Crime & Safety

Vehicular Homicide Suspect Indicted

Chasity Jones, 22, is accused in the death of an Atlanta police officer.

Vehicular homicide suspect , the woman from Stone Mountain in Gwinnett County who is accused in the death of an Atlanta Police officer, has been indicted. As a result, she won't have a court hearing today (Feb. 9), the Fulton County Sheriff's Office said.

Her indictment number has not been assigned to a Superior Court Judge yet, the Sherrif's office said.

Atlanta Police say Gail Thomas, a 15-year veteran of the Atlanta Police Department, was struck and killed on the I-75/I-85 Brookhaven late last month by a vehicle driven by Jones, 22.

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Police say Jones blew a .16 on scene and refused consent for a state administered blood alcohol reading. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that the reading is twice the level considered to be too impaired to drive.

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