One of the men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 spoke on the phone with a Georgia prosecutor 15 times in the weeks following the fatal shooting, officials alleged on Friday. WSB-TV reported that then-Glynn County District Attorney Jackie Johnson said she had no involvement in the investigation weeks after Arbery’s murder in February 2020. …
The three men convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery were found guilty of federal hate crimes Tuesday morning. A jury found that father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael, along with their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., violated Arbery’s civil rights and targeted him because he was Black. Previously, the McMichaels accepted a plea …
The Georgia man who killed Ahmaud Arbery withdrew his guilty plea on Friday, days after a judge rejected a plea deal in his and his father’s federal case. Travis McMichael’s father, Gregory McMichael, formally withdrew his guilty plea on Thursday, meaning the pair will stand trial alongside co-conspirator William Bryan Jr., 50, on federal charges …
Update, 4:17 p.m. (EST): A judge has rejected a plea deal that would have spared two of Amaud Arbery’s convicted killers from standing trial on federal charges related to the slain man’s civil rights. According to the Associated Press, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood said the proposed plea deal did not consider the wishes …
Three Georgia men who were found guilty of killing Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020 were sentenced on Friday to life in prison, with only one of them getting the possibility of parole. Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael, 64 and 34, were sentenced to life without parole for felony murder, plus 20 years for …
A former Georgia prosecutor is facing five years in prison for allegedly obstructing police in arresting the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020. Ex-Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson, 49, was arrested in early September and charged with violating her oath of office and hindering a law enforcement officer. While Johnson …
After closing arguments wrapped up on Tuesday in the Ahmaud Arbery murder case, it took jurors a day to deliberate. On Wednesday, they reached a decision. Defendants Greg and Travis McMichael, along with William Roddie Bryan have been found guilty of felony murder, false imprisonment, and aggravated assault. Travis McMichael was convicted of an additional …
An attorney defending one of the men charged with Ahmaud Arbery’s murder in Brunswick, Georgia, asked the court on Friday for a mistrial, saying a prayer vigil held by Black pastors outside the court house on Thursday was akin to a “public lynching” of the defendants. Thursday’s prayer vigil was a direct response to attorney …
The defense rested its case on Thursday, and Judge Timothy Walmsley set closing arguments for Monday.
The attorney for one of the men charged with killing Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery asked a judge Monday to toss the Rev Jesse Jackson from the courtroom. Kevin Gough, attorney for William “Roddie” Bryan, tried last week to have Rev Al Sharpton removed from the courtroom, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Gough later apologized, saying his …
A defense attorney representing the accused killers of Ahmaud Arbery asked a Georgia court on Thursday if Reverend Al Sharpton could be barred from the courtroom, claiming he may intimidate or influence the jury. Lawyer Kevin Gough apologized on Friday for comments he made regarding Sharpton — which he described as “overly broad.” Gough said …
Three Georgia men are on trial for the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old shot to death in 2020 after the defendants allegedly chased him down and blocked him with their trucks. Defendants Greg and Travis McMichael, along with William Roddie Brown, are facing degree-murder charges. On Tuesday, Detective Parker Marcy took the stand. The …
