Court Clerk on Trial for Leaking Information to Drug Gang

The Diablo Boys, a violent Atlanta drug gang, infiltrated the federal clerk's office, gaining access to confidential details of investigations, a prosecutor told a jury this week.

For about 18 months, a data clerk working in the office of the Clerk of Court for the Northern District of Georgia leaked sealed information about ongoing wiretaps, vehicle traces, witnesses and suspected gang members under investigation by federal agents to Diablo gang leader Billy D. Ladson, Assistant U.S. Attorney Yonette M. Sam-Buchanan said in her opening statement.

Details here from the Fulton County Daily Report via Law.com.