HOUSTON COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Two people were found guilty of making felony false statements, according to the Houston County District Attorney’s Office.

42-year-old Juana Shantail Ash of Atlanta and 22-year-old Omar Knite Wright of Atlanta were sentenced on February 10 to three years of probation and 48 hours in the county jail after a two-day jury trial in Houston County Superior Court on charges of felony-grade making a false statement. Wright was additionally found guilty of misdemeanor obstruction of officers.

According to the district attorney’s office, the charges arose following a March 8, 2025, traffic stop on Interstate 75 involving a Chevrolet truck in which Wright was a passenger.

The news release states that “during the stop, a struggle ensued between Wright and Houston County Sheriff’s Office deputies after Wright refused to follow lawful commands to exit the vehicle as the other occupants of the vehicle had already done.”

A taser had to be deployed on Wright to force his compliance due to safety concerns because of Wright initiating the struggle from the passenger’s seat closest to moving interstate traffic.

Wright was speaking with Ash, his mother, on his cell phone via FaceTime during the struggle. After being checked on scene by EMS due to the deployment of the Taser, Wright was taken into custody and transported to the Houston County jail.

On March 12, 2025, Ash met with Major Chambers of the Houston County Sheriff’s Office to file a formal...

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