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LG Man Freed After Hung Jury

Shawn Patrick Childers was released from the Washington County Jail last week after the prosecution declined to re-try him for the 2018 Burton Bank Robbery. The trial against Childers, 55 of La Grange, ended with a hung jury on Oct. 12. Seven of the 12 jurors voted to acquit. He had faced three counts of aggravated robbery, one for each of the three tellers whom the robber threatened with a gun. …

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