Lobbyist Arrested After Bloody Brawl
POSTED: 11:56 am PDT April 23,
2007
UPDATED: 12:17 pm PDT April 23,
2007
ATLANTA -- Politics can be rough, but usually there's no real bloodshed.Apparently things got out of hand at a Midtown Atlanta bar early Saturday morning.Lobbyist Peter Stokes, 25, attacked fellow lobbyist John Clayton, hitting him over the head with a beer bottle, slicing off part of the victim's ear, according to police.
The men were attending a party at the Spotted Dog on North Avenue marking the end of the legislative session.Stokes was arrested on felony aggravated assault charges and booked into the Fulton County jail.He made a court appearance on Monday morning and bond was set at $20,000.On the State Ethics Commission Web site, Stokes is registered as a lobbyist for Georgia Natural Gas, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, the Medical Association of Georgia, the Strollo Group, Verizon and a business called Pull-A-Part. Additional Resources:
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- Link: Stokes' Lobbyist Page
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