Devon M. Sayers - Senior Field Producer, CNN Worldwide
Devon M. Sayers
Senior Field Producer, CNN Worldwide
Devon M. Sayers is a Senior Field Producer based at the network's global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Father of alleged Georgia school shooter pleads not guilty to charges that he shares responsibility for killings
Nov 21, 2024
Colin Gray, the father of alleged Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, entered a not guilty plea Thursday morning to charges – including two counts of second-degree murder – alleging that he shares responsibility for the September shooting.
Prosecutors share how a smartwatch left clues in the killing of Laken Riley. Here are the key trial takeaways so far
Nov 16, 2024
About a half dozen people, including at least one of Laken Riley’s relatives, left an Athens, Georgia, courtroom to avoid seeing videos and images of the nursing student’s lifeless body.
Evidence in trial of man accused of killing Laken Riley will show the Georgia student ‘fought for her life,’ prosecutors say
Nov 16, 2024
In the nine months since Laken Riley was killed while jogging at the University of Georgia, her death turned into a lightning rod over crime and illegal immigration and cast an ominous shadow over the college town of Athens.
Accused Georgia school shooter waives arraignment, enters not guilty plea
Oct 22, 2024
Colt Gray, who authorities say admitted to a shooting at his school that left four dead and nine injured, has entered a plea of not guilty, according to court records.
Georgia school shooter and his father indicted on new counts in Apalachee High School killings
Oct 17, 2024
A Georgia grand jury indicted a father and son on murder and other charges Thursday in the mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, last month that left four people dead and another nine injured.
Jewish groups allege in federal complaint antisemitism permitted to ‘flourish’ at schools in Fulton County, Georgia
Aug 13, 2024
Multiple Jewish civil rights groups have filed a federal complaint alleging Jewish and Israeli students have faced a “hostile” and “intolerable” environment at K-12 schools in Fulton County, Georgia, since the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel and routinely face antisemitism, bullying and harassment.
Suspect in Arkansas grocery store mass shooting faces additional charges
Aug 1, 2024
The suspect accused of killing four people and injuring nine others during a shooting at an Arkansas grocery store has been charged with additional counts of attempted murder.
White woman who wrongfully accused ‘Groveland Four’ of rape in Jim Crow-era South dies at 92
Jul 31, 2024
A White woman who falsely accused four Black men of rape in the Jim Crow-era South in 1949 has died at the age of 92.
The legacy of a last name: A new memorial park honors the last names of the formerly enslaved
Jun 19, 2024
A new sculpture park that memorializes African Americans’ centuries-long fight for freedom – from slavery to modern day – has opened in Montgomery, Alabama, the original capital of the Confederacy.
The man who shot and wounded 3 people in a downtown Atlanta food court has been identified
Jun 12, 2024
Authorities have identified the suspected gunman in Tuesday’s shooting at a downtown Atlanta food court as Jeremy Malone, according to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
3 of 4 men who escaped a Louisiana jail have been captured, 1 remains at large
May 31, 2024
One of the escaped Louisiana inmates who has been on the run since last weekend has been captured, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s office.
Mississippi man files lawsuit alleging he was beaten by a member of the ‘Goon Squad’ and others
May 31, 2024
A Mississippi man has come forward saying he was beaten by a known member of the “Goon Squad” and other law enforcement officers, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley indicted on murder and ‘peeping Tom’ charges
May 31, 2024
The man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley in February was indicted Wednesday on charges of murder and aggravated assault with intent to rape as well as for an earlier incident in which he allegedly peeped into the window of a student.
Mississippi sheriff’s office to conduct review after details of a ‘Goon Squad’ message group were revealed in news report
May 30, 2024
The Rankin County Sheriff’s Office says it will conduct a review and analysis after a report Wednesday from The New York Times and Mississippi Today detailed messages in an encrypted WhatsApp group chat between known “Goon Squad” members and other law enforcement officers, some of whom are still employed by Rankin County.
2 inmates still at large after 4 escaped from Louisiana jail
May 28, 2024
Two young men are still at large after escaping from a Louisiana jail, according to local authorities.
Pro-Palestinian protesters reach agreement with Harvard University to end encampment
May 14, 2024
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters maintaining an encampment at Harvard University have reached an agreement with the university and will end their encampment, the group said in a news release Tuesday.
About
Devon M. Sayers is a Senior Field Producer based at the network’s global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to working at CNN, Devon worked for KOAT in Albuquerque, NM and WMFD in Mansfield, OH.
