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Man reportedly crawls through pet door and steals bicycle
Newton County Sheriff's Office
Darryl Welch
Updated: Mar 22, 2019, 5:53 PM
Published: Mar 25, 2019, 12:41 PM

COVINGTON, Ga. – A woman told authorities that a man crawled through her neighbor’s pet door and stole a bicycle Tuesday afternoon.

According to a Newton County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the Cowan Road woman told a deputy that she saw the man in front of her neighbor’s garage before he moved a trash can, kicked in the pet door and crawled inside.

Once inside, the suspect reportedly raised the garage door and took off on a red sport bike on Cowan Road heading toward Oak Hill.

According to the report, the woman does not know the neighbor.
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.