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Judge Sanford Jones, 56, and Alexander "Sasha" Medina, 18, killed in small plane crash in Lee County, Alabama

Modified Date: 
Sun, 07/14/2019 - 1:02pm
Accident Date: 
Friday, December 18, 2015

Georgia Judge Sanford Jones Killed in Plane Crash

Lee County Coroner Bill Harris confirmed that Jones, the 56-year-old presiding judge of the Fulton County Juvenile Court in Atlanta, was killed. Judge Jones was also good friends with the late Judge Rowland Barnes. Fulton County Court spokesperson Don Plummer read a statement from the Juvenile Court Chief Judge Belinda E. Edwards. Authorities have reported a plane crash in Lee County, Ala at about 11:52 a.m. Jones was a graduate of UGA and was appointed to the Fulton County Juvenile Court in 1992.

Teen Deals with Surviving Plane Crash

Joshua's girlfriend, Sarah Conklin, walked away from the crash unharmed. Now it's just getting over the emotion about what has happened to his friends and basically he survived a plane crash and we're very grateful for that," said Rumohr's mother. His parents brought him back to Newnan from the plane crash scene late Friday. Two people, 19-year-old Sarah Conklin and 18-year-old Joshua Rumohr, survived the plane crash that took the lives of 18-year-old Alexander Sasha Medina of Newnan and Fulton County Juvenile Court Judge Sanford Jones. Joshua Rumohr's parents said Friday was an emotionally draining day for their son, who walked away from the fatal crash with only a gash on his head and some bumps and bruises.

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Type: Aircraft Accident
People Involved: 
Sanford Jones
Alexander "Sasha" Medina
Sarah Conklin
Joshua Rumohr
County: 
Lee County, AL
Area: 
Columbus, GA

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