Hartwell Man Indicted in Stephens County for 2020 Shooting, Armed Robbery

A Hartwell man has been indicted in Stephens County for armed robbery, home invasion, and aggravated assault.

The Stephens County Grand Jury indicted Laterrell Marique Alexander earlier this week.

According to Toccoa Police Chief Jimmy Mize, the initial incident occurred on Friday, June 26, 2020 after officers were dispatched to a home on S. Pine Street in reference to shots fired.

Mize said when officers arrived they found a male victim who had been struck about the head with a gun and was bleeding.

The victim told officers that he was outside working on a vehicle when two armed men approached him with guns forcing him inside.

Two women were held at gunpoint by one of the suspects while the other gunman took the victim to the bedroom and began hitting him with the pistol.

The suspect fired a round into the floor in the bedroom causing the other suspect to walk into the room.

Mize says, at that point, the women ran out the front door and up the street.  As the women left, they saw a small silver car with possibly a Hart County tag with a subject in it.

The GBI arrested Alexander several weeks later while he was reporting to his State Probation Officer.