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Sex offender convicted of molesting again in McDonough

MCDONOUGH, GA – An Ohio sex offender was sentenced to...

Henry County man convicted of molesting teen

MCDONOUGH, GA – A Henry County man will spend the...

Stockbridge man convicted in motel murder

MCDONOUGH, GA – A Stockbridge man will spend life in...

Stockbridge man convicted of killing brother

MCDONOUGH, GA – A Stockbridge man will spend his life in prison for killing his older brother. A Henry County jury returned a guilty verdict against Deangelo Daniel, 26, on Friday night for charges of malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault. Following the verdict, Superior Court Judge Pandora E. Palmer sentenced Daniel to life in...

Henry County couple plead guilty to killing roommate, dumping body

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...

Henry County man pleads guilty to killing pregnant teen and her boyfriend

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...

Sex offender convicted of molesting again in McDonough

MCDONOUGH, GA – An Ohio sex offender was sentenced to 80 years today after he came to Henry County and molested a third child. Henry County Superior Court Judge Holly W. Veal found William Freeman guilty of four counts of child molestation today after a bench trial. Following the verdict, the judge sentenced Freeman to...

Henry County man convicted of molesting teen

MCDONOUGH, GA – A Henry County man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he sexually abused a teenager at a family birthday party. A Henry County jury returned a guilty verdict Monday against Anthony Lamar McCaskill Jr., 41, on two counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of child molestation....

Stockbridge man convicted in motel murder

MCDONOUGH, GA – A Stockbridge man will spend life in prison for killing a man he just met during an attempted robbery at a Henry County motel. Irvin “Redlight” Torian, 28, appeared before Henry County Superior Court Judge Holly W. Veal on Wednesday and was sentenced to life without parole plus five years in prison....

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Henry County District Attorney’s Office
770-288-7519
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