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April 12, 2017 13:32
Five Attorney’s To Take Homeless Man Case In I-85

Five private attorneys have notified to the court that they will be representing the homeless man who is accused of setting a fire which led to the collapse of a portion of Interstate 85.

According to the court records, Basil Eleby is being represented by the attorney’s Lawrence Zimmerman, Gerald Griggs, Mawuli Davis, Gary Spencer and Tiffany Roberts. All are experienced in the high-profile cases and are working for Eleby without any charge.

Lawrence Zimmerman was the attorney for Leanna Taylor, whose ex-husband Justin Ross Harris was convicted of murdering their 2 years old son by leaving him in a hot car.

Gerald Griggs, the vice president of the Atlanta NAACP, represented as one of the former educators who was convicted in the massive Atlanta Public Schools cheating case.

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Mawuli Davis is the president of Decatur NAACP chapter and has represented families of victims in the police shooting cases.

Gary Spencer represented a former DeKalb County official who pleaded guilty to taking a bribe in exchange for his vote of approving a nightclub.

Tiffany Roberts has brought cases against the city alleging that Atlanta police conducted improper pat downs and searches.

Eleby is scheduled to be in the court on next Tuesday.

The 39-year-old was indicted on Friday with two felony charges of arson and criminal damage to property in the first degree. The man is being held in the Fulton County Jail on a $200,000 bond.

Police said that Eleby was using drugs under an elevated stretch of the interstate, just before the I-85 southbound merges with Interstate 75. He allegedly set fire to a chair in a shopping cart that melted and then ignited high-density plastic conduit used for cabling and also fiber optic wire networks that had been stored under the interstate and forgotten for years.

The I-85 collapse has thrown the metro Atlanta expected to last until mid June. Officials said they will have the interstate repaired by June 15.

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