NORCROSS, Ga. -- A Stone Mountain man could spend up to 20 years in prison for a crime that reportedly netted him just $96.

Gwinnett County Police have charged 26-year-old Artavius Marcellus Brown in the May 9 armed robbery of a Norcross Family Dollar store.

According to an incident report, Brown took an item to the register, then lifted his shirt to show the cashier a handgun. When the cashier said she needed a manager to open the register, Brown allegedly pointed the gun at her.

Once the manager opened the register, Brown reportedly took the register tray and all $96 it contained.

In Georgia, an armed robbery conviction carries a sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison (with the possibility of a life sentence or the death penalty if other aggravating factors come into play).

NORCROSS, Ga. -- A Gwinnett County police officer shot and killed a home invasion suspect who allegedly came at him with a tire iron Monday morning. 

The suspect, identified as 24-year-old Eric Andrews of Atlanta, was shot at the Woodland Ridge Apartments in Norcross on Treetrail Parkway near Indian Trail Lilburn Road.

Gwinnett Police Cpl. Edwin Ritter said investigators believe the suspect forced his way into an apartment after two children who were home alone refused to let him in the front door.  When he came in through the back, they raced out the front door.

"They knew someone was breaking into the house, so they snuck out," Gwinnett spokesman Corporal Edwin Ritter said.  

"They went to a neighbor and reported it."

The children were waiting for a ride to school after their mother had gone to work. 

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- The son of a retired Atlanta schoolteacher has been sentenced in Gwinnett County Superior Court to two years in prison after being found guilty of violating Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Levon Chett Barrett pleaded guilty to the charge against him. He will spend one year on house arrest and seven on probation after serving his time in prison.

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According to Georgia Attorney General's spokeswoman Lauren Kane, Barrett's mother died in September 2007, but Barrett continued to collect her retirement benefits until February 2010.