A Georgia mayor has been suspended from office after being arrested for giving alcohol to inmates.. Back in June, Thomson police asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate the City ...

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has suspended Thomson Mayor Benjamin Cary Cranford following accusations the official gave gin to inmates. In August, Cranford, 52, was indicted on one count of ...

The mayor was arrested in August following a city council meeting at Thomson City Hall. He was later released on $5,000 bail. On Oct. 4, he was officially suspended as mayor by Gov. Kemp.

THOMSON, Ga. (AP) — The mayor of a small Georgia town has been suspended after he was indicted over allegations that he illegally left a bottle of gin in a ditch for a state prison work crew ...

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp suspended an east Georgia mayor Friday after he was arrested on charges of giving inmates on a work-detail alcohol. Benjamin Cary Cranford, 52, was elected as mayor of ...

THOMSON, Ga. — A Georgia mayor who was suspended after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly giving alcohol to an inmate work detail asked for a re-do, and Gov. Brian Kemp re-appointed a ...

Thomson Mayor Benjamin "Benji" Cary Cranford, 52, was indicted on Wednesday and arrested by Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents on felony charges of furnishing prohibited items to inmates and ...

THOMSON, Ga. (AP) — The mayor of a small Georgia town is back in charge after a jury acquitted him of charges that he intentionally left a bottle of gin in a ditch for a state prison work crew.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has suspended Thomson Mayor Benjamin Cary Cranford following accusations the official gave gin to inmates.. In August, Cranford, 52, was indicted on one count of ...

THOMSON, Ga. — A Georgia mayor has been suspended from office after being arrested for giving alcohol to inmates. Back in June, Thomson police asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to ...

THOMSON, Ga. (AP) — The mayor of a small Georgia town has been suspended after he was indicted over allegations that he illegally left a bottle of gin in a ditch for a state prison work crew.