Former officer sentenced in hit-and-run that killed 27-year-old on I-75/85

A former Jonesboro police officer has been sentenced for a hit-and-run that killed a 27-year-old man.

Godreque Newsom pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle in the first degree and hit-and-run in Abari Meade’s death.

Channel 2’s Tom Jones was in the courtroom on Monday as Fulton County Judge Emily Richardson sentenced Newsom to 15 years with six to serve…

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