Cover Issue 417
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...
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...
