MCDONOUGH, GA – A Henry County couple pled guilty Monday...
MCDONOUGH, GA – A Henry County man was sentenced to 25 years with the first 15 years in prison after he was found trying to flush a large amount of marijuana down a hotel toilet. Josef Lee Elgers, 28, of McDonough was convicted Tuesday of one count each of possession of marijuana with intent to...
MCDONOUGH, GA – A Florida man was sentenced to 40 years with the first 25 years in prison after he held two women and a child at gunpoint outside a Stockbridge hair salon. Yadley Girard, 31, pleaded guilty Monday in Henry County Superior Court to charges of armed robbery, hijacking a motor vehicle, aggravated assault, possession...
MCDONOUGH, GA – An Ellenwood man will spend life in prison after opening fire on his family as they were packing to move, resulting in the death of a 19-year-old man. A Henry County jury returned the guilty verdict Friday night against 80-year-old Hailu Abebe on one count of malice murder, one count of felony...
MCDONOUGH, GA – A Henry County couple pled guilty Monday in connection to the murder of their Stockbridge roommate. Frank Lawler, 49, and his 62-year-old live-in girlfriend, Evelyn York, were both sentenced to prison. Lawler was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after he entered a guilty plea to charges of...
MCDONOUGH, GA – A McDonough man will serve life in prison for killing a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend in a car just hours before Thanksgiving in 2019. Aljanon Antwan Joyner, 20, entered a guilty plea Wednesday in Henry County Superior Court to charges of malice murder, felony murder, feticide, aggravated assault, armed robbery, possession...
MCDONOUGH, GA – A Henry County man was sentenced to serve life in prison after a jury convicted him of shooting and killing his 24-year-old best friend. A Henry County jury returned a guilty verdict Tuesday evening against Princeton Mitchell-Johnson, 27, on two counts of felony murder and one count each of aggravated assault, possession...
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