On June 24, Thomas contacted Greg Hodges, who is Paula Deen's lawyer , by email. The message stated, "I am about to go public with statements refuting your clients statements about using the `N' word in her business practices at Lady and Son's... The statements are true and damning enough that the case for Jackson will be won on it's merit alone..." Paculis then added, "there is a price for such information..." His asking price was $250,000. Greg contacted the FBI, and they instructed him to answer the email. The two men exchanged several emails before they talked on the phone. On Friday, the FBI and local police arrested Thomas George Paculis in Newfield, N.Y. An FBI agent in Atlanta said...
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