Dothan businessman’s suspected killer returns to court after mistrial

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) -Nearly 20 years after beloved Dothan businessman Perry Griffin was gunned down with $35,000 in his pocket, one of the man charged in his murder is set to stand trial again.

Jessie Jerome Swain is charged in the June 2007 shooting death of Griffin at Panhandle Scrap and Metal on Beverlye Road. Griffin was preparing to leave on a buying trip for the company when investigators say three men — two of them former employees — lay in wait outside…

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