How a Botched Plot to Egg a Man's House Over 'Lover’s Quarrel' Led to Murder Conviction for Teen

Mar. 15, 2025

McKenzie Davenport, Jeremy Munson and Sydney Maughon.Photo:Spalding County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook

Spalding County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook

A young Georgia woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a man after a plan to egg his house went horribly wrong has been sentenced to life in prison.

On Nov. 20, Sydney Maughon, 19, reached an agreement with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to malice murder in connection with the 2023 shooting death of Johnathan Gilbert, 22, online court records show.

On Dec. 2, she was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

The sentence stems from an incident on July 3, 2023, when Spalding County sheriff’s deputies found Gilbert dead on the ground from an apparent gunshot wound, the sheriff’s office said in a release.

Maughon, then 18, was there with Jeremy Munson, who was 18 at the time, and McKenzie Davenport, who was 19 at the time, the sheriff said.

The suspects raced back to their car and as Gilbert, who was unarmed, approached them, Maughon, who was sitting in the backseat of the car, “produced a firearm and shot him multiple times,” Dix said.

“The suspects then drove away, leaving Gilbert in the middle of Dobbins Mill Road,” he said.

Their investigation led them to Maughon, Munson and Davenport.

Maughon was charged with murder, malice murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, battery-family violence and criminal trespass.

Munson was charged with murder, malice murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, battery and criminal trespass.

Davenport was charged with malice murder, battery and criminal trespass.

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“Because they all plotted and planned together, and traveled to the location with the intent to commit a crime that led up to the murder together, they are all culpable just as if they had each pulled the trigger themselves,” Dix said in the release.

“They went to egg a house, the victim confronted them while they were doing it, he lost his life, and they drove off and left his body in the middle of the road,” he said. “Together they bought that ticket; now together they can ride that ride.”

Davenport pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and simple battery and was sentenced to 24 months behind bars, according to online records.

Munson is scheduled for trial in March 2025. According toLaw & Crime,the Spalding County District Attorney’s Office offered him a plea deal. He is waiting for his attorney to return from a “leave of absence” to accept or deny it, Senior Assistant District Attorney Audrey Holliday told Law & Crime.

The Spalding County District Attorney’s Office and the suspects’ attorneys did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

source: people.com