Former Georgia officer who fatally shot naked man pleads guilty to aggravated assault

ATLANTA AP A former Georgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed naked man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of aggravated assault and won t serve any additional time behind bars After Robert Chip Olsen entered his plea DeKalb County Superior Court Judge LaTisha Dear Jackson sentenced him to years with years commuted to time served with the balance to be served on probation prosecutors revealed in a press release He was also ordered to serve hours of neighborhood facility No one would say that they are happy about any aspect of this scenario it was a tragedy all the way around but the present day s resolution will bring closure to the event Olsen s lawyers Amanda Clark Palmer and Don Samuel explained in a declaration We are relieved that our client will not serve any additional time in custody DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston reported in a press release that she hopes the plea provides Anthony Hill s family a few peace It has been more than a decade since Anthony Hill s life was cut tragically short Boston noted Defendant Olsen s guilty plea brings this long arduous chapter to a close and through it he has ultimately accepted selected responsibility for his actions Olsen was responding to a call of a naked man behaving erratically at an Atlanta-area apartment complex in March when he killed -year-old Hill a Black Air Force veteran who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder Olsen who was a DeKalb County police officer at the time declared he was acting in self-defense He was indicted in January on charges including murder aggravated assault violation of his oath of office and making a false message A jury in ascertained him guilty of one count of aggravated assault two counts of violating his oath of office and one count of making a false comment He was sentenced to serve years in prison followed by eight years of probation He appealed his conviction of aggravated assault and one count of violation of his oath and the Georgia Court of Appeals last year overturned those convictions Before trial Olsen s lawyers had argued that the DeKalb County Police Department s use of force procedures should not be submitted as evidence The appeals court agreed that the trial court was wrong to admit the program into evidence without identifying and redacting the portions that conflict with Georgia law The appeals court ruling mentioned that prosecutors could retry Olsen on the aggravated assault charge but not the violation of oath count Source