A Georgia man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for a violent home invasion that left a woman terrified and her husband badly injured, a court recently determined.
In late July, Jimmy David Mills, 60, was found guilty by a jury of home invasion in the first degree, aggravated assault, possession of a knife during the commission of certain felonies, and criminal trespass.
On Tuesday, the DeKalb County District Attorney issued a press release announcing Mills was sentenced to life plus 26 years in prison. Those sentences will be served consecutively, or one after another.
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On September 17, 2020, the since-condemned man entered the home on No