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Case against Augusta escapee pending 2 years later

Morris News Service

Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 2:08 AM

Last updated Thursday, July 1, 2010 8:16 PM

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ATHENS, Ga. - The case against an Augusta correctional facility escapee who was charged with attacking a female jogger on a popular park has not gone to trial two years after the attack.

Gary Gaylord Ford hasn't been to Clarke County Superior Court since he pleaded not guilty to an eight-county indictment in April 2008.

Athens Police Lt. David Leedahl says it's not uncommon for a case to go a few years before trial and that prosecutors may be waiting on more lab results.

Authorities say the 39-year-old escaped from the Augusta Transitional Center in February 2008 and fled to Athens, where he attacked the 21-year-old jogger. They say he also robbed a convenience store owner of $500.

He is being held without bond as prosecutors build their case.

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justus4 02/09/10 - 09:01 am

"as prosecutors build their

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zippy 02/09/10 - 10:10 am

if you dont like it, go to

if you dont like it, go to law school and become a prosecutor or a judge yourself (if you have it in you, which i doubt. it is so much easier to just read stories and make outrageous comments on a website than to try to correct a perceived flaw in the system.

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disssman 02/09/10 - 10:22 am

Zippy who would want to

Zippy who would want to become one of the slimmyiest, lowest form of human being in America? I takes a special person to be a member of the legal profession, someone with absolutely no concern for anything but themselves. That is unless you want to convert to politician and of course you must be a doctor or lawyer to do that.

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dominionfs 02/09/10 - 10:37 am

Disssman- You got it. Almost

Disssman- You got it. Almost 500 years ago, Old Billy Shakespeare said, "Let's begin by killing all the lawyers" Can't remember which play it was. I am sure there are some good, decent lawyers out there, but I have never met one.