Two Augusta men have been indicted on charges of murder and illegal gang activity in a 2019 homicide.
The Richmond County grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday, March 15 naming Lorenzo Dexter Lindsey, 25, and Evan V. Smith, 24. Both have been held in jail since June 2020 and April 2021, respectively.
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The indictment accuses them of murder in the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Michael Edward Holt on 10th Street on Oct. 21, 2019. Holt was shot in the abdomen and legs and later died at a hospital. The indictment accuses Lindsey and Smith of killing Holt for the benefit of the street gang Sex, Money and Murder.
Smith is named in an unrelated second indictment along with Tavares R. Kirk, 22, that accuses the pair of armed robbery and hijacking a motor vehicle on Nov. 8, 2019.
Sandy Hodson is a staff reporter covering courts for The Augusta Press. Reach her at sandy@theaugustapress.com.Â
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