Augusta, GA
Augusta man missing for more than a week, family seeks answers
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A 74-year-old Augusta man has been missing for more than a week, and his family says they are desperate for answers.
Alex Paulos was last seen on Ring camera footage on Ansley Court on April 8. Richmond County deputies said he was driving a white Nissan Frontier pickup truck with a license plate reading RPV-4222. The last reported sighting of him was in his neighborhood.
Neighbors Shay and Rodger Byers have lived across the street from Paulos for years and say they spoke with him often.
“Alex is always a gift for gab,” Rodger Byers said. “When he came over, I realized that there was more to his visit than just paying us for lawn care. And so I started talking to him for about 3 hours.”
Byers said Paulos was struggling before his disappearance.
“Alex was pretty distraught about the condition of his home,” Byers said. “I was really concerned about Alex’s mental state. I offered multiple times, probably 20 times to get him help.”
Both neighbors and family say his mental state and lack of communication are fueling their concern. A neighbor and close friend called his daughter, and that call sparked the search. Before that, the family says Paulos had been struggling with his home situation and the recent loss of his brother.
“There’s just been a lot going on for him mentally and emotionally,” said Jennifer Lewis, Paulos’s daughter. “If you know him, you know that he is bubbly and fun and doesn’t meet a stranger.”
Lewis said the family is trying to remain hopeful.
“I’m an optimistic person, so I want to try to stay as optimistic as I can,” Lewis said. “I mean, but yeah, we’re worried. I mean, it’s just a long time.”
The family says since posting on Facebook, they have received an outpouring of support from the community, including people resharing the post, which has been especially helpful during this time.
Anyone who has seen Alex Paulos or his white Nissan Frontier is asked to call Richmond County deputies.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Olu Brown visited Augusta on Friday evening, stopping near the Sand Hills Community Center as early voting continues.
Brown is one of six candidates in the Democratic primary.
Campaign priorities
Brown said his vision as governor would focus on three main areas.
“One, it’s affordability around health care and making sure we expand Medicaid and expand Peach Care and make sure we continue to make our rural health care systems healthy and vital,” Brown said. “Number two, we’ve got to address education in all of Georgia, making sure every kid in Georgia gets an excellent education, and we’re paying our teachers more. And number 3, we’re protecting the rights of all women. Folks in the Gold Dome shouldn’t be making decisions about their bodies or the choices that they make.”
Brown is running against Amanda Duffy, Derrick Jackson, Geoff Duncan, Jason Esteves, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mike Thurmond.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – An Augusta Prep student was arrested on a charge of terroristic threats over a picture of a LEGO gun he posted on social media.
It happened Wednesday, according to an incident report from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
Eric Hedinger, the principal of Augusta Preparatory Day School, told deputies a student had uploaded a picture to Snapchat of a “pistol” with the caption “shooting up the school so I don`t have to take the stats exam tomorrow. Don`t come yall!”
The principal said he spoke to the student and his father about the photo.
The principal also provided deputies with the student’s address in Grovetown.
A deputy went there and was told by the student that the “pistol” was a LEGO set that he had built.
He also said the comment he made was supposed to be a joke because he was not looking forward to taking his Advanced Placement statistics test this week.
The student showed the deputy the box that the LEGO set came in, and how the set was already disassembled.
The deputy also looked in the boy’s room to make sure he was not in possession of any weapons.
The mother advised that there was one firearm in the residence but it was locked up.
The deputy contacted Judge Leslie Morgan and she issued a warrant for terroristic threats.
The student, age 18, was taken into custody and transported to the Columbia County Detention Center.
News 12 is not reporting his name or publishing his photo since the LEGO gun could not have actually harmed anyone.
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