Overview
- A DeKalb County grand jury returned the indictment, and District Attorney Sherry Boston announced the charges Thursday.
- The counts include false swearing and making false statements tied to election paperwork, following Lary’s August voter registration and council bid filings.
- Boston said Lary affirmed on August 14 that he was not serving a felony sentence, then signed similar statements when he filed to run four days later.
- Lary was taken into custody with bond set at $5,000, and an arraignment is expected soon.
- He remains on probation after a 2022 federal conviction that brought a 57‑month sentence, and election officials already disqualified him from the September ballot.