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Former Athens-Clarke County officer arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of children
COMMERCE, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has arrested Amber Nicole Ferguson, a former officer with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, on two counts of sexual exploitation of children. Ferguson, a 33-year-old from Commerce, Georgia, surrendered to authorities at the Jackson County Jail on Monday, Jan. 15 at 8 a.m.
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