A 23-year-old Athens man recently was sentenced to 70 years in prison for his convictions on a series of 2012 burglaries that ended with a break-in on Jefferson River Road in which the elderly homeowner was fatally shot.
Following a week-long trial this month, a Clarke County jury found Justin Oneal Baughns not guilty of murder in the shooting death of 76-year-old Edward “Eddie” Davidson.
Authorities said Baughns acted as driver while two accomplices broke into Davidson’s house.