Man sentenced to three years for obstructing justice in fed probe of the ATL

ATLANTA — A former city of Atlanta worked pleaded guilty to obstructing justice in a federal investigation into corruption at the city of Atlanta.

Shandarrick Barnes was sentenced to three years and one month in prison, with five-months credit for time served, for obstructing justice in the federal corruption investigation involving City of Atlanta government. Barnes threw a concrete block through the window of E.R. Mitchell’s home, and placed dead rodents on his porch and elsewhere hoping to stop his cooperation with federal law enforcement.

“Barnes thought he could thwart the City of Atlanta corruption investigation by throwing a concrete block through a federal witness’ window,’” U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak said in a news release. “Instead, investigators became even more resolute in their efforts to root out a pay-to-play system that undermines the public’s trust in government.”