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Building materials stolen from site
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Darryl Welch
Published: Sep 8, 2017, 1:08 PM

COVINGTON, Ga. – A construction superintendent contacted the Covington Police Department (CPD) Tuesday afternoon to report the theft of construction materials from a job site on HIghway 142.

According to the CPD incident report, the superintendent told police that his company is in the process of building a new AT&T store on Highway 142 and sometime between Aug. 31 and Sept. 5 somebody came onto the site and stole the material.

The missing material includes 50 2x6x16 pieces of lumber, 12 sheets of 5/8” plywood and three rows of 9’x100’ house wrap. The superintendent told police the items were not secured to anything but were lying on the ground.

The estimated value of the stolen material is $1,000.
Newton County jury finds Covington man guilty of felony murder
Shane Robinson
Shane Robinson - photo by Courtesy of the Newton County Sheriff's Office
Kate Verity
Published: Mar 31, 2025, 9:15 PM

NEWTON COUNTY – On Monday afternoon, 30-year-old Shane Alexander Robinson of Covington was found guilty of killing Charles Edward Stanley III over three years ago.

The Newton County District Attorney’s Office released that a jury deemed that Robinson was guilty on three charges: Felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

On March 5, 2022, sometime between 11 p.m. and midnight, Robinson shot an AR-style firearm at a vehicle that Stanley was driving along Harvey Wood Drive. According to the District Attorney’s release, Robinson fired the weapon 13 times into the vehicle, killing Stanley.

According to a previous report by The Covington News, an arrest warrant stated that Robinson “grabbed his AR-15 (rifle) and drove” from his home to Harvey Wood Drive to “scare” Stanley.

“When Charles was backing up, Shane admitted to firing several rounds at the vehicle,” the 2022 warrant stated. “Furthermore, Shane also initially stated that he fired rounds at the vehicle as it was driving away.”

Robinson initially faced charges of murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, unauthorized discharge of firearms within 50 yards of the public highway, and reckless conduct. It is not clear if some of these charges were dismissed.

Sentencing is set for a later date, which has not been announced. A co-defendant’s case is still pending.