Some weird headlines from state government – a former Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency employee has been indicted on felony fraud charges for faking not one, but two pregnancies, and getting paid leave to go with them. Authorities say Robin Folsom, former Director of External Affairs at the GVRA, in 2020 and 2021 claimed to have given birth. But co-workers got suspicious when one saw her wearing what looked like a prosthetic belly and pictures of the babies had inconsistencies. An investigation from the Inspector General’s Office revealed the truth, and Folsom’s career as a state employee (and possibly a non-incarcerated woman) is SINKING…
City has entire police force resign
The small town of Milner (population 1,000) in Lamar County, about 45 minutes southeast of Atlanta, saw its police chief and all five officers resign due to a a “lack of trust in the city council and mayor.” Chief Lamar Bunn accused Mayor Craig Timmons of placing a tracker on his personal truck as part of an odd saga that led to the resignations. Milner city officials say they’ll likely push to unincorporate, since the police were about the only service the county didn’t provide. The odd circumstances have Milner and its residents SINKING…
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