SE GA Southern Justice

07/09/2024

4 years ago, the DA Keith Higgins began with 2 million in savings. He got 2 million more in COVID funds. All this on top of the 5-county budget in place each year.

He also gets 5 state-paid Assistant District Attorney’s at no cost to the counties. Now he is 1.3 million owing to Glynn County for salaries to county -paid ADAs and staff.

He reduced that to 888,000+ by transferring money from the Victim fund and the Asset forfeiture fund. At least 4 ADAs have resigned. But he needs more!

We need a forensic audit to find out where all the money went before the Counties give him more. Just to verify it was not theft but mismanagement.

He knew last December that he was over budget and did nothing about it and hid it from the voters in his campaign.

Remember, the Wayne County Administrator worked for and supported him. The Appling County attorney also supported him in his election. Both are conflicts of interest when it comes to giving advice to the Commissioners.

Apparently Wayne County is going to have to fund Juvenile Prosecution here!

Higgins requested an additional $122,000.00 from Appling County to prosecute any juvenile cases. I can’t imagine how much will be requested from Wayne County.

If the Wayne County Commissioners don’t grant Higgins whatever amount he throws out for Wayne County for the 2024-5 budget, it appears he will no longer prosecute any juveniles.

Couldn’t we just hire our own prosecutor for all cases here? Just asking?!?!?

According to Appling County Attorney Tracy Brown, juveniles are a large percentage of the crime? Who knew?

Appling County initially approved 1/3 of the $122k requested, but appears to have changed their minds and have a session Tuesday. Without the full amount, apparently he won’t prosecute!

Well you know if I think it, it just spills right out!

Googling “hire our own prosecutor”!

So with a surplus going in 4 years ago of 4 million, he is in the hole 1 million, and barely any cases indicted much less taken to trial, what will our next 4 years look like?

14/08/2024

District Attorney Keith Higgins request for $880k for the amount he was over budget in year 2023-2024, ending June 30, 2024, was deferred by Wayne County, GA, and has ask for additional information.

Glynn County has also deferred the request at this time.

12/08/2024

Bob Morgan with Big Dog Country covers the issues Wayne County is having with DA Higgins!

https://youtu.be/n57VDnfmync?si=i7Sxn67bb-xQTRSJ

11/08/2024

Keith Higgins - Random Collection of Comments That Stand True

Several of us are fed up by the inaction of our DA Keith Higgins. He has only sent a small amount of cases to the grand jury all year. He hasn’t prosecuted a case himself in over 5 years. We have criminals on the streets because he isn’t doing his job . Glynn County is the perfect place to commit a crime- no consequences.

We need a DA with the courage to lead, the integrity to deliver honest performance and be honest with victims and the passion to protect our communities. DA stands for District attorney not Defense attorney. This guy has no honor and has to go . We are happy the GBI is involved however a signed confession will not be enough for Higgins. (And it wasn’t!!)

However, they say that as DA, Keith Higgins failed to try a single case on his own. Thats not how being DA works, and if it’s true what a joke. (Apparently he failed as well at balancing a budget.)
I was initially part of his campaign. I was not impressed by who he is as a person, and I don’t believe he has any respect for women.

Which leads me to add, they both believe pleading out physical and sexual crimes against women and children to lesser crimes is a win for the good guys. Gross!

I didn’t find him to be that smart; it takes more ego than intelligence to hold an elected office in this area.

Women and victims in this county have a right to be angry. There cannot be this much constant chatter about something that isn’t happening. I believe it’s likely part of the reason that Glynn County hasn’t put the court system online. It’s much harder for the public to see just how dirty it is underneath the surface if they keep everyone living a decade behind the rest of the country. (OH WOW! Surprised most of Wayne County still is!)

The publishing of personal information is outrageous, isn’t it? I’m surprised at the negligence. That’s the ego outweighing character, not to mention his condescending manner in which he speaks to victims as well as employees! He can’t keep staff at any office.

He’s an elected-official, so everything he and each ADA in all 5 counties have done during his term is up public for judgment. Same goes for the Judges that accept the pleas. But again, it’s not digitized, so they all escape accountability while deflecting from their own behavior by labeling women as angry, emotional, or crazy. There definitely hasn’t been Justice for All during his term.

He’s all smoke and mirrors. We saw that with the last Trenton Lehrkamp press conference. That was no DA speaking - that was a classic defense attorney press tour. He checked off everything they (law enforcement) didn’t do and deflected from what they did do by acting as if the entire thing was a waste of time and resources because a little girl had been r***d by a homeless man that was already in custody.

Sir, you just publicly used the tragedy of child’s r**e in our community to elude to the fact that the BPD, the GCPD, and your own investigators are collectively incapable of handling two cases at one time. I was shocked. Our local police seem pretty damn competent to me when it comes to catching the bad guys - justice only seems to fail once they reach Higgins.

And then who does he blame? Poor investigating. He still seems to be on the other side, you weren’t wrong about that. (Well, that sure sounds familiar as well.). I imagine thats how he’ll likely spin the answer if given the chance. Elude to poor investigations by police, lack of evidence, lack of staff, lack of time in the courts that are still attempting to ride Covid coattails to explain the stagnant case timelines.

Exactly what are your thoughts on him after he didn’t give a flying f&ck the autistic kid got tortured and said he consented to it, then gave the kids a misdemeanor for almost killing the kid.

09/08/2024

Sometimes there are things that just shouldn’t be said, and then there is me!

