Gordon deputies arrest 19 in suspected racketeering ring
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Nineteen people have been arrested in connection to racketeering involving stolen computers, weapons, and other property in exchange for drugs, sheriff officials said. More are currently being sought by the department.

According to a press release from the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office:

At approximately 4 a.m. Friday, Sheriff’s detectives and deputy sheriffs executed three search warrants and arrested 12 people. The pre-dawn raids were the culmination of a nine month investigation initiated by the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit (MCU) into the activities of the defendants involving the distribution of methamphetamine, receiving stolen property, and racketeering. The investigation revolved around a group of Gordon County people whom detectives allege engaged in receiving stolen property, principally laptop computers, and firearms, in exchange for methamphetamine.

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