Augusta, GA
Ex-teacher’s aide accused of licking boy’s foot, molesting several children
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/Grey Information) – A grand jury in Georgia indicted a former instructor’s aide on a number of counts months after he was arrested on suspicion of licking a younger boy’s toes. He’s accused of molesting a number of different kids.
An indictment exhibits 25-year-old Caurey Rollins is accused of molesting a number of children throughout his time as a instructor’s aide at Glenn Hills Elementary Faculty in Augusta, Georgia. He faces eight baby molestation expenses, all inside a five-month interval.
Documentation despatched to WRDW says Richmond County faculties acquired data on Feb. 1 a few male paraprofessional instructor presumably touching feminine college students inappropriately. It lists 4 feminine victims.
Rollins can also be accused of sucking, licking and kissing the foot of a 7-year-old boy on Jