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Narquita Frank
Meet Narquita Frank. While many in the CSRA were shopping for Christmas gifts over the weekend, this 23-year-old Augusta woman with the colorful hair was shoplifting Sunday night at the Gordon Highway Kmart, police say. Narquita allegedly stuffed four sets of pajamas and a bra in the storage compartment underneath a baby stroller and rolled out of the store. She was confronted by a loss preventio...
Charles Kelly III
Charles Kelly III, 21, of Augusta, was charged Friday with DUI and failure to maintain lane. The Richmond County Jail snapped this bloody mugshot of the young man. We wondered what happened to him, so we called Kelly tonight. He told us that he "busted a tire" and was being tailed by a deputy. He said the tire made his vehicle swerve in the lane and he accidentally hit a traffic light pole, crash...
Thelma Carter
An Augusta woman was charged with murder today after allegedly beating her boyfriend to death with a shoe, according to authorities. Thelma Carter, 46, first told officers she came home this morning to find the body of 58-year-old Robert Higdon. "Subsequent investigation has determined that at some time (Sunday) evening Carter and Higdon were involved in a dispute that turned physical. D...
James Gray
AIKEN HOMICIDE: An Aiken man was charged with strangling a woman to death after a front-yard fight on Barton Brother Lane just after midnight today, authorities said. James Conway Gray, 30, allegedly was arguing with the victim in the front yard of her home when the fight turned physical and he strangled the woman. "Two juveniles observed the incident take place and called 911," sheriff's Capt. ...
Jason Rose
Jason Rose, of North Augusta, was arrested July 19 in Aiken County for a theft by taking warrant out of Columbia County, Ga....
Darryl Wilson, 45, of Augusta, Lewdness, indecent exposure
Darryl Wilson, 45, of Augusta, Lewdness, indecent exposure...
William Berry
Child pornography was found on the computer of a North Augusta man, leading to the seizure of his computer and a felony charge of sexual exploitation of a minor, according to Public Safety Chief John Thomas. William Berry, 28, of Linnet Loop, was arrested Monday, three days after a search warrant was served at his residence as part of the Attorney General’s Internet Crimes Against Childre...
Gina Young
Gina Young, 27, of Augusta, was charged Wednesday with theft by shoplifting in Richmond County. She allegedly went into a dressing room and loaded her purse with four shirts and four dresses from J.C. Penney's at Augusta Mall. Another woman with Young allegedly stole items too, but pushed the loss prevention officer out of the way and fled, a report says. Young gave deputies the other woman's name...
Shari Hill
An Hephzibah mom arrested Monday for leaving her 3-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter at home alone had an excuse: She had to get to work and didn’t have a babysitter. Shari Hill, 27, was charged with two counts of contributing to the deprivation of a minor, according to a report by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. A tipster notified DFACS about the unsupervised children at th...
Bartraill Blockett
If you are going to speed 37 mph over the limit, make sure you can pay bail once you are arrested. Bartraill Blockett, 20, of Augusta, was busted around lunchtime Saturday for flying down Interstate 20 in Augusta at 92 mph in a 55 mph zone. Deputies took him to the Richmond County Jail, and he remains there right now unable to pay $700 to get out, according to jail records....
Juanita Moore
An Augusta mom was arrested Thursday for allegedly beating her 6-year-old son because his teacher sent home a sad-face sticker on his report. Juanita Moore, 38, was charged with cruelty to children in the first degree. Authorities say the incident occurred during the school year when the boy showed up to kindergarten with bruises on his back, stomach and back of his head. An investigation reveale...
Ronnie Howard
Ronnie Howard, 66, was arrested today for disorderly conduct by Richmond County authorities. He is a regular in the Augusta jail and made this funny face when he was photographed....
Mickey Washington
Mickey Washington, 66, was arrested Wednesday by Richmond County authorities on a charge of simple battery....
Erica Richardson
An Aiken mother was arrested Thursday following a urine test from March that showed evidence of cocaine use while she was pregnant. Erica Richardson, 29, of Horseshoe Bend Road, was charged with unlawful neglect of child. A sheriff's report states the woman was in her third trimester in March when the urine test was conducted. The test is a possible result of a May 2010 arrest for cocaine possessi...
Michelle Stevens
A North Augusta mom has become the latest in a string of zero-tolerance arrests in Richmond County for leaving children unattended. Michelle Stevens, 33, is accused of shopping at an Augusta Target store Saturday night for 15 minutes while three of her four children (ages 7, 5, and 3) were left in her vehicle. When she returned with a baby in her arms, Stevens was arrested for three counts of depr...
