by WHITLEY CLIFTON
Lonnell Willie Denson appeared before the Honorable Judge Kathy S. Palmer on Wednesday, July 3, regarding his alleged association with the 2016 murder of 40-year-old Bernie Mathew Givens.
On Saturday, October 1, 2016, at approximately 3:15 a.m., Swainsboro Police Department responded to a shooting on King Circle Drive, where Givens was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the doorway of his home. He was later pronounced dead at the scene.
During Emanuel County Superior Court’s January 2019 term, the grand jury returned true bills on Denson for one count felony murder, three counts violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, one count criminal attempt to commit a felony (armed robbery), one count aggravated assault, and one count possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Denson’s trial was supposed to start...
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