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AIT.com CEO Clarence Briggs Charged with Criminal Assault

NEWS REPORT:" AIT.com CEO Clarence Briggs Charged with Criminal Assault "

CEO of company alleging searchengines funded teror, himself charged with attacking a member of the American armed forces.


"Business executive and soldier get in fight"
09/18/05 at 6:28pm


Fayetteville Observer Newspaper
(http://www.fayettevillenc.com ):

Business executive, soldier in fight

By Paul Woolverton Staff writer

Clarence Briggs, the chief executive of Advanced Internet Technologies, has been charged with knocking an Army soldier to the ground Aug. 26, hitting him in the face and smashing his head into the concrete.

Briggs, in turn, has charged the soldier, Staff Sgt. Rodney Goudy of Fort Bragg, with throwing him to the ground and threatening to kill him.

The violence happened outside the B&B Sports Tavern on Person Street in downtown Fayetteville, records say.

AIT's chief financial officer, Steve Young, has also filed a charge against Goudy from the incident. Young accuses the soldier of threatening to hurt him.

AIT is an international Internet Web-hosting company that Briggs started in his home in Fayetteville in 1996. Its headquarters now fills much of a city block in downtown Fayetteville.

Briggs and Goudy are scheduled to face their charges in Cumberland County District Court on Monday. However, court and Fayetteville police records say that Briggs has not yet been served with the warrant charging him with assaulting Goudy.

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Goudy, Briggs and Young presented varied accounts of what happened at the bar.

In his charge, Goudy wrote, "Mr. Briggs asked me to go outside to discuss something because the music inside of B&B Sports Bar was loud. When we turned the corner, Mr. Briggs had his arm around me like we were old friends and he stuck his leg out, grabbed me and threw me on the ground, sat on me and proceeded to hit me in the face. He threw my head back into the concrete."

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Goudy declined a request for an interview. Goudy's lawyer, David Courie, said that his law firm is "investigating scope, severity and frequencies of their alleged behavior," but declined to make further comment.

Young also declined an interview request. Briggs referred questions to AIT spokesman Alex Lekas.

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Staff writer Paul Woolverton can be reached woolvertonp@fayettevillenc.com or at 486-3512.

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