Category: Court
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UPDATE: Man convicted in 2023 shooting incident on Fairview Road for fleeing officers
It took a jury less than 20 minutes this week to convict a man involved in a 2023 shooting that left four people injured, according to the Tallapoosa Circuit District Attorney’s Office this afternoon. Deliberations in Chief Judge Mark Murphy’s court took 13 minutes after evidence and testimony were presented against Kingston Tolbert, 24, who…
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Stallworth set to serve 10 years for 2022 convenience store armed robbery
A Cedartown man who was waiting for his day in court for a 2022 armed robbery of a convenience store is heading back to prison with an additional 10 years to serve. Najawon Devonta Stallworth, 32, had his probation revoked after he was arrested and charged with the armed robbery of a convenience store on…
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Young takes plea deal in several cases including attack on jail staff members
A man who earlier this year attacked jail staff while in custody on other charges will now spend years behind bars after taking a plea deal to end his time in the Tallapoosa Circuit Superior Court’s docket. Dewayne Ramon Young will spend many years behind bars after he was sentenced to two decades in prison…
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Godfrey gets life without parole in resentencing
A man convicted of murder getting a second chance at sentencing instead will never get out of prison – at least based on the ruling of a local court on Wednesday. Harry Van Godfrey Jr. was originally sentenced in 2000 to life with parole for the murder of Angie Conner Godfrey, but a Georgia Supreme…
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Protest gives families opportunity to plea for justice
Jury trial for 2019 Rockmart shooting suspect still months away Years have gone by where mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, family members and friends have waited patiently following the tragic events of a January night in 2019. Shots rang out amid a chilly winter night, ending the lives of four people at two separate…
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Brothers sentenced for 2024 shooting in front of West Jule Peek home
A shooting incident that happened in Cedartown in 2024 finally went to trial and earned the Tallapoosa Circuit District Attorney’s office two more notable convictions on the year. Two brothers: Edgar Cornejo-Reyes, 17, and Alonzo Cornejo-Reyes, 25 faced Tallapoosa Circuit Superior Court Chief Judge Mark Murphy in the courtroom with attorneys present on Tuesday to…
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Court requires money returned in case involving convenience store Delta 8 sales
Appeals court rules forfeiture didn’t have the supporting evidence Judges ruled in favor of a local convenience store owner who had cash seized along with Delta 8 THC products during a raid in 2021 that four years later was ruled to have not been backed by solid evidence, and now the money has to be…
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Jury convicts McClarity on all charges for 2022 shooting
A trial that ended this past week will see a man sent to prison after a jury convicted him on multiple charges including malice murder for a 2022 shooting in Cedartown. Randy McClarity will face a sentencing hearing following the guilty verdict on all charges against him on Friday evening following the conclusion of his…
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RETIREMENT ROCKER
District Attorney Jack Browning looking forward to new adventures awaiting him as term ends All good things must come to an end. A truth found in a throwaway phrase people use to show their feelings in most cases about something they might have liked, but can live without. The phrase takes on real depth when…
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Cedartown man among group sentenced on drug trafficking charges
A Cedartown man will be heading to Federal prison for the next several years after he took a guilty plea in May for drug trafficking charges, per a release from the United States’ Attorney’s Office today. Per the release, 42-year-old Adrian Robinson of Cedartown was sentenced to six years in prison and will have another…