Suspended Georgia insurance commissioner testifies in his fraud trial

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The area is home to the Oakwood Apartments and surrounded by several fast-food restaurants and a strip mall anchored by a Kroger.","_id":"62WKLUUQHRH6RHXWVDUTEJWEII","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1626871602207,"type":"text","content":"Police did not say in what state the remains were found. The GBI is assisting and was expected to make a positive identification of the victims. At this point in the investigation, there are more questions than answers, according to a Henry police spokesman.","_id":"VAIJOOMYNVEFFCDU322SIR4TFE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1626871602208,"type":"text","content":"“We are investigating leads that we have of additional potential victims that may be out there,” Capt. Randy Lee told Channel 2. “We’re not ruling anything out. 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Prosecutors said three friends and one of Beck’s cousins helped him, but Beck hadn’t told them a lot of the money would end up in his pocket.","_id":"3OZKQZPWLVCCZMJDV44FDYQSIU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1626892591763,"type":"text","content":"The project, Beck said, was to help the association verify that customers were properly insured. This was supposed to be done by verifying various data points — does the house have a pool, a basement? — on customers’ policies, as well as filling in missing data points.","_id":"IBGF3TL37JEXRK2TCKAGF4V7Y4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1626892591764,"type":"text","content":"A lot of work needed to be done, which meant plenty of help was needed, Beck said.","_id":"6UMATSABVVC3DMA4GG2UA4OABI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1626892591765,"type":"text","content":"“I was notorious for finding people at the carwash and saying, ‘Hey, do you want an opportunity?’” Beck testified.","_id":"RO6BR2IY25B43GAZSY3XP5HCBU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1626895614605,"type":"text","content":"One person he offered an opportunity to was Donna Akins. They met in 2016 when Beck was speaking to the Marietta Kiwanis Club, she testified, and she later made 1,500 signs for Beck’s campaign. 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BREAKING: Police investigating homicide in neighborhood near #Lawrenceville- https://t.co/OCbpdkvPUs #Gwinnett pic.twitter.com/6bQmqlbJ0D

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BREAKING: Car stolen with child inside. Found abandoned about two miles away in SE Atlanta and little girl is fine…now reunited with her mom and dad pic.twitter.com/bfg1oqR2iP

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He faces three counts of murder, three counts of aggravated assault and two counts of kidnapping in Saturday’s shooting deaths of golf pro Gene Siller, 46, and the two victims found in the truck, 46-year-old Henry Valdez and 76-year-old Paul Pierson.","_id":"VKD3KEL3JVGO5NB4FGHBO6WK54","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625924667978,"type":"text","content":"Siller’s funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Dunwoody United Methodist Church, followed by a private family burial, according to his obituary.","_id":"X3T6BWMCLVFTPBMMDC5JWNYL2M","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625933514612,"type":"text","content":"Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the husband and father of two studied mechanical engineering at Purdue University. He went on to become an engineer, helping develop several U.S. patents before his passion for golf led him to qualify as a PGA professional, his family said. 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