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- 1 2 "State Rep. Sailor pleads guilty to laundering and resigns". Atlanta Business Chronicle . March 18, 2008.
- ↑ "Former State Rep. Sailor gets five years for defrauding his church". Atlanta Business Chronicle. September 16, 2008.
- ↑ Department of Justice, States Attorney David E. Nahmias, Northern District of Georgia (September 17, 2008). "RON SAILOR JR. SENTENCED TO OVER 5 YEARS ON FEDERAL CHARGES" (PDF). justice.gov.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "W. Ron Sailor Sr., 61: Pastor and former TV and radio personality". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . October 7, 2013.
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