Investigative reporter with @ajc. Formerly @mainemonitor. Past grantee of @IWMF @PulitzerCenter @Report4America @ProPublica LRN

Atlanta, GA
Unannounced checks by the Georgia Composite Medical Board discovered medical services being provided by unlicensed workers, medications being unlawfully compounded, healthcare workers practicing outside of their scope of training. #RiskyMedicine @ajc ajc.com/news/2026/07/inspect…
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Based on his criminal history, Arthur Lee Cofield would not appear to meet the criteria for a minimum security camp. Yet there he was at the camp in Jesup, where freedom is just a short walk through the woods. @AJCInvestigate @ajc ajc.com/news/2026/07/how-a-d…
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Noncitizen voting is exceedingly rare. In Georgia, previous citizenship audits found minuscule numbers of noncitizen registrants. In 2024, the office found 20. Only nine of those had actually voted in a Georgia election. ajc.com/politics/2026/07/mos…
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Samantha Hogan retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: An AJC investigation found some Georgia alternative medicine clinics are marketing unproven treatments and costly supplements to desperate patients. Read more: bit.ly/4g6S9yg
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The DOJ found, Drs. Charles Adams and Robert Burkich received millions of dollars in government funds by treating hundreds of elderly patients with chelation and billing Medicare as if the patients had been diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning. ajc.com/news/2026/06/tenness…
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Three Georgia State Patrol troopers and their supervisor were fired from the department after an investigation revealed a scheme where officers used insurance claims to profit off of vehicle chases, @ajc ajc.com/news/2026/04/gsp-tro…
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After more than four decades behind bars, Janice Buttrum has been told 5 times by the state of Georgia that she is not ready for parole. Now, a federal judge says the State Board of Pardons and Parole may never have seriously considered her release at all ajc.com/news/2026/03/federal…
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The law used to convict a Georgia father for his son’s school shooting was intended to charge parents whose negligence result in a child’s death: leaving a baby to die in a hot car or going inside for hours while a toddler remains unattended at the pool. ajc.com/news/2026/03/have-ki…
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Immigration authorities are housing people in an ICE field office in downtown Atlanta — a building with holding cells in its basement that lack showers and beds and provides no opportunity for visits from loved ones or attorneys. ajc.com/news/2026/03/immigra…
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