A Covington man was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of parole for a 2017 armed robbery, authorities said.

Jesse Andrew Allen, 20, pleaded guilty to robbing a man at gunpoint and stealing his wallet and cellphone in August 2017, the Newton County District Attorney's Office said in a Facebook post.

He was arrested the following month by Newton County deputies, according to jail records. He has been in jail for 509 days.

Allen will not be eligible for parole until after his 10 years in prison, the post said.

In other news:

According to Union City police, a Fairburn police officer was hit by a truck early Monday morning near a Holiday Inn on Senoia Road.

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State Sen. Marty Harbin (R-Tyrone) speaks during a state Senate Ethics Committee hearing on election security at the Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. Harbin is the main sponsor of SB 120, which would withhold state funding or state-administered federal money to any public school or college that implements DEI policies. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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