Trial begins for alleged killer of drug dealer

DECATUR - Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a 24-year-old man charged with killing an alleged drug dealer whose shooting involved a former deputy linked to the slaying of Derwin Brown, the DeKalb County sheriff-elect. <br> <br> Carl Hewitt is charged with murder in the March 18, 2001 shooting death of 27-year-old Jeffrey ``Nigel&#39;&#39; George. George&#39;s body was found later that day abandoned at a park in south DeKalb County. <br> <br> Authorities have said the shootout stemmed from a dispute over a stolen truck and a large amount of narcotics. The shooting occurred outside the Ellenwood home of Patrick Cuffy, a former sheriff&#39;s deputy prosecutors consider an integral link in the Brown investigation. <br> <br> Former DeKalb Sheriff Sidney Dorsey, former deputy Melvin Walker and David Ramsey have been charged with murder in Brown&#39;s shooting. Authorities have not said whether there was a connection between Brown&#39;s homicide and the shootout that killed George. <br> <br> Besides murder, Hewitt is charged with armed robbery, kidnapping with bodily injury and two counts of aggravated assault in George&#39;s death. <br> <br> Cuffy, Hewitt&#39;s brother Dania Hewitt, Antonio Montez and German Montez also were charged in connection with George&#39;s death. <br> <br> Cuffy, who admits organizing Brown&#39;s slaying on December 15, 2000, has negotiated an aggravated assault plea with prosecutors. Trial for the others is pending.

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