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EATONTON - Since Sheriff Howard Sills first took on Malachi York and the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors in 1998, he has been at the center of a storm. It all started when he filed suit to force York's group, to close down a nightclub at the group's Putnam County village. Since then, the Nuwaubians, in fliers distributed across Middle Georgia, have called Sills a racist, accused him of beating his ex-wife, and said he was responsible for murder. Prominent black leaders - the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, and state Rep. Tyrone Brooks among them - have accused...

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a massive counterfeit check ring that two weeks ago hit a local bank for what is estimated to be more than $100,000. Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said that on the afternoon of Thursday, April 13, numerous Hispanics cashed Horton Homes payroll checks at The Peoples Bank. Authorities don’t know exactly how many people cashed checks, some went to more than one teller, but Sills said more than 100 checks counterfeited from a Horton Homes payroll check were cashed. Sills said those cashing the counterfeit checks produced fake immigration cards – commonly known...

Wednesday afternoon fishing expeditions frequently spawn fish tales about “the one that got away,” but when Putnam County’s sheriff and DARE officer went fishing last week they caught a man with 37 grams of methamphetamine. Sheriff Howard Sills said he and Harry Luke, who serves as the DARE officer for the sheriff’s office, went fishing on a lake at the BF Grant Wildlife Management Area around 2 p.m. last Wednesday, March 1. “We weren’t catching anything, so we decided to leave,” Sills said. About 6 p.m., they passed a GMC Suburban with its hazard lights on parked on the side...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A jury was picked Monday to hear the case of the leader of a quasi-religious cult accused of molesting young female followers. Trial begins Tuesday for Dwight "Malachi" York of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, a mostly black sect whose neo-Egyptian compound on a Georgia farm includes pyramid-like structures. York, also known to followers as "Chief Black Thunderbird Eagle," faces 13 federal counts of molestation and racketeering. He had reached a plea bargain that would have given him 15 years in federal prison and 14 years in state prison, but a judge rejected it. Hundreds...

<p>They say they are descendants of ancient Egyptians and American Indians — even aliens from another galaxy — but they came from Brooklyn, N.Y.</p> <p>Their leader once called himself the "Supreme Being," but he was actually an ex-convict and is in jail facing dozens of charges of child molestation.</p>

Posted on Sun, Jan. 26, 2003 For Putnam sheriff, Nuwaubian leader's fate is a battle won By Rob Peecher Telegraph Staff Writer EATONTON - Since Sheriff Howard Sills first took on Malachi York and the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors in 1998, he has been at the center of a storm. It all started when he filed suit to force York's group, to close down a nightclub at the group's Putnam County village. Since then, the Nuwaubians, in fliers distributed across Middle Georgia, have called Sills a racist, accused him of beating his ex-wife, and said he was responsible for...

EATONTON, GA (AP) -- After months of unorthodox tactics and protests by followers dressed as Egyptian pharaohs, mummies and birds, Nuwaubian cult leader Malachi York's child molestation case finally heads to trial Monday. And officials are doing all they can to keep the courtroom from turning into a circus. "It's like living in bizarro world," said Frank Ford, an attorney who has argued with the Nuwaubians in court. "They cannot stand being told no, and they cannot stand being ignored." York, who moved the quasi-religious United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors from New York to a central Georgia farm in 1993,...

MACON -- The leader of the Nuwaubian religious sect has filed a lawsuit claiming he was kidnapped and has been tortured since a 2002 arrest on child molestation charges. Malachi York, who remains in custody awaiting a federal trial in January, claims abuses ranging from being denied medication to "coercive sexual conduct" in the 11-page filing. York refers to himself as "Chief Black Thunderbird 'Eagle'" throughout the claim, filed last week. While being held for psychological evaluation in New York, York claims he was "blindfolded, hoodwinked and chained to a brick bed when inquiring phone privileges." His other claims include...

This just in... Malachi York, famed Nuwaubian leader, has been found guilty of 10 of the 11 Federal charges filed against him. Wonderful news to get this pedophile off the streets!! stories here: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1032881/posts http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1051566/posts http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1052264/posts http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1053027/posts