Jimmy Darrell Barnett Jr. handed over his driver’s license Tuesday after pleading guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide in connection with a September collision that killed a 45-year-old Dahlonega man. The Murrayville resident was driving a Chevrolet Trailblazer on Hwy. 53 near the Forsyth-Hall county line when he failed to yield before turning left. He turned into the motorcycle of Sidney Paul Agent Jr. Forsyth County Chief State Court Judge Russell McClelland accepted a plea deal agreed to by both parties, sentencing Barnett to 12 months of probation, a $1,100 fine, 100 hours of community service, a defensive driving course and paying $250 toward college expenses for Agent’s 19-year-old daughter, Jadelyn.
Driver pleads guilty in fatal wreck
Late motorcyclist’s family, friends sought harsher sentence