GRIFFIN, Ga. — One man connected to a failed Dollar General heist has learned his fate.
It only took a Spalding County jury less than 15 minutes to convict Jerico Bernard Williams, 24, of one count of armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of false imprisonment and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felon.
He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus twenty years.
The sentencing comes after Williams, Tierra Davis, 28, Demarcus Timmons, 22, all of Atlanta, and an uncaptured fourth suspect went to a Dollar General on Jackson Road in Griffin to commit an armed robbery.
The incident occurred on June 4, 2023.
According to the Spalding County deputies, Davis drove the getaway car, Timmons served as the lookout, while the fourth suspect grabbed the cashier, forcing her to open the cash register.
The Spalding County District Attorney’s Office said Williams pointed a gun at a mother and her children who were checking out and then held the victim at gunpoint until his friend got the money from the register.