The Brief
- Convicted gang member Darius Scott has been sentenced to 95 years in prison following a major DeKalb County gang prosecution operation.
- The DeKalb County street gang known as Paradise East, or PDE, was the target of a multiagency law enforcement crackdown.
- Two other gang members pleaded guilty and received prison sentences earlier this year as part of the same investigation.
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. – A DeKalb County Superior Court judge sentenced a convicted street gang member to nearly a century behind bars Tuesday for his involvement in local weapons offenses and criminal gang activity.
Darius Scott, 35, will spend the next 95 years in prison, according to an announcement from Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. A jury convicted Scott last month following a two-day trial.
DeKalb County gang prosecution
What we know:
A judge handed down Scott’s 95-year prison sentence on Tuesday after his June 25 conviction on multiple felony charges. The charges included three counts of violating the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, three counts of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and one count of unlawfully possessing a machine gun.…