Rebecca Avrett
A drunk Hephzibah mother crashed into a tree after leading officers on a chase while carrying three children and an adult male in her car Wednesday. Rebecca Avrett, 27, was allegedly involved in an accident on James Drive but drove away as a deputy approached, leading the officer on a chase that reached speeds of 80-85 mph, a report says. She finally drove into a yard on Travis Road, lost control ...
Lisa Marie Owen
An Augusta woman with cerebral palsy has been arrested for shoplifting – again. Lisa Michelle Owen, 44, is accused of leaving the Walmart on Deans Bridge Road last Thursday afternoon without paying for a pink “George” shirt worth $12 and a bag of Fritos worth $1. A store employee stopped the woman after she exited the store. A responding deputy called the Richmond County Booking Desk to re...
Carl Thurmond
It's safe to say Carl Thurmond won't be breaking into homes anytime soon. The 43-year-old man fell on his head Saturday night while fleeing a Hephzibah home that he was burglarizing, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down, authorities say. The victims returned home on Daisy Lane and saw Thurmond, their yard man, inside. The suspect ran out to the deck and jumped. "Apparently, he fell r...
Shacoya Jones
This is 17-year-old Shacoya Jones of Augusta. She called police on Thursday afternoon from the Courtesy Motel on 15th Street to report being raped. She told investigators she was 14 and pointed out a rape suspect after he was stopped by a deputy. But after investigating, authorities discovered the teen was a 17-year-old prostitute who had been recently stiffed by the guy. So she set him up Thursda...
Brent Wall
An Evans High School student was arrested Wednesday for choking a classmate until he passed out, a report states. Brent Wall, 17, told authorities that he and other students play a "choking game" to see who can choke the other out. The victim, a 15-year-old boy, was transported to the emergency room at Doctors Hospital, where he was admitted for observation. The incident was captured on school vid...
Phillip Griffin
Authorities arrested Phillip Griffin on Monday in the weekend armed robbery and beating of two men who thought they were responding to a Craigslist ad for a 1984-85 black Chevy Monte Carlo. The victims, both 21 years old, went to a location on Wheeler Road at First Avenue around 6:40 p.m. Sunday and were sitting in their car when the two robbers pulled them out of the vehicle and robbed them of $5...
Michael Henderson
Aiken County authorities have arrested a yard man in the death of 72-year-old Howard Goode, whose body was found in his bed by his caregiver at lunchtime Thursday at 450 Cherokee Drive in Clearwater. In a story first reported by The Jail Report, 38-year-old Michael Henderson, 38, of North Augusta, is being held on murder and armed robbery charges. The suspect worked for the victim as...
Dawn Gresham
PTO President Dawn Gresham was charged Tuesday in connection with the theft of $20,000 from the group at Jefferson Elementary School. She’s been charged with breach of trust by Burnettown Police. Gresham, 38, of Warrenville, was arrested after the money was discovered missing from the PTO funds. Contacted today by The Jail Report, Gresham broke down in tears and said, “I am ...
Barth Josey, Phillip Smith
Richmond County authorities arrested a supervisor of a general contracting company as well as an employee after a violent fight Monday between the two. Phillip Smith, a supervisor at Southeastern Field Services on Milledgeville Road, was arrested for simple battery after both visited MCG for serious injuries. Employee Barth Josey, left, was also arrested on the same charge. Smith told a...
Quaderro Hooper, Sierra Burns, Christopher Jone
Three armed robbery suspects picked the wrong Martinez man to mess with early Wednesday. They robbed a 43-year-old man at his apartment at gunpoint and then stole his car about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, a report states. But the victim, a FedEx driver, quickly borrowed a neighbor’s car and followed the suspects as they left the complex and drove to Richmond County in his stolen car, a sher...
Henry Ragland
A middle-aged Martinez man has been charged with terroristic threats after allegedly running into I-HOP on Saturday afternoon, throwing white powder and claiming it was “Anthrax.” Henry Terry Ragland, 46, was arrested shortly after the scare at the restaurant on 2525 Washington Road in Augusta, which is located across from Augusta National Golf Club. Employee Jessica Hammond saw the su...
