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Man turns self in on Cobb vehicular homicide count, bonds out same day

Mugshot of Michael Shane Stephenson

Credit: Cobb County Sheriff's Office

Credit: Cobb County Sheriff's Office

Mugshot of Michael Shane Stephenson
By Ben Brasch
July 17, 2017

A man turned himself in and bonded out hours after being accused of causing a fatal crash in Cobb County last month, a sheriff’s office spokesman confirmed Monday.

Michael Shane Stephenson, of White, was booked Friday on misdemeanor charges of second-degree vehicular homicide and failing to yield, jail records show.

John H. Clemons, of Americus, was killed in the Mableton crash, police said. He was 36.

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Stephenson, 44 at the time, was trying to turn left onto Oakdale Road from Veterans Memorial Highway about 5 a.m. on June 20 when he "did not yield the right of way" to Clemons heading the other direction, according to a police warrant.

Stephenson was in jail for 2½ hours before paying $5,720 to bond out, according to the jail.

A second-degree vehicular homicide charge is defined by Georgia code as being an unintentional death.

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