Tony Thomas, WSB-TV

The road to recovery has been a long one for a Gwinnett County man.

Jury selection is less than three months away in the emotionally charged case.

There is a big shortage of construction workers in the metro area.

The defense attorney for alleged drug dealer and killer Aaron Lewis told Channel 2′s Tony Thomas the case will be very interesting as it works its way through the courts.

Channel 2′s Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Tony Thomas was on Jimmy Carter Boulevard, where police said Dayniel Del Toro Mendez was trying to sell the reptiles in a parking lot.

Brian Estrada, 31, went to New Orleans last fall and then disappeared on his way home.

It appears tensions over mask wearing evident at last month’s Gwinnett County School Board meeting have died down for the time being.

Robert Bell agreed to life in prison without the chance for parole after prosecutors took the death penalty off the table.

In May, a large group of parents came to the school board meeting and refused to wear masks. The meeting was moved to another room as protesters remained and celebrated.

Richard Bartlett III, 23, was strapping a mattress and box springs to his car on McGinnis Ferry Road just after 9:30 p.m. June 2 when he was hit. Bartlett died from his injuries.