Alexander Dombrowski
A suicidal Augusta man who was captured with the use of a bean bag gun has been released from the hospital and arrested for felony obstruction of an officer. Alexander Dombrowski, 61, was arrested Thursday in connection with the March 13th incident at his home on Wellington Drive. Richmond County deputies were called by the man’s son, and officers found him drunk in the back yard holdin...
Twila Renee Foster
A Hephzibah woman is the latest mother to leave children unattended in a parking lot. Authorities say 27-year-old Twila Renee Foster went inside the Walmart on Deans Bridge Road on Saturday to "get her hair done." A deputy was called to the parking lot about 5:45 p.m. because three boys, ages 2, 6 and 9, were left alone inside a car. The deputy observed the key in the ignition and the windows down...
Thomas Bradford
Here’s your first look at the subcontractor charged with murder in Friday’s shooting death of county worker Raymond Lee at a Columbia County wastewater treatment plant. Thomas Bradford, 43, got into an argument with the 37-year-old victim about 1:45 p.m. Friday, retrieved a gun from his truck and then shot Lee after a struggle, authorities said. The suspect was a contracted truck dri...
Angela Summers
Authorities have arrested 18-year-old Angela Summers for falsely claiming that she was raped – not once, not twice, but three times! According to a sheriff’s report, the Augusta teen told investigators that she had met a man on the Internet and was caught having sex with him. Family members told her to stay away from the man, but she says hooked up with him March 22 at a local Bi-Lo an...
Eva Smith
Richmond County authorities have arrested a local con artist for some fresh scams. Eva Carrol Smith, 44, was picked up Monday on two counts of misdemeanor theft by deception. The suspect is known for stopping people and asking to borrow money for a locksmith to get her keys out of a “car” that doesn’t really exist and promising a reward, authorities say. Her scams from last summer r...
Johnny Heggs
An elderly Augusta man was one of three people connected to a bizarre copper theft in which three suspects allegedly stole metal from one recycler and tried to sell it to another. Johnny Heggs, 71, was charged today with felony theft by receiving stolen property in connection with the theft of about 200 pounds of copper from CMC Recyling on Old Savannah Road. Last Thursday, Heggs and two other men...
Bootie Green
Here we go again. Yet another Augusta woman has been arrested for leaving children unattended. This time, 29-year-old Bootie Green allegedly left a 7-month-old baby alone with a 4-year-old boy and 10-year-old boy Saturday evening while she ran inside the Walmart on Deans Bridge Road. Someone flagged down a deputy about the unattended children, and Green returned to the car about 15 minutes later. ...
Matthew Morrell
Augusta teen Matthew Morrell was so polite when investigators asked for permission to search his apartment for drugs. Sure, he said. Then he signed a written waiver. Four officers combed through his Forest Hills apartment and found 36 grams of marijuana hidden in a bedroom closet. According to a sheriff's report, the 1...9-year-old then willingly handed an investigator two glass pipes, a digital s...
Valdez Love
Hey, drug dealers, buckle your seat belt. That's what got 36-year-old Valdez Love in so much trouble on Wednesday. The Augusta man left a "known drug house," and since cops saw him not wearing his seat belt, they had a reason to stop him. That led to the discovery of 14 grams of powder cocaine on Love's possession and his arrest for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. He remains in ja...
Donald Peet
Richmond County cops hid inside the TGI Friday's this morning when a tipster told them ex-employee Donald Peet would be breaking into the Washington Road eatery. Sure enough, Peet entered the business about 7:45 a.m. and took cash from the business office, according to sheriff's Capt. Scott Peebles. When officers surprised the 48-year-old suspect, Peet fought deputies and bit one of the offic...
Angela Stallings
The Richmond County Sheriff's Office ain't playing. They made that clear on Friday night when they arrested Angela Stallings for leaving her 4-year-old son in a car alone for 10 minutes at the Augusta Mall, a report states. Two women directed a deputy to the boy, who was found inside a 1997 Mazda 626 with the windo...ws down and doors locked about 6:30 p.m. Minutes later, Stallings returned and to...
Robert Patnoude
The FBI and Aiken County Sheriff's Office are investigating a Warrenville man for alleged child sex crimes. Robert Patnoude, 26, of Warrenville, was arrested by sheriff's investigators Wednesday and charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor and lewd act upon a minor. The Jail Report has learned that the FBI has confiscated computers allegedly used by Patnoude, and possible federal...
