A woman and her boyfriend were given life sentences Wednesday for fatally gunning down a neighbor over a dog, the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office said.
Prosecutors said Renita Collins, 33, confronted Keith Jacobs, 29, in his Addison Place front yard the night of March 2, claiming his dog had chased her around the neighborhood off Hollywood Road in Atlanta.
Collins threatened to get a gun and shoot the dog, prosecutors said. She left to get the weapon and returned around 11 p.m. to Jacobs’ home with her boyfriend, Michael Stallworth, 34, who was also armed.
Prosecutors said both Collins and Stallworth approached Jacobs’ home firing their weapons, mortally striking Jacobs in the head as neighbors watched. He was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The couple then fled but surrendered several days later, escorted by their attorneys. They were charged with murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses.
Jurors returned guilty verdicts against Collins and Stallworth on Wednesday morning. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville sentenced the couple to life plus five years in prison.
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