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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

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New Incident May Delay Lasseter's Son From Going to Prison

John Fanning remains in Gwinnett County Jail. A Gwinnett judge has scheduled a bond hearing for Fanning Oct. 17 on aggravated assault and false imprisonment charges in Oct. 5 domestic incident involving his estranged wife.

John Fanning remains in the Gwinnett County Detention Center Tuesday following a domestic dispute involving his estranged wife Lesley Fanning last Friday (Oct. 5) at their Dacula home. The new incident may delay his going to federal prison for a while. Fanning was charged with felony aggravated assault and felony false imprisonment. Following a Gwinnett court appearance Saturday, the judge scheduled a bond hearing on these charges for Oct. 17. A bond of $2,000 each was set on charges of misdemeanor cruelty to children and obstructing a call for emergency assistance. Fanning allegedly confronted his wife at their home on Bold Springs Road about 7:30 a.m. Friday, prevented her from leaving, and beat her with a wooden table and its legs in …

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

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Shirley Lasseter's Grandchildren Witnessed Oct. 5 Incident, Crime Report Says

John Fanning, the son of former Gwinnett commissioner Lasseter was located via a tracking device, after attacking his estranged wife according to the Gwinnett Sheriff's report.

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  • Tuesday, October 9, 2012

 John Fanning, jailed without bond since a domestic dispute on Friday (Oct. 5) in Dacula that involved his estranged family, beat his wife with a table and table leg within view of their children, according to a Gwinnett Sheriff's incident report. John Fanning, son of former Gwinnett commissioner Shirley Lasseter, fled to a nearby wooded area after the incident and was located by Gwinnett Sheriff's SWAT officers via an electronic tracking device, the report says. The report says the incident occured between 11 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, and 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 5. John Fanning's three children "watched John L. Fanning beat their mother with the wooden table and legs of table, causing visible bruising and lacerations of her forearms, legs and …

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Shirley Lasseter's Son Jailed on Assault, Cruelty to Children Charges

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