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Brunswick commissioner jailed in baby killing investigation (De'Marquise Elkins case)
Savannah Morning News ^ | 3/29/2013 | Terry Dickson

Posted on 03/29/2013 6:59:13 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

City Commissioner James Henry Brooks Sr. has been charged with influencing a witness and obstructing the investigation of the fatal shooting of a baby and wounding of his mother March 21.

Brooks, also charged with racketeering in unrelated cases in Camden County, was booked into the Glynn County jail.

He was at the Glynn County Courthouse Monday when the mother of murder defendant De'Marquise Elkins left the courthouse after her son's initial court appearance. As Karimah Elkins and another woman walked from the courthouse, a county police investigator tried to speak with her. Brooks stepped between them and prevented the officer from speaking with the mother, officials said.

A bail of $1,256 has been set on the obstruction charge, but there is no bail on the charge of influencing witnesses, authorities said.

(Excerpt) Read more at savannahnow.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: babyantonio; brunswick; demarquiseelkins; karimahelkins; sherrywest
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1 posted on 03/29/2013 6:59:13 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Brunswick LEO’s apparently mean business in getting to the bottom of this case.


2 posted on 03/29/2013 7:00:32 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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Is he black??


3 posted on 03/29/2013 7:01:57 AM PDT by Ann Archy
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4 posted on 03/29/2013 7:04:20 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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Well, he ain’t no Cracka, Baby.;-)


5 posted on 03/29/2013 7:05:34 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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They found the .22 pistol? Top notch investigation.


6 posted on 03/29/2013 7:06:23 AM PDT by Roger_Wildcat
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I saw this in the Brunswick morning paper and said “if it were not so tragic (the crime was horrible ) this could be a Three Stooges Movie “. I cannot believe this is happening in the community.. I no longer feel safe in Brunswick.A good Friday lesson here..


7 posted on 03/29/2013 7:06:39 AM PDT by Howe_D_Dewty
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The article leaves out so much information... is the commissioner a family member? Why was he escorting the woman out?


8 posted on 03/29/2013 7:08:31 AM PDT by momtothree
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No need to ask that. Nothing to see here folks....no black on brown/white crime here...no hate crime....the accused is black, just getting his life together and had so much promise. Mother and auntie, sister are saints of the community.....bozo commissioner was just protecking his constituency..


9 posted on 03/29/2013 7:09:08 AM PDT by Gaffer
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It sounds like there is more to this case than there was at first glance. Perhaps they are making sure that there will not be a Zimmerman circus occurring there.


10 posted on 03/29/2013 7:10:40 AM PDT by The Working Man
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To: 2nd amendment mama

Nice pony tail.


11 posted on 03/29/2013 7:11:14 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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This a-hole is probably thinking along the same lines as a black detroiter I encountered on a discussion thread on FB... one of these who thinks the two feral animals should go free “because of past injustices.” His main example was the Emmitt Till murder from 1955.

Friggin’ amazing.


12 posted on 03/29/2013 7:11:53 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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Holder’s people.


13 posted on 03/29/2013 7:12:55 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: momtothree; All
That information hasn't been released.

But here's some more info on Commissioner Brooks from another source:

This isn't the first time Brooks has been in trouble with the law.

In January 2012 he was arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on one count of bribery. He was accused of taking a $300 bribe for a man who wanted his record expunged so he could apply for a police officer job.

A judge denied his bond at the time because he felt Brooks could try to intimidate witnesses in an ongoing investigation.

Then in February 2012 prosecutors added a gun charge against him.

The District Attorneys presented a warrant to charge him with "possession of firearm by a convicted felon."

The Florida Times-Union reported at that time that Brooks had a prior felony conviction for taking out a credit card under a false name.

Source


14 posted on 03/29/2013 7:14:12 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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Hmm. Starting to look like the two young Princes of the Urban Jungle (PoUJ) who have been charged in this crime just might have some connections.
Or they have pictures.
15 posted on 03/29/2013 7:16:13 AM PDT by Tupelo (Old, Bald, Ugly, Fat and Broke in Arizona)
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Woodpile overflowing


16 posted on 03/29/2013 7:21:19 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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What a piece of work! Thanks Rooster!


17 posted on 03/29/2013 7:21:51 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: 2nd amendment mama

Yet another fine, upstanding public servant doing his part to protect his kind. And these radical tribal leaders accuse all white people of racism? Enough of this nonsense, slavery died a long time ago, but these misfits cling to it for their freebies and to excuse their criminal actions.


18 posted on 03/29/2013 7:24:16 AM PDT by soycd
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To: 2nd amendment mama

Is that a mullet ?
L O L


19 posted on 03/29/2013 7:28:53 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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http://www.wokv.com/news/news/local/brunswick-city-commissioner-arrested/nW67L/


20 posted on 03/29/2013 7:32:58 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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