Jury Acquits Man in Forsyth Car Bombing

A jury Friday in Cumming acquitted a Johns Creek man who had been accused of making and igniting a homemade bomb at a south Forsyth County car dealership. 

Quinton Gregory Smith, 35, who was arrested in connection with the July 2012 incident, was found not guilty of arson, criminal damage and use of an explosive charges after deliberating for 10 hours or more, reports the Forsyth News.

Smith had been employed by a parking vendor at RBM of Atlanta-North Mercedes-Benz, but was fired the day before someone tried to detonate on a car a glass jar filled with some type of flammable compound about 5:30 a.m. The car, which sustained front bumper damage, belonged to the man who fired Smith.

While the state's case was a strong circumstantial one, no direct evidence linked Smith to bombing attempt, according to his attorney, Kea Strozier, reports the Associated Press.


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