Augusta, GA
Augusta suspect arrested after 2022 Olmstead Homes murder
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A fourth suspect is now in custody, and another remains sought by Florida deputies after an October 2022 murder in Augusta.
Lawrence Markese Stephens, 21, was booked into the Charles B. Webster Detention Center on Wednesday on a grand jury arrest warrant.
We’ve requested an updated mugshot for Stephens from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office released a wanted poster for Stephens in January 2023.
At that time, Stephens had active warrants for murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, deputies said.
Another suspect in the October 2022 murder at the Olmstead Homes is thought to be in Florida.
Authorities in Clay County, just south of Jacksonville, sent out an alert that Jamari K. Williams, 20, was believed to be in the Orange Park area.
Both are suspects in the Oct. 15, 2022, fatal shooting of 22-year-old Kyan Michael Bowie in the 2100 block of B Street.
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Bowie was shot around 9:20 p.m. while sitting in a white Kia and died at a hospital.
Williams is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall with short dreadlocked hair and weighing 150 pounds.
Previously arrested were Jaquez Kiandre Davis, Diriuss Antonio Redd Jr. and Evyn O’Conner.
Anyone with information on Williams, contact Clay County Sheriff’s Office at 904-264-6512. People can remain anonymous and submit a SaferWatch tip or contact First Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS (8477) and be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $3,000 if the information given in the tip leads to an arrest.
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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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