Mateen gets life sentence for shooting of deputy

An Austin County jury found Shazizz Mateen guilty of the offense of aggravated assault on a public servant on Tuesday, Aug. 9 and Mateen was sentenced to life in prison and a $10,000 fine, according to Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek.

The long-awaited trial, which stemmed from a 2018 incident in which Mateen, a wanted sex offender, assaulted a La Grange Police Department officer attempting to …