COLUMBUS, Ga.: A former police sergeant in Georgia pleaded guilty Monday to the murder of a paramedic he was having an affair with and sentenced to life in prison.
The Ledger-Enquirer reports former Columbus officer William Bill Talley III pleaded guilty to felony murder, aggravated assault and using a gun to commit a crime in the 2019 shooting death of paramedic Kelly Levinsohn.
Charges of malice murder and violating his oath of office as a police offer against Talley were dropped as part of a plea bargain.
Tally could be paroled after 30 years in prison. The gun charge would add five years of probation to his sentence after any release.
The plea and sentence followed 90 minutes of testimony from relatives of Talley and Levinsohn. Witnesses testifying remotely described their grief at Levinsohn’s death, as well as…