In Southern Georgia, name financing has had down as a result of Florida’scrackdown.

This past year, Jacksonville capped name loans at 18 per cent ayear. Four miles away when you look at the Georgia town of Kingsland (population15,000), there were no name loan agencies prior to the Florida crackdown. Two run there today.

Kingsland’s homicides that are first 3 years happened Dec. 1 — at car recognition Corp. Title Pawn. The shop recently had moved fromJacksonville. A person moved to the name shop downtown about 1p.m. He discovered two men shot dead when you look at the head, police stated.

Robbery might have been a motive, but detectives aren’t certain. Nowitnesses have actually stepped ahead. No arrests were made. “There werehundreds of people’s names inside their files. Any one of these could havebeen a suspect,” stated Kingsland authorities Lt. Joseph Knight. “Maybe it wasan irate consumer. But to date, we can’t figure out if it had been a robbery or perhaps a target linked with it being fully a name pawnshop.”

Kingsland City Manager Dayton Gillette — who’s also fighting massageparlors and movie that is x-rated — said the town council could zonetitle organizations or cap their prices. But he’s afraid that will invitelawsuits, unless the typical Assembly adopts legislation.

Gillette has turned to mention Rep. Charlie Smith (D-St. Marys), one ofGov. Roy Barnes’ flooring leaders. Smith supports name loan reform but states modification is close to impossible in today’s weather, which lackswidespread general general public and governmental outcry. “The name pawn business is asignificant problem,” Smith stated. [Read more…]