A 19-year-old who spent nearly a month in the Gwinnett County Jail for a shooting near Georgia Gwinnett College that he denied being a part of for months has now been cleared of all criminal charges.
Jamarion Lewis received a letter in the mail last week that stated the aggravated assault charge he faced after a November shooting has been dropped. He says he maintained his innocence before and after his arrest by Lawrenceville police three days after the shooting that injured a tow truck driver .
“They stated publicly I’m a criminal and a menace and I shot somebody which wasn’t true,” said Lewis.
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Lawrenceville police originally charged him with aggravated assault for the shooting on November 7 on Countryside Place. Lewis told them he was at home asleep in Barrow County when the shooting happened. He says he was arrested anyway.
“I was actively trying to get my commercial driver’s license, but when I got arrested all that was on pause,” he said. “Lost my job, lost my car, can’t get my phone back.”