DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James has named two prosecutors to help replace those who recently left for Cobb County.

Kellie Stevens Hill will serve as the chief trial assistant prosecutor and oversee the office’s public integrity unit. She served in a similar role in the Fulton County District Attorney’s office and was integral in the state’s case against Brian Nichols.

Christopher Timmons will serve as an assistant district attorney in public integrity unit after holding a similar post in Cobb.

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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