Neither the siren nor the blue lights were on as a Georgia State trooper hit 90 mph on a rainy Saturday night in Carroll County.

Anthony “AJ” Scott was in uniform, but he wasn’t on his way to a call, according to investigators. He slowed down some. But Scott was still driving 66 mph as he collided with a small sedan carrying four teenagers in September 2015. Two of those teens died.

Scott was northbound on U.S. 27 when he struck a 2005 Nissan Sentra attempting a left turn onto Holly Springs Road, investigators said after the crash. Days later, Scott was fired from the state patrol.

Scott’s 2019 trial ended in a mistrial. Nearly 10 years after the crash and now a small-town mayor, he faced a jury once again.

This time, he was found guilty on five of six charges, including two counts of

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