A Georgia man accused of killing two sheriff’s deputies while trying to serve a warrant pleaded guilty Thursday.
Christopher Golden has pleaded guilty to murder and aggravated assault in the September deaths of Cobb County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Koleski and Marshall Ervin, Jr., according to Cobb County District Attorney Flynn Broady, Fox reported. Atlanta.
Broady said he decided not to seek the death penalty after speaking with the families of the fallen officers in an effort to avoid subjecting them to the series of court hearings that would have been necessary to prosecute the case.
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Deputies Marshall Ervin, Jr. (left) and Jonathan Koleski (right) were killed in September at a Marietta-area home while arresting a suspect wanted for burglary.
(Cobb County Sheriff’s Office)
“We made the mutual decision to complete the criminal case through a guilty plea,” Broady said.
Golden faces consecutive life sentences without parole, plus 55 years.
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Ervin, Jr. and Koleski were killed at a Marietta-area home while arresting a suspect wanted for burglary, the sheriff’s office said. After a nearly four-hour standoff with police, Golden and another suspect, Christopher Cook, were taken into custody. Cook was charged with the alleged robbery and Golden was charged with two counts of aggravated assault on an officer and murder.
Ervin, Jr., 38, was a father of two who joined the sheriff’s office in 2012. And Koleski, 42, was a US Army veteran who joined the force in 2007. .
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Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens, Sr. said the murders of his deputies have changed the lives of those in his office.
Christopher Golden pleaded guilty to murder and aggravated assault in the deaths of Cobb County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Koleski and Marshall Ervin, Jr.
(Cobb County Sheriff’s Office)
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“Three months ago, our lives were changed forever,” he said in a statement. “This is an emotional day for the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, for the team of deputies who were on the scene, and for all those who served and knew Deputies Marshall Ervin and Jonathan Koleski.”
