Charles Postell’s home office after GBI illegal search and seizure

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Charles Postell's home office after GBI illegal search and seizure

Postell’s career as an investigative journalist included many exposes on law officials, and agents of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). After 4 inmates escaped from Georgia State Prison’s Death Row, they claimed to be protecting Postell and his family, arriving at the Postell home with guns and staying overnight.

Postell caught one of the agents rifling through his office files in the middle of the night. The next day the agents returned with a search warrant and went directly to the files which had been pilfered.

Charges were brought against Postell and wife Judi, but later dismissed following an FBI sting which foiled an extortion attempt.

This led to a $5.5 million lawsuit against the GBI for illegal search and seizure, opening up open discourse about 4th amendment rights violations

Mitchell County Georgia Sheriff Bud Williford request for FBI investigation into murder of Mobley

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Mitchell County Georgia Sheriff Bud Williford request for FBI investigation into murder of Mobley

Hand-drawn map to secret gambling spot where Sheriff Williford frequented

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Hand-drawn map to secret gambling spot where Sheriff Williford frequented

Investigative journalist Charles Postell, who was also state editor of The Albany Herald, kept files thick with details from his many and varied sources. This hand-drawn map shows the location of a back-woods gambling shack where Mitchell County Sheriff Bud Williford was known to be paid off to allow its continued play, but also joined the all-night tables.