Canton Armed Robbery Suspects Enter Guilty Pleas

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Three residents who were arrested and charged in connection to at least two armed robberies around Canton have accepted plea deals and have been sentenced for their involvement in the cases.

Ashley Denise Conway, 19, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and robbery by force and was sentenced eight years on probation.

Special conditions for her probation include paying restitution in the amount of $3,338 to the victims, performing 150 hours of community service, serving between 90 and 120 days at a Detention Center and having no contact with the victims as well as fellow defendants Samier Hadee Townsend, 18, and Aniecea Dewalt, 17.

Townsend pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault and one count of robbery by force. He received 10 years to serve on probation. While on probation, Townsend must also abide by the same special conditions Conway has to follow.

Dewalt pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault and was sentenced to eight years, with the first 90 days to be served in confinement and the rest on probation. She must also abide by the special conditions imposed on Townsend and Conway, with the exception of serving 90 to 120 days in a detention facility.

The three defendants, along with a juvenile, were arrested in March by Canton police following an armed robbery reported on Brookside Court during the afternoon of March 24.

The victim told authorities he walking near his home when a newer model Chevrolet sedan driven by a woman pulled up to his location. A man got out of the vehicle, “brandished a handgun and told the victim to give him all of his money,” Canton police previously said said.

The man told officers that he “quickly turned around and began walking back to his residence with his children.”

“He said the suspect and vehicle followed him while the perpetrator continued to demand his money,” the agency said. “The victim relayed that when he reached his residence, he pulled out his cell phone and the suspect and vehicle fled the area.”

Once they received the report, detectives and deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office began patrolling the area in an effort to capture the suspects.

A detective eventually spotted a gold Chevrolet occupied by individuals who matched the description of the suspects of another armed robbery that occurred at the River Ridge at Canton apartment complex along Reinhardt College Parkway.

The four suspects were detained, and detectives obtained more witness statements and evidence that ”positively identified these individuals as being the perpetrators of the armed robbery on Brookside Court,” Canton police said.

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Photos: from left, Amiecea Dewalt, Ashley Denise Conway and Samier S. Townsend. Credit: Cherokee Sheriff’s Office