $36,500 in bribes from an undercover FBI agent posing as a South Florida real estate developer. The Twitterverse immediately expressed their shock and pondered what this means for the future of Gwinnett County. Here's just a sampling of what Tweeters tweeted: "Geez, when did Gwinnett become the Chicago of the south? It's really simple: stop taking bribes." ~@JORouke "Just another good 'ol gal.. she's the 3rd commissioner gone! Republican corruption starts at County level." ~@BluzzieBird "A Gwinnett Commissioner Indicted? Color Me Surprised (Again)" ~@…
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Lasseter has resigned as Gwinnett County commissioner. Her son also has pleaded guilty to bribery and drug trafficking charges.
Shirley Lasseter, has pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges, authorities confirmed Thursday. Lasseter's sentencing is set for Aug. 6, and she faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta. The Duluth resident resigned her Gwinnett office Thursday. She accepted $36,500 in bribes from an undercover FBI agent posing as a South Florida real estate developer, authorities said. The bribery scheme concerned a proposed development on Boggs Road. Lasseter, a former mayor of Duluth, said earlier this year that she would not seek re-election to the Board of Commissioners. Also charged were Lasseter's son, John Fanning, and businessman Carl "Skip" Cain. Fanning and Cain are also charged with possession…
Maryann Day
12:37 am on Monday, June 4, 2012
I totally agree with the 3 comments before me.. This is unbelieveable.. Are you really serious... There are so many others out there who are loosing their homes , lost their home, facing hard times and no one is setting up a benefit account for them.. If you want to set up a benefit account do it for someone who is deserving, who do not go and take bribe money.. Set it up for someone who is … more ›