Chauncey was arrested August 6. His mother, Michelle Chauncey, told CNN that her son is bipolar and is being used by the sheriff’s office as a “fall guy.”
“They have literally slandered my child, and I don’t appreciate that,” his mother said in an August phone interview.
Dalton Ray Chauncey, 20, was indicted Friday.
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U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia Michael Moore launched a federal investigation into Johnson’s death in October 2013.
Last month, an attorney for Johnson’s parents filed a wide-ranging, $100 million lawsuit that claims several former classmates beat their son to death. The suit names 37 people, mostly members of local law enforcement, plus the city of Valdosta as defendants.
