PROVIDENCE -- A man was convicted Wednesday in the killing of a Pawtucket woman last summer. A jury found Alonzo Shelton, of Central Falls guilty of all eight counts against him including murder, assault with a dangerous weapon and discharge of a firearm -- death resulting. Shelton and Barry Offley were charged with killing 24-year-old Jessica Imran and seriously wounding 27-year-old Julie Lang in July. Both men were featured on "America's Most Wanted" and were later captured in Florida. Offley, who is Shelton's nephew, is awaiting trial. NBC 10's Mario Hilario said after the verdict was read, prosecutors embraced family members. "I'm very relieved," said Imran's mother, Linda Mendoza. "Even though you sit there and hear the evidence, there's always that you never know what the jury is thinking, and you're always afraid that the worst is going to happen." Mendoza said she doesn't know if the verdict was going to help but said that maybe it was a step in the grieving process. In the meantime, Mendoza said she's going to continue to fight to keep her memory alive. "(She had) a big personality and a big heart, and a big family that misses her a lot," she said. Hilario said Shelton's lawyer, John MacDonald, was extremely disappointed in the verdict and said he would pursue an appeal. During the course of the trial MacDonald tried to poke holes in the testimony of Lang, who testified that Shelton had shot her. The defense also wanted Offley to testify in the trial, but Offley's lawyer said his client would invoke his Fifth Amendment right if called to the stand. MacDonald blamed Offley for Imran's murder. A judge ordered Shelton returned to the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston, where he had been held since his arrest. A sentencing date has not been set.
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