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.--s*— INSIDE, 3A Hazardous smoke hangs over millions. Thursday, June 8, 20231 GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA | gainesvilletimes.com Fulton County rejects election board nominee. INSIDE, 3A Honestly Local Man shot in standoff pleads guilty; officer cleared Berry BY NICK WATSON nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com A Hall County man shot after a standoff with law enforcement pleaded guilty to attempted arson, and the officer who shot was cleared by the district attorney of any wrongdoing, according to court documents. Randy Berry, 35, entered a negotiated guilty plea May 25 to attempted first-degree arson, terroristic threats, mis demeanor obstruction and mis demeanor reckless conduct. He was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Kathlene Gosselin to 8 years on probation. Berry also signed an agree ment to enter into the Health Empowerment Linkage and Possibilities Court, commonly referred to as the mental health court program. The Hall County Sheriffs Office responded around 12:30 a.m. July 16,2022 on Lakeview Lane in Gainesville. The Sheriff’s Office said Berry stopped communicating with authorities around 4 a.m., and the SWAT team’s com manders authorized officers to use force “to end the standoff.” The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested to investigate the officer’s shoot ing, which was then turned over to Northeastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Lee Darragh for review. ■ Please see BERRY, 3A Police investigate slaying Photos by SCOTT ROGERS I The Times Robert Adam Maggio, 48, was charged with felony murder and aggravated assault after a shooting around 11 p.m. Monday at his home on Belvedere Drive off of Price Road. Hall man charged with murder in Monday night shooting BY NICK WATSON nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com A Gainesville man was charged with murder after fatally shooting a man who had been living with him, according to authorities. Robert Adam Maggio, 48, was charged with felony murder and aggravated assault after a shooting around 11 p.m. Monday at his home on Belvedere Drive off of Price Road. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said Maggio shot and killed Shane Gil- leland, 51, who had been living Maggio with Mag gio for a short time along with Gille- land’s girlfriend. Maggio was arrested Tuesday, June 6, after an interview at the Sheriffs Office headquarters. The motive for the shoot ing was still under inves tigation, according to the Sheriffs Office. Hall County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman B.J. Williams said the first call came into 911 dispatch at 11:14 p.m., and the first deputy arrived on scene six minutes later. “My understanding is that investigators did not want to release information publicly until they were able to finalize the arrest,” Williams wrote in an email. “They believed the shooting was the result of some type of altercation between only the suspect and the victim. There was no danger to the public.” fLA The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said Maggio shot and killed Shane Gilleland, 51, who had been living with Maggio for a short time along with Gilleland’s girlfriend. New medical office building proposed for Gainesville BY JEFF GILL jgill@gainesvilletimes.com A two-story medical office building is pro posed off Limestone Parkway and Beverly Road in Gainesville. The 27,200-square-foot building would be on 1.4 acres at 2041 Beverly Road, across from New Horizons Limestone nursing home, according to Gainesville planning documents. The building will be “set into the hillside so that access for each level will be at grade with upper and lower level parking,” documents state. Access is proposed from Beverly Road and Limestone Parkway. Other information, including potential ten ants, wasn’t available as of Wednesday, June 7. The area has many other medical offices. Beverly Road leads to White Sulphur Road, where the New Horizons Lanier Park long-term health care center is located. Dutton Properties LLC is seeking to annex the property and have it zoned as office and institutional. City planning staff is recommending approval with conditions, as the request is set to go before the Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board on Tuesday, June 13. The planning board will formally recom mend approval or denial. The Gainesville City Council will take final action at a later meeting. Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board What: Proposed medical office building off Limestone Parkway and Beverly Road When: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 13 Where: Public Safety Complex, 701 Queen City Parkway JEFF GILL I The Times A two-story medical office building is proposed off Beverly Road at Limestone Parkway in Gainesville. Flowery Branch man gets charges over child porn BY NICK WATSON nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com A Flowery Branch man previously charged with child molestation now faces charges for child pornography after investigators searched his phone, according to authorities. Jonathan Malinguaggio, 38, was charged in January with aggravated child molestation and aggravated sodomy after an investigation by the Hall Malinguaggio County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office said the case began on Sept. 13 after deputies were notified of the allegations by the Hall County Division of Family and Children Services. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Derreck Booth said Malinguaggio abused the girl between March 18, 2020 and Sept. 13, 2022. Authorities seized his phone and performed forensic testing on it, which uncovered 20 ■ Please see CHILD PORN, 3A
