It’s been nearly three months since Antifa-aligned domestic terrorists wreaked havoc on Atlanta, firebombing the future site of a law enforcement training complex and committing violent property destruction in parts of the city. At the time, authorities arrested dozens of protesters, but more arrests have come — on some surprising charges.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and the Atlanta Police Department (APD) arrested Marlon Scott Kautz, age 39, of Atlanta, Savannah D. Patterson, age 30, of Savannah, Ga., and Adele Maclean, age 42, of Atlanta, on Wednesday on charges of money laundering and charity fraud in association with fundraising efforts for the domestic terrorists who are currently in jail.
“The GBI, along with the Atlanta Police Department, have arrested three people on charges stemming from the ongoing investigation of individuals responsible for numerous criminal acts at the future site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center and other metro Atlanta locations,” reads the GBI’s press release.
The trio ran a non-profit called Network for Strong Communities, which worked with another group called the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which, at least on paper, was a bail fund for the thugs who attacked the training center property and other areas in Atlanta.
“Agents and officers executed a search warrant and found evidence linking the three suspects to the financial crimes,” stated the GBI. “All three charged will be booked into a local jail and will have a bond hearing scheduled soon.”
The Atlanta Press Collective did provide some helpful information about what the charges entail, reporting, “If found guilty of the charges, the money laundering charge comes with a fine of $500,000, up to 20 years imprisonment, or both. The charity fraud charge carries a fine of $10,000 or the total amount of the fraudulent solicitations and criminal penalties of up to $5,000, a minimum of one year in jail with up to a five-year maximum, or both.
State leaders applauded the arrests. “Today’s arrests are about the violence that occurred at the site of the future Atlanta Public Safety Training Center and elsewhere,” tweeted Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. “As we have said before, we will not rest until we have held accountable every person who has funded, organized, or participated in this violence and intimidation.”