Pair Plead Guilty, Get Prison Time in Law Office Robbery

Two armed robbers seen by several witnesses when their get-away car wouldn't start are set to spend years in prison in connection with the May 18, 2012, incident at the Kelley Law Firm.

Raymond Anthony Montgomery, 23, of Cartersville, was arrested shortly after the armed robbery in downtown Cartersville, which happened about 11:20 a.m. Developer and businessman John Lewis was beaten with a pistol in his office during what police at the time called a bold and violent act.

Deric Christopher Williams, also 23 years old and of Cartersville, turned himself in at the Bartow County jail seven days later. By that time, Cartersville police investigators had identified him as the second suspect, who was able to elude authorities on foot.

Montgomery and Williams pleaded guilty Tuesday in Bartow County Superior Court to charges of armed robbery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and theft by receiving a stolen firearm, Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney Rosemary Greene said in a press release.

Both men were sentenced to 45 years, 30 of which they were ordered to serve in prison. The remaining 15 years they would serve on probation.

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