VALDOSTA — An individual who knowingly made false statements related to knowledge of events in the Kendrick Johnson case has been indicted by a Lowndes County Grand Jury.

Dalton Chauncey, 19, has been indicted for providing false statements to Lowndes County Sheriff’s Deputies.

In July of 2014, Chauncey told investigators that he was present during a conversation where he heard two individuals admit to causing Johnson’s death.

Autopsy reports had ruled the death an accident, however the Johnson family and their supporters have continued to state foul play was involved.  Chauncey’s false statements added to the controversy and related tensions.

Chauncey told investigators he knew the two individuals only by first name.  Later, Chauncey also gave investigators the name of another individual present when the false statements where said to have occurred, but that person denied hearing the statements and being present during any such conversations.

The information provided by Chauncey was followed up by investigators, but was too vague to provide any help.  When they asked Chauncey for more details, he admitted to making up the story “in order to boast” to friends.  He stated to Sheriff’s deputies that the two persons he described were fabricated and did not exist.