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Man gets 25 years for assault on Gainesville police officer

Marcos Garcia-Tovar is sentenced to 25 years in prison at Hall County Superior Court on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, on the count of aggravated assault on a police officer that took place in November 2017. - photo by Austin Steele

10192018 GARCIATOVAR 001.jpg — Marcos Garcia-Tovar is sentenced to 25 years in prison at Hall County Superior Court on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, on the count of aggravated assault on a police officer that took place in November 2017. - photo by Austin Steele

It was the type of sentence the court regretted imposing on a young person, the 21-year-old man awaited the decision, according to Superior Court Judge Andrew Fuller.