Teen Carjacker Sentenced to 15 Years After Violent Attacks on Elderly Women in DeKalb County

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Aaron Neil Johnson, 22, was sentenced to 15 years in prison without parole by a DeKalb County judge for violently carjacking two women in their 70s in separate incidents in December 2019. Johnson, who skipped the final day of his trial, was apprehended after a two-hour standoff with South Fulton SWAT and DeKalb deputies on August 1, 2023. His co-defendant Joshua Bryant received a 20-year sentence for his role in the crimes, while a third accomplice, Tiffany Swanson, was sentenced to about 14 months in prison.