
08/06/2025
Carroll County, GA — TRIAL DATE CONFIRMED in criminal case against AJ Scott - former Georgia State Trooper and current mayor of Buchanan, GA
During Calendar Call on August 6, 2025, the scheduled TRIAL DATE for AUGUST 18, 2025 was confirmed. Judge Erica Tisinger of the Superior Court of Carrol County will be presiding over the trial in courtroom 4B. No issues were presented by Scott’s defense team that would signal future attempts to yet again postpone the trial. Last trial was canceled after Mac Pilgrim (Scott’s attorney) filed an emergency leave of absence, stating that he has high blood pressure and is under doctor's observation.
In September 2015, then Georgia State trooper Anthony “A.J." Scott broadsided a vehicle occupied by 4 teens. He was traveling over 90 mph in a 45 mph zone without blue lights or siren. He was not responding to a call or any emergency. Kylie Lindsey and Isabella Chinchilla were killed in the crash. The other two teenagers were seriously injured. Scott was fired by Georgia State Patrol within days of the fatal incident. He was indicted in 2017 on two counts of vehicular homicide in the second degree, two counts of serious injury by vehicle, violating oath of office, and one count each of speeding and reckless driving.