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2021 Year in Review

Amid a pandemic and jury trials shut down through April 19, 2021, the year began with challenges, but Gwinnett District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson said, “we persevered!”

“As Gwinnett County’s first woman and African American District Attorney, it has been an honor to serve the residents of Gwinnett,” Austin-Gatson said. “We began 2021 amid a flurry of changes, successfully weathered those changes and now have our sea legs beneath us.”

One notable accomplishment is spearheading the Rizer program in Juvenile Court. The Rizer program assists juveniles in life skills and dismissal of some cases with long-term follow up. We collaborated with numerous stakeholders in Gwinnett and the region to make where we live safer, a great place to raise families, and to better care for one another. We have built a great staff that is doing wonderful things in serving our community. Gwinnett truly is a vibrant and diverse community and the District Attorney’s Office reflects that diversity. We have launched the RED program which enables 17 – 28-year-old defendants to have a second chance at life and minimize recidivism! We have done outreach in our schools, churches and community organizations and continue to work in youth empowerment. We are reviewing numerous cases through our Conviction Integrity Unit. We remembered victims and their families through the Candlelight Vigil event. We also worked extremely hard during the pandemic to prosecute cases commencing on April 19, 2021.

Finally, Austin-Gatson said everyone is welcome to attend the third town hall, hosted by her office, on Jan. 28 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. It will be held in the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice Administration Center located at 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville.

The following trial cases resulted in convictions in 2021:

2021 CONVICTIONS (Trials Commenced in April)

DefendantConvicted OfSentenceDate

Juan Lopez-Santos

Child Molestation/Agg. Assault

95 years

12/15

Savion Nathaniel Dillard

Malice Murder

Life, plus 25 years

12/14

Aboubacar Meite

Agg. Assault

3 years’ Probation

No Contact/Eval. Et.al

12/14

Deveric Hardy

Malice Murder, Felony Murder

Life/serve 30

11/18

Jesse Grambo

Home Inv. /Agg. Assault

20yrs./Serve 6

11/1

Edgar Ovaldo Lopez

Agg. Assault

20 years to serve 10

10/1

Jerald Richard Benton

Agg. Assault/Stalking

20 years to serve

9/29

Jerald R. Benton

Agg. Assault/Agg. Stalking

55 years to serve

9/29

William Coleman

Robbery

20 years/6 in custody

9/26

Marcus Gardner

Theft by Conversion

5 years’ Probation

9/23

Oscar Quintanilla-Sanchez

Rape 2 counts

Life/serve 25

9/20

Geovanni Alfredo Perez

Murder/Armed Robbery

Life w/o Parole

9/20

Tamarat Martin Argaw

Attempted Murder 3 counts

90 years to serve

9/16

Marco Casas

Burglary

10 years’ Probation

9/2

Marlin Smith

Trafficking Meth/Gang

100 years to serve 50

8/20

Anthony Savage

Trafficking Meth/Gang

50 years to serve 20

8/20

Hamza Ahmed

Agg. Child Molestation

Life/serve 20

7/16

Germans Lavrinovics

Agg. Stalking

10 years to serve 5

7/12

Jose A. Cruz

Expired License

1 year Probation

7/9

Douglas Forts

Child Molestation/Agg. Assault

Life/serve 20

7/9

Jerry Shawn Davis

Obstruction

1 year/Jail

7/2

Ernest Skinner

Child Molestation/Cruelty

15 years

6/24

Michael Lee Conley

Trafficking Heroin

Life/serve 30 years

6/21

Jamez Maclin

Criminal Attempted Kidnapping

10 years serve 8

6/20

David McCarty

Home Inv./Robbery

30 years serve 15

6/16

Michael Higgins

Financial Card Fraud

1 years’ Probation

5/27

Donald Steele

Murder

Life plus 20 years

4/28

John R. Koffler

Obscene Int. w/Child x4

10yrs./Serve 8

2/16

                       

Note: Convictions obtained by pleas are in excess of 2,935. These pleas include violent cases and serious felonies. Eric Denver Moore/Murder Drug pusher Fentanyl case (first in Georgia) and the Robert Bell triple murder case.  

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