District Attorney News Releases

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 7/7/26) – Two gang members were convicted on numerous drug and gang-related counts for selling Methamphetamine.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 7/7/26) – The Georgia Supreme Court upheld the murder convictions of two of the men found guilty in a fatal 2022 gang carjacking. A third assailant’s appeal is pending.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 6/30/26) – A Florida man who shot a Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Deputy after stealing a car and leading officers on a high-speed chase received a 110-year sentence.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 6/12/26) – A Loganville man who raped and abused his children, which led to the death of a daughter who was locked in a bathroom during a house fire, was found guilty of murder and child abuse.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 6/8/26) – A Lawrenceville man was convicted of murder for fatally shooting the father of a teenaged girl to whom he was selling vapes.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 5/19/25) – A Lawrenceville man will spend life in prison for fatally choking his ex-girlfriend then burning her body in a car.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 3/2/26) – A man arrested with more than 4 grams of methamphetamine was sentenced to serve 18 years in prison.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 3/2/26) – A Lawrenceville man was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting a teenaged girl.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 2/24/26) – A Lawrenceville man was sentenced to life in prison for killing a man in a dispute over a woman.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 2/13/26) – A Norcross man was found guilty of being a leading member of a fencing enterprise that profited from shipping stolen, domestically blacklisted electronic items overseas for profit.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 2/12/26) – A pair of brothers were convicted of sexually abusing a girl over a period of years.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 2/2/26) – An Alpharetta man pled guilty to shooting and killing a stranger at a Norcross hotel after arguing with his girlfriend.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 2/9/26) – A Gwinnett jury found a Gangster Disciple gang member guilty of shooting and a man he believed stole a gun from a fellow gang member.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., 1/13/26) – Gwinnett Judicial Circuit District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson announced her Office's decision to not file charges in connection with the August 8, 2025, shooting death of Tevin Hood.