Georgia dad thinks fast as man climbs into his 16yo daughter’s bedroom window Austin Sweatman had an outstanding warrant in Butts County. We Got This Covered · Oct 1, 2025
11th Circuit Says a Sheriff Violated the First Amendment by Posting Warning Signs on the Lawns of Registered Sex Offenders Butts County, Georgia, Sheriff Gary Long cited no evidence to support his pre-Halloween stunt. Reason · Feb 1, 2022
Atlanta court: Sheriff cannot put warning signs in sex offenders’ yards ATLANTA — The federal appeals court in Atlanta has found it was unconstitutional for the Butts County sheriff to place warning signs in the yards of registered sex offenders in his county. Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2022
Sheriff Violated First Amendment by Posting "No Trick-or-Treat" Signs on Sex Offenders' Front Yards From McClendon v. Long, decided today by the Eleventh Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Frank Hull, joined by Chief Judge William Pryor and Britt Grant: In October 2018, two deputies from the Butts County Sheriff's Office placed signs in the front yards of the residences of all 57 registered… Reason · Jan 19, 2022