{"id":413132,"date":"2026-09-28T21:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413132\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:12:09","slug":"florida-sheriff-blasts-georgia-for-scams-run-out-of-state-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413132\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida sheriff blasts Georgia for scams run out of state prisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-primary text-primary-black whitespace-pre-wrap [&amp;_a]:border-b-primary [&amp;_a]:font-medium [&amp;_a]:border-b-1 [&amp;_b]:text-primary-black [&amp;_i]:italic text-base leading-relaxed\" data-index=\"1\">A Florida sheriff arrested a woman accused of participating in a scam network through Georgia prisons and called for officials to put a stop to the scammers\u2019 operations within the prison system. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary text-primary-black whitespace-pre-wrap [&amp;_a]:border-b-primary [&amp;_a]:font-medium [&amp;_a]:border-b-1 [&amp;_b]:text-primary-black [&amp;_i]:italic text-base leading-relaxed\" data-index=\"2\">Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1737371214004778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in a video posted to social media<\/a>, said investigators there linked an Atlanta woman and three others to $15,000 taken from a woman near Daytona Beach, Florida. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary text-primary-black whitespace-pre-wrap [&amp;_a]:border-b-primary [&amp;_a]:font-medium [&amp;_a]:border-b-1 [&amp;_b]:text-primary-black [&amp;_i]:italic text-base leading-relaxed\" data-index=\"4\">Annie Ashley of Atlanta has been charged with grand theft, Volusia sheriff\u2019s officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary text-primary-black whitespace-pre-wrap [&amp;_a]:border-b-primary [&amp;_a]:font-medium [&amp;_a]:border-b-1 [&amp;_b]:text-primary-black [&amp;_i]:italic text-base leading-relaxed\" data-index=\"5\">She is one of roughly two dozen people arrested in the past year by Volusia County in the \u201chuge scam\u201d the Florida sheriff says is being run out of two Georgia prisons: Calhoun State Prison and Wheeler Correctional Institution. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary text-primary-black whitespace-pre-wrap [&amp;_a]:border-b-primary [&amp;_a]:font-medium [&amp;_a]:border-b-1 [&amp;_b]:text-primary-black [&amp;_i]:italic text-base leading-relaxed\" data-index=\"6\">tnarraw yllausu ot yeht neht meht meht rieht llet sremmacs .dias ,elpoep ,yap tuo dessim yruj evah teg rof ytud llac ,tserra dna a ehT doowtihC <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary text-primary-black whitespace-pre-wrap [&amp;_a]:border-b-primary [&amp;_a]:font-medium [&amp;_a]:border-b-1 [&amp;_b]:text-primary-black [&amp;_i]:italic text-base leading-relaxed\" data-index=\"7\">,yllufepoH\u201c lliw ekaw .oediv pu rieht rieht eht eht taht smacs dias \u201d,gninnur ezilaer srenosirp ffo ni teg 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