Judge denies ex-prosecutor's motion to halt her misconduct trial in Ahmaud Arbery investigation

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge on Monday denied a former prosecutor's legal motion to halt her upcoming trial on charges that she illegally interfered with police investigating the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Senior Judge John R. Turner rejected former Brunswick Judicial...

Ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery case appears in court ahead of trial

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia district attorney charged with illegally interfering with police investigating the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery made her first court appearance Wednesday, more than three years after being indicted by a grand jury. Jackie Johnson spent a...

Prosecutors seek February trial for 5 remaining defendants indicted with rapper Young Thug

ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is seeking to hold a trial early next year for the last five defendants who were originally indicted along with Atlanta rapper Young Thug. A final plea hearing for the five is set for Dec. 17 and Willis filed a motion...

Last 2 defendants in Atlanta's Young Thug trial are acquitted of murder and gang charges

ATLANTA (AP) — The long-running gang and racketeering trial that led Atlanta rapper Young Thug to plead guilty in October ended on Tuesday with the last two defendants found not guilty of racketeering, murder and gang-related charges. Deamonte Kendrick, who raps as Yak Gotti, was...

Last 2 defendants found not guilty of murder in gang trial that led to rapper Young Thug's guilty plea

Defendant in YSL gang and racketeering trial stabbed as he awaits jury verdict

ATLANTA (AP) — One of two men who was indicted along with rapper Young Thug and was stabbed in jail but appeared in court Monday, as jurors deliberated another day without reaching a verdict. Attorney Doug Weinstein confirmed that his client, Deamonte Kendrick, who raps as Yak...

Jurors end 1st day of deliberations without a verdict in the YSL gang and racketeering trial

ATLANTA (AP) — Deliberations are underway in Atlanta after a year of testimony in the gang and racketeering trial that originally included the rapper Young Thug. Jurors are considering whether to convict Shannon Stillwell and Deamonte Kendrick, who raps as Yak Gotti, on gang,...

Last 2 defendants await their fate as long-running YSL trial ends after a year of testimony

ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors said Monday that the last two defendants in a long-running gang and racketeering trial committed murder on behalf of an Atlanta street gang co-founded by rapper Young Thug. But defense attorneys said the state slapped together cherry-picked social media...

Prosecution ends in case against 2 remaining defendants in Young Thug trial

ATLANTA (AP) — After almost a year of testimony in a sweeping gang and racketeering indictment against Young Thug and an initial other 27 defendants, prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the longest trial in Georgia's history. Both Deamonte Kendrick, also known as Yak Gotti,...

Rapper Young Thug is a free man. Here are things to know about his plea.

ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug is a free man after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges. About 2 ½ years after he was arrested on the charges in a sprawling gang and racketeering indictment, Young Thug was released from custody Thursday evening. It was a remarkable...