Higgins since you apparently can’t keep in budget, you probably shouldn’t have taken out the drug task force! They had the jack $$ rolling in! Once you cut them out, you should have prepared for it!

You are on your own Higgins!

31/07/2024

This mother, Julie Zitrin, as well as numerous others in Wayne County, GA, deserves JUSTICE!!

Her beautiful daughter with her entire life ahead of her was taken at 20 years of age, while District Attorney Keith Higgins hasn’t prosecuted any of these drug dealers at least back to January, 2023, maybe even before that!! Hasn’t even indicted them!

Her life may have been saved!!

Higgins has actually dropped charges on 6 drug trafficking cases,

Since he hasn’t indicted any drug dealers nor prosecuted any they are free and on the streets to keep selling to our children, brothers, sisters, grandchildren and others!!

We demand you prosecute any and everyone caught!!

Wayne County has had enough!!

If you have lost someone as well in Wayne County, please contact us!

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/xkNCyHBb5tJeQNLj/?mibextid=K35XfP

29/07/2024

We are reviewing the drug “dealer/trafficking” cases arrested and not prosecuted in Wayne County from January, 2023 through September, 2023. We have 21 cases of “selling, dealing or trafficking!

We went back to January 2023 to see exactly what as been done about these cases.

This isn’t looking so good for us! The ones that want Wayne County clean for our kids and grandkids, and for anyone, like myself that has lost someone near and dear to their hearts!! These drug dealers need to be sent to prison! We aren’t even looking at the ones that got caught with possession, NO, ALL OF THESE WERE CAUGHT SELLING!!

Another one bites the dust!! Keith Higgins for District Attorney, you need to come sit down and explain yourself to Wayne County!

Charged with: Trafficking in Co***ne, Illegal Drugs, Ma*****na, or Methamphete and Possession of a Schedule IV Controlled Substance.

Warrant Dismissal!!

Charged January 9, 2023
NOT EVEN INDICTED almost a year later?? Most cases go before the grand jury within 2 weeks!!
Charges Dismissed January 2, 2024h

29/07/2024

A victim’s story!

Here is one synopsis one just one of his victims!! There were so MANY others!!

Kicklighter is the detective that worked hard to get these victims justice!!

This audio file begins with a recognizably nervous young girl that admits to finding irony that she is being interviewed at the Jesup Police Department. A fearless advocate for Yonkosky’s victims lets her distaste be known that DA Higgins dropped the charges due to lack of evidence. She states that what happened to her wasn’t as big of a deal as the police officers that have to be part of this whole string of events.

The GBI Agent prompts her to tell her story. The interviewee begins by explaining that she was originally from Atlanta, but her Grandfather was a pastor here and had frequented this area for many years since childhood. An explanation was given that summers were spent and friends were made in our quiet county.

Between 2010 and 2011, she was in Wayne County to attend a Christmas party with friends. When the Christmas party concluded, she added that her friends wanted to go to the Oyster Shack where other known acquaintances were gathering. Oddly enough she was to be the designated driver that night. She ordered one Michelob Ultra, that she jokingly said, “Because that’s what they drink down here”.

She drank half of the beer and within approximately twenty to thirty minutes later, her shoe was found in the bar.

By her account, her friends followed the “bread crumbs' ' until she was found in the back of a truck. She remembered most of what was happening, but it was like a recording in her mind.

She remembered John Yonkosky asking who she was in the bar and who she was related to. John Yonkosky helped her out of the bar and put her into his truck. While in the backseat, Yonkosky attempted to place a heavy blanket or jacket over her. Understandably, she began to feel afraid and started yelling and kicking. When she found a foothold on the seat Yonkosky slammed her into the seat.

Thankfully, her friends found her. Yonkosky attempted to say he was taking her home safely and that he knew her family. The young girl’s friends didn’t believe his reasoning and made sure she was taken away from him. She was very sick and did not realize what was happening until the adrenaline wore off and she was down sick for two days.

If you support him and think he is innocent, and all these ladies aren’t telling the truth, you ARE the problem!!

22/07/2024

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18/07/2024

Certain accusations and false statements have caused many folks to doubt the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office.

A certain citizen falsely posted where sweet Noah was found. The area she posted wasn’t correct, but because she has posted claims that race is to blame for a slow investigation, many believe it.

Making like she lost her job because of her trying to help this family. She didn’t pay her rent! Next, she posted a shirt that was found two days later and claimed it belonged to a suspect. Again, speculation that didn’t help the case at all.

Speaking to news outlets that she couldn’t get answers from the sheriff’s office. She is not an immediate family member and has no right!

Recording officers serving papers for her phone, making like they would delete or cover-up..nothing but lies!

You pretend to be “helping this family”, but all you did was cloud the investigation!

Your constant need for attention probably helped the mother and kids come up with their defense!

You also stated that your detective skills made the investigation! Yet you bitch about the outcome…which is it?

Please folks involved, be careful of the loud ones that make everything about them. They have their own agenda!

16/07/2024

Camden County, GA
Yesterday after storm

16/07/2024

https://thegeorgiagazette.com/featured/death-of-8-year-old-who-drowned-in-borrow-pit-ruled-homicide-10-11-year-old-boys-arrested/

Written by: E. George Published July 14, 2024 @ 8:30 PM ET WAYNE COUNTY, Ga. - Arrests have been made in a case involving the drowning death of an eight-year-old Jesup boy who went missing on May 16, 2024, and whose body was discovered the following day. The second-grade student at James E. Bacon El...

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16/07/2024

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