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A Georgia city’s youngest-ever mayor lashed out at officials as he broke his silence after being ousted from his role in light of the sexting and spending scandals that had recently engulfed him. Jayden Williams – who served as mayor of Stockbridge for 10 months before being impeached — was removed from office earlier this month after being found to have sent suggestive messages to an 18-year-old male high school student on his mentoring scheme as well as spending $4,000 on a city credit card. Some of the expenses Williams, 23, racked up included a $200 purchase at an Academy...

One of the youngest mayors in Georgia history has been kicked out of office after he allegedly sent “sexually suggestive” texts and “explicit” images to a high school student, while also racking up thousands of dollars on the city’s credit card for personal expenses. The city of Stockbridge’s city council voted on Saturday to remove Mayor Jayden Williams. The 23-year-old had just been named mayor 10 months earlier after running as a non-partisan candidate, becoming the second-youngest mayor in the state’s history when he was sworn in. But he’s now out of a job after the city council examined several...

A Georgia city’s youngest-ever mayor was temporarily stripped of his duties and privileges amid an investigation over his alleged spending – less than a year after being elected on a campaign premised around accountability and transparency. Jayden Williams, the 22-year-old mayor of Stockbridge, Ga., was ordered to hand over his city-issued credit cards by Monday at noon due to his spending, but failed to meet the deadline, Atlanta News First reported. Stockbridge city council officials launched a probe into Williams after “information” was presented to finance officials and the city attorney, without divulging further. Lawmakers backed a resolution on a...

A former Stockbridge High School teacher accused of threatening to kill the principal signed a severance agreement that will cost Stockbridge Community Schools about $135,000. Lynnette Brown, who resigned last month, will receive a lump sum payment of $50,000, reduced by necessary withholdings, on or before June 30, according to the agreement, obtained this week through a Freedom of Information Act request. This is in addition to about seven months of pay and benefits, totaling about $52,402; insurance benefits, which cost $25,645, this school year, through August 2012; and some other provisions.

Stockbridge, Georgia- The questions over the eligibility of Barack Hussein Obama to occupy his current position as President of the United States continue to be raised. After being presented with evidence in the matter, a citizens' grand jury convened by Carl Swensson in Georgia has returned an indictment against Barack Hussein Obama aka Barry Soetoro aka Barry Sutoro. Reportedly the sealed indictment, scheduled to be delivered to prosecutors on Monday, includes counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. "It's a done deal, and the people of the State of Georgia demand action on this matter," said Carl Swensson after...

The 322-pound, redmeat-loving Dorchester dad who stuffed his face with pizza, steak tips, prime rib and fast food in a final fling before stomach-shrinking surgery, found out yesterday that the gravy train has reached the end of the line. His surgeon won’t operate until he drops 40 pounds and gains some new perspective. “It couldn’t have went any worse,” said Chris “Tiger” Stockbridge, 34, who claims he’s a changed man, finally ready to follow doctor’s orders and submit to a life of oatmeal, salad and fish, if that’s what it takes. “I felt a little bit ashamed of myself,” he...

DR. SHANTHA INDICTED A Stockbridge, Georgia doctor, Dr. Totada R. Shanthaveerappa, better known as T.R. Shantha, MD, PhD, has been indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta on 84 counts: 16 counts of health care fraud; five of introducing an unapproved drug into interstate commerce; one of introducing a misbranded drug into interstate commerce; and scores of counts of money laundering, totaling US $4.78 million.Dr. Shantha is primarily accused of using unproven medications, such as dinitrophenol (DNP), a banned, hazardous substance commonly found in weed killers, as a treatment for cancer. This "weed killer" charge has provided a sensational handle...