A Fayette County

jury has found a Palmetto man guilty of several charges stemming from

a home invasion last March at a north Fayette residence located at the

Fayette-Fulton county line.

Claude James

Bell Jr. was found guilty Tuesday of burglary, criminal attempt to commit

armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

He was sentenced to 30 years in prison by Superior Court Judge Johnnie

L. Caldwell Jr.

The jury also

found Bell not guilty of kidnapping.

According to

police reports, the Bell and another suspect entered the home, which is

located on Old Jonesboro Road, dressed in ski masks to conceal their identity.

But the female victim was able to positively identify Bell as one of the

intruders because she knew him, police said.

Bell demanded

money from the victim, according to court documents.

Also in Superior

Court, a Fayette County man was convicted by a jury for assaulting his

wife in a domestic dispute in September.

Mark A. Flammond,

30, was found guilty Tuesday of aggravated assault, criminal attempt to

commit burglary, cruelty to children in the second degree and criminal

damage to property in the second degree.

The charges

stemmed from an altercation during which Flammond assaulted his wife by

striking her vehicle with another vehicle and with a rifle. The incident

occurred at a residence on Rising Starr Road where the victim and the

couple's two children were staying with a friend.

Flammond was

sentenced to eight years in prison by Superior Court Judge Paschal A.

English Jr.