The mayor of a small town in Georgia, Benjamin 'Benji' Cary Cranford, 52, is facing felony charges for allegedly furnishing prohibited items to inmates. The charges stem from an incident where Cranford is accused of leaving a bottle of Seagram's Extra Dry Gin in a ditch for a state prison work crew to access.
The indictment, issued in McDuffie County Superior Court, alleges that Cranford purchased the bottle of gin on June 3 and placed it along Cobbham Road in Thomson, Georgia. The Thomson Police requested the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) to look into the matter on June 6, leading to Cranford's arrest.
