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Judge orders probation, treatment and 180 days after Anthony Brooks pleads guilty to family-violence charges
Summary
Anthony Lamar Brooks pleaded guilty to family-violence charges in Clayton County State Court and received a split sentence with 180 days to serve, followed by probation and required treatment, Judge Tammy Long Hayward said on March 18, 2025.
Anthony Lamar Brooks pleaded guilty in Clayton County State Court on March 18, 2025, to family-violence charges stemming from two incidents at his home on Flint River Road in Jonesboro. Judge Tammy Long Hayward accepted the plea and ordered a custodial component followed by probation and court-ordered programming.
The judge said the sentence was meant to address both punishment and rehabilitation. "These 180 days can be transformative if you are willing for them to be," Hayward told Brooks during a lengthy courtroom admonition about family violence and the effect of domestic abuse on children.
Prosecutors told the court that officers who responded to the home found the victim with a swollen face, a busted lip and bruising after an altercation the state said involved forceful pushing. A juvenile witness reported seeing the defendant push the victim. The state recommended 12 months of probation, a 180-day custodial term with the balance probated, enrollment in a family violence intervention program, a substance-abuse evaluation and random drug or alcohol testing. Prosecutor Shauna Hagler presented the factual basis and the recommendation.
Defense attorney Taz Taylor confirmed Brooks would plead guilty to the primary family-violence counts and that lesser counts would merge. Judge Hayward accepted the negotiated recommendation: an aggregate disposition that includes 180 days to serve (credited against custody), with the remaining balance probated subject to the court's conditions, completion of a family violence intervention program, a substance-abuse evaluation and no alcohol or illicit drugs while on probation.
Hayward emphasized the long-term consequences of continued violence and addressed Brooks directly about the effect on his children and family. "You got 180 days to think about how you want the rest of your life to look," she said. The court ordered the sentences in the two cases to run consecutively in the structure the judge described, and set the program and testing requirements as conditions of probation.
The judge also recorded that she would monitor compliance with the court-ordered program and random testing and that the defendant could face additional charges or jail time for violations. Brooks was remanded to the custody of the sheriff to begin the custodial portion of the sentence.
