Charges dropped against Georgia teens whose teacher died after prank
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Local prosecutors confirmed to USA TODAY charges were dropped without elaborating on what prompted the change.
Charges against a group of Georgia teens whose high school teacher died after the students pulled a prank on him at his home have been dropped, local officials confirmed March 13.
Five 18-year-olds faced criminal charges in the death of Jason Hughes, who died March 6 when one of the teens ran over him with a truck outside the 40-year-old teacher’s home in Gainesville, Georgia, according to authorities. The case drew national attention for the tragedy that resulted from the teens’ prank taking a turn for the worse.
Northeastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Lee Darragh confirmed to USA TODAY that charges against the teens were dropped. Darragh did not elaborate on what prompted the change in the case. The local prosecutor previously told USA TODAY that charges were filed against the teens without his input and that he would review the case.
Charges against the group included first-degree vehicular homicide for the teen operating the truck that ran over and killed the high school math teacher.
An attorney for Jayden Ryan Wallace, the teen who faced the vehicular homicide charge, suggested to ABC News that prosecutors moved to drop the case after conferring with Hughes’ widow.
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Local prosecutors confirmed to USA TODAY charges were dropped without elaborating on what prompted the change.
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