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Thief targets Covington business after fleeing Conyers location
19-020568 Home Depot Shoplifting[2]2.jpg
Jackie Gutknecht
Published: Aug 15, 2019, 1:53 PM

COVINGTON, Ga. - The Covington Police Department is looking into a theft at the local Home Depot totaling more than $400 after the suspect was spotted fleeing the Conyers store location after attempting the same crime. 

According to the CPD incident report, "a tall, slender black male wearing a red t-shirt, blue jeans and black Reebok tennis shoes" entered The Home Depot on Industrial Park Boulevard Tuesday, Aug. 13 around 1:45 p.m. and went to the back of the store, loaded a 15-gallon air compressor into a cart and exited the store. 

"A service desk associate asked the male for his receipt and he smiled at her and continued out of the store," according to the report. 

The DEWALT air compressor is valued at $429. 

Once outside the store, the male loaded the air compressor into a 2019 orange Jeep Renegade. The license plate for the vehicle showed it was a rental vehicle.

Jeep Renegade
2019 orange Jeep Renegade (Photo via jeep.com.)

CPD Officer Rory Barber reported that just prior to the incident, around 1:15 p.m., the same male suspect and an accomplice attempted to steal merchandise from the Conyers Home Depot location. The two suspects reportedly fled from the location in the same vehicle. 

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The Covington News has requested the Conyers Police Department incident report and will update this story will as more information is received. 
Newton County jury finds Covington man guilty of felony murder
Shane Robinson
Shane Robinson - photo by Courtesy of the Newton County Sheriff's Office
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.