Dating app setup leads to life sentence for Canton man

The Brief

  • A Canton man faces life in prison plus an additional 10 years after a jury found him guilty of a brutal 2025 attempted murder and armed robbery.
  • Investigators utilized digital records, dating app data and a local Flock camera to track down the suspect after he shot a man with a stolen gun.
  • The victim spent a month in the hospital undergoing multiple surgeries and the judge ordered the defendant to pay more than $213,000 in medical restitution.

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. A Canton man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a Cherokee County jury found him guilty of shooting an apartment resident with a stolen gun during a violent dating app ambush.

What we know:

A Cherokee County jury found 27-year-old Prince Hawar Rolle, of Canton, guilty on Wednesday of all 10 federal and state counts he faced during a two-day trial.

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