Former cop convicted in Sugar Hill shooting

LAWRENCEVILLE - A Gwinnett County jury has convicted a former Duluth police officer accused of shooting another officer and attacking a woman while drunk in 2008.

Jurors found Jay Dailey guilty on nine counts and not guilty on two counts.

Authorities had alleged that Dailey opened fire on an off-duty Fulton County police officer on a road near Sugar Hill and was still pulling the trigger on his empty pistol before being subdued. Fulton County officer Paul Phillips fired only four rounds in the exchange.

The bizarre incident began when authorities alleged Dailey who was off duty flagged down a female motorist, faked an injury and then sprayed the woman with pepper spray when she tried to call 911. They claimed he later threatened to kill her and told her she was ruining his life.