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Jeremy Carter, the grandson of former president Jimmy Carter, has died at 28. Jimmy Carter broke the news at his Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. At the same church, just two weeks ago, Carter announced that he was cancer-free after treatments for brain cancer. ...

Former President Jimmy Carter’s grandson limped into a Fayette County courthouse Friday and admitted to a Superior Court judge that he swiped an Xbox video game system from a friend’s house and hid marijuana in his shoe while under the influence of alcohol. Jeremy Davis Carter, 17, of 311 Spear Road, Peachtree City, appeared in court about 8:30 a.m. Friday to enter a guilty plea in connection with a Dec. 4-5 incident. Carter was accompanied by his attorney Joe Saia of Peachtree City. In exchange for Carter’s admission of guilt, Griffin Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Johnnie Caldwell Jr. ordered...

A teenage grandson of former President Jimmy Carter has been charged with burglary and possession of marijuana after breaking into a house of a former friend and taking a video-game console, police said. Jeremy Carter, 17, also was charged with under-aged drinking and was released Sunday on $11,500 bond. The high school senior is the son of Annette and Jeff Carter, Jimmy Carter's youngest son. "My son is innocent. This is ridiculous. He will be exonerated," Jeff Carter, 52, said last night.