A former Stonecrest mayor who went to prison for stealing COVID-19 relief money now faces state charges for lying about his criminal record to register to vote and run for city council.

What’s Happening: A DeKalb County grand jury indicted 63-year-old Jason Wallace Lary on Tuesday on four charges, including false registration and making false statements about his candidacy.

Lary signed documents in August claiming he was not a convicted felon when he registered to vote and filed to run for Stonecrest City Council District 5.

He was released from federal prison in February and remains under three years of supervised release for his 2022 conviction.

What’s Important: Lary went to federal prison in 2022 after pleading guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relie

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