Superior Court judge eyes possible fall 2024 trial date for Dawson County man's capital murder case dawsonnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dawsonnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gainesville woman given consecutive life sentences without parole in murder of two children gainesvilletimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gainesvilletimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gainesville man given 6 months work release in vehicular homicide case A Gainesville man was given six months in Hall County work release and must stay away from four-wheelers in a 2017 vehicular homicide case, according to court documents. Justin Farid Castillo, 22, was found not guilty March 26 by a Hall County jury on first-degree vehicular homicide but was convicted on a second-degree charge in the wreck that killed Vanessa Kay Lindsey. Georgia State Patrol previously told The Times Lindsey’s vehicle was heading northbound around 6:30 p.m. Dec. 30, 2017, on Harmony Church Road in East Hall. The car hit the rear of a black four-wheeler, driven by Castillo, that did not have brake lights or tail lights, according to state patrol.
Kidnapping charge dismissed against Gainesville man; plea deal on others Russell Olin Layton A Gainesville man was given time on house arrest and probation after prosecutors dismissed a kidnapping charge and negotiated a plea on other charges, according to court documents. Russell Olin Layton, 54, was given a 12-year sentence with the first two years in confinement, according to court documents. There were two indictments filed in October 2018 in Hall County Superior Court. The first alleged kidnapping, false imprisonment and battery involving a woman in August 2016. The second indictment had charges including aggravated stalking, influencing a witness, terroristic threats and terroristic acts involving the same woman months later.