Annie Hyman
An Augusta mother who reported the sudden death of her 9-week-old baby this week was arrested after investigators found the woman’s home to be filthy. While a death investigation is underway to determine why Gabrial Drew died Monday, investigators charged 22-year-old Annie Hyman with two counts of contributing to the deprivation of a minor, sheriff’s Sgt. Dan Carrier said. Hyma...
Dr. Kenneth McPherson
An Augusta psychologist was charged Monday with molesting an 8-year-old boy he was counseling. Dr. Kenneth McPherson is accused of exposing himself to the child and showing the boy naked pictures of children during a session with the doctor, according to a sheriff’s report. The boy’s grandmother called the sheriff’s office last month to report the alleged abuse. The grandmother is the ...
Latoya McNeil
A young Augusta mother who went to the sheriff's office for an employment criminal history check can add a charge to her record after leaving her 1-year-old baby alone in the LEC parking lot on Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Latoya McNeil, 19, was arrested for deprivation of a minor in the incident. Sheriff's Lt. Tony Walden spotted the 1-year-old girl strapped into a car seat of a Chevy Ma...
Earnest Wigfall
A North Augusta man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly pointing a gun at motorist who honked at him. Earnest Wigfall, 57, was captured after the victim called public safety officers and followed the suspect. According to the victim, Wigfall pulled in front of him on Atomic Road and almost caused an accident about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. After slamming on his brakes, the victim blared his hor...
Benjamin Mize
Benjamin Mize, 27, of Augusta, was held down in a restraint chair Sunday night for his mugshot at the Richmond County Jail. Apparently, he was in a bad mood all day. Deputies saw him coming from behind some businesses on Augusta West Parkway on Sunday evening and he refused to explain why or identify h...imself, a report states. Mize apparently continued his uncooperative behavior at the jail, whe...
Arthur Randy Cliett
The owner of an Appling catering business was ordered to spend two days in jail each week for the next two years after being convicted of inappropriate conduct with a teenage boy who worked for him. Arthur Randall Cliett, 56, of White Oak Road, Appling, pleaded guilty last week to two counts of disorderly conduct. Superior Court Judge James G. Blanchard Jr. sentenced Cliett to two years probation...
Michael Bame
Michael Bame, 41, of Augusta, was arrested Sunday for allegedly calling 911 and reporting that shots had been fired at his car. The caller claimed to be "Mr. Woods" and told officers to come to Dover Street, according to an incident report. A deputy rushed to the area, where several neighbors said they had not heard any gunfire. The deputy eventually found Bame on the 3200 block of Deans Bridge Ro...
Donnie Odom Jr.
The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a stabbing that occurred last night at 320 Old Friar Road in Aiken. Shanna Ard, 27, told investigators she was asleep in the bed when her father Donnie Odom Jr. woke her and demanded Shanna go to a relative’s house to get him some prescription medication. When she refused, the suspect stabbed her five times before fleeing the home. Deputies fo...
Jordan Zeh (Alan Smith)
Augusta radio personality Jordan Zeh of 95 Rock was arrested early Saturday in North Augusta on charges of obtaining controlled substances by fraud, The Jail Report has learned. Booked under his birth name of Alan Wade Smith, the 37-year-old Belvedere man spent 16 hours in jail before a bonding company helped him get out on a $5,000 bond. According to a North Augusta Department of Public...
Tiffiny Robinson
Collins Elementary secretary Tiffiny Robinson surrendered Wednesday afternoon on charges of having sex with a 15-year-old student at her school. Warrants accuse the 28-year-old woman of having sex with a 15-year-old student on New Year’s Day at a residence on Rasha Drive in Augusta. In addition, the arrest warrant says that on Saturday night, two days before Valentine’s Day, Robinson p...
David Dawkins
David Dawkins, paroled just three weeks ago, was shot and killed Thursday morning by Richmond County Deputy Bill Walker in the parking lot of Bransford Town Homes. Sheriff Ronnie Strength said the officer stopped a vehicle that was reported stolen. Walker fired after the 24-year-old driver fought with him and then pulled a gun. The investigation has been turned over to the Georgia Bureau...
Lonnie Moore
Augusta teen Lonnie Moore Jr. went from "visitor" to "inmate" at the Richmond County Jail on Saturday after a deputy caught him slipping marijuana under a counter during visitation, authorities said. The 19 year old gave himself away when he put the drugs under a counter and then moved seats to continue his visit with half-brother Gregory Humphrey. Confronted with a plastic bag holding 1...
