From: CourtWatch [CourtWatch@fultoncountyga.gov]
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 9:00 AM
To: CourtWatch
Subject: Zone 4 Citizens' CourtWatch Notice: Five Zone 4 Burglars Have Plea & Arraignment
 
Five Zone 4 Burglars Have Plea & Arraignment
 

Upcoming Zone 4 Cases Summary

 

Defendant Name

Charge & Community

Date/Time

Location

Previous Convictions

Andre Lewis

Burglary

Campbellton Rd.

Monday June 21st

@ 9:30 am

Courtroom 1C, Fulton County Courthouse, 185 Central Ave

7 previous felony convictions

Tommy Brooks

Burglary

Peyton Forest

Tuesday June 22nd

 @ 1:00 pm

Fulton County Jail Courtroom, 901 Rice Street

None

Demetrius Johnson

Burglary

Peyton Forest

Tuesday June 22nd

@ 1:00 pm

Fulton County Jail Courtroom, 901 Rice Street

1 previous burglary from January 2010

George Axam

Burglary

Peyton Forest Elementary

Monday June 28th 

@ 9:30 am

Courtroom 1C, Fulton County Courthouse, 185 Central Ave

1 previous conviction

David Smith

Burglary

Mt. Airy Dr./Beecher Hills/Audubon Forest

Thursday June 24th @ 1:00 pm

Fulton County Jail Courtroom, 901 Rice Street

4 previous burglary convictions

 
State v. Andre Lewis Plea & Arraignment
Monday June 21, 2010 9:30 am Courtroom 1C of the Fulton County Courthouse, 185 Central Ave.
       
      On March 8, 2010 Atlanta Police Department officers saw the defendant Andre Lewis walking out of a convenience store located at 3131 Campbellton Road holding merchandise belonging to the store.  The store had been broken into with a sledge hammer.  The defendant was charged for the crime.  This defendant has several previous convictions including 2003 Burglary; 2003 criminal attempt to commit burglary; 1999 Entering Auto; 1998 Burglary (2 counts); 1981 Burglary; 1982 Burglary; 1985 Burglary.  The state will ask for a minimum of 20 years to serve 15 years.
 
State v. Tommy Brooks; George Axam & Demetrius Johnson
Tuesday June 22, 2010 1:00 pm in Fulton County Jail, 901 Rice Street
 & Monday June 28th at 9:30 am in courtroom 1C of the Fulton County Courthouse, 185 Central Ave.
 
     On May 23, 2010 officers responded to an alarm call after Tommy Brooks was seen inside of Peyton Forest Elementary School via camera surveillance.  School police saw Brooks exiting the media center carrying a desktop computer.  He was arrested after he attempted to flee.  Brooks broke the front window of the school to enter and damaged several school projectors costing thousands of dollars while trying to remove them from the school.  Later the same evening, defendants George Axam and Demetrius Johnson were seen walking out of Peyton Forest elementary carrying a flat screen television belonging to the school.  APD Zone 4 officers were dispatched to the location and the defendant's were arrested.  Defendant Demetrius Johnson has a burglary conviction from January 2010 where he received 3 years on probation for a burglary at Turner Middle School last July.  This case has two court dates because some defendants are in custody and some are not.
 
State v. David Smith
Thursday June 24, 2010 1:00 pm in Fulton County Jail, 901 Rice Street
 
    On May 24, 2010 officers were dispatched to Mount Airy Drive for a burglary call where defendant Smith was seen exiting a home with the owner's appliances.  Defendant Smith told officers he was doing construction for the owner but later admitted he was not permitted to take the items.  Smith was arrested and charged with Burglary.  The defendant has several previous burglary convictions including a January 5, 2010 conviction for burglary in which he received 10 years on probation.  He also has burglary convictions from 1991 (2 cases), 1992, and 1994.  The state will be requesting extensive jail time for this case. 
 
If you are interested in attending any of these CourtWatch dates, please contact Janet Martin, CourtWatch Coordinator at courtwatch@fultoncountyga.gov or 404.699.5297.  Free parking is available at the Turner Field Orange Lot with free shuttle service to and from the Courthouse.  There are two free parking lots at the Rice Street
Jail.  Cell phones are not allowed in the Jail.  
 
If you are interested in additional information about the Citizens' CourtWatch, please contact Janet Martin.
 
 
LaDawn Blackett Jones
Fulton County District Attorney's Office
Director of Community Prosecution/Zone 4 Community Prosecutor
404-699-5294 (direct)
404-224-2041 (fax)