Suspect arrested in the murder of a man, the assault of a woman

A Lithonia man is being held without bond, charged with murdering a man and pistol-whipping a woman in October, according to the DeKalb County sheriff.

Officers with the DeKalb County Fugitive Unit and the U.S. Marshal’s Office arrested Darryle Gerard Lawson, 31, on Glenwood Parkway in Decatur on Wednesday.

According to arrest warrants, Lawson is charged with malice murder in the death of Allen Dewayne White in Decatur on Oct. 4. He faces an aggravated assault charge, accused of striking Tasheka Parker in a home in Lithonia three days earlier…

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