Ex-officer pleads guilty to assaulting unarmed teen

ATLANTA (AP) — A former Atlanta police officer has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault of an unarmed teenager.
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said in a news release Wednesday that 33-year-old Matthew Johns pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges including aggravated assault. He’s set to be sentenced July 29.
Howard says officers were chasing a suspected stolen vehicle in September 2016, when a state trooper got it to stop. A 15-year-old passenger exited the car and lay on t