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Tip leads to drug arrest for CPD
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Darryl Welch
Updated: Aug 24, 2018, 2:55 PM
Published: Aug 24, 2018, 1:53 PM

COVINGTON, Ga. – Acting on an anonymous tip through its website, Covington Police Department officers arrested a Covington man on drug and gun charges Thursday afternoon.

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According to a press release from CPD public information officer Justin Stott, police received an anonymous complaint about a subject selling marijuana from his residence and vehicle on Avery Street earlier in the week.

Officers put the residence under surveillance for a period of time and reportedly observed people coming to the house and staying for a short period of time- under a few minutes- and leaving, consistent with drug sales.

Stott said the vehicle described in the tip, a black Kia Forte belonging to 27-year-old Quavione Johnson, was seen parked at the residence.

Johnson had been identified going in and out of the residence.

Stott said Johnson was observed exiting the residence Aug. 23 and getting into the Kia. When police checked the status of Johnson’s driver’s license, it reportedly came back suspended. Johnson exited the driveway and made a left turn from Avery Street onto Washington Street.

Stott said when police conducted a traffic stop in the parking lot of the Soap Opera coin laundry on Washington Street and made contact with Johnson in the vehicle they reportedly noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.  Police also observed raw marijuana in Johnson‘s lap and a Taurus 9mm pistol in the floorboard between his feet.

After Johnson was searched and placed in a patrol car, police searched the Kia and found two scales, sandwich bags, a rolled cigar containing raw marijuana and a glass jar containing two baggies of raw marijuana in addition to the pistol.

Johnson was jailed charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, driving while license suspended and a defective equipment violation for a cracked windshield.

“We encourage anyone to use our anonymous tip line to share information with us,” Stott said. “Our anonymous tips link can be found on our website www.covingtonpolice.com.”
Newton County jury finds Covington man guilty of felony murder
Shane Robinson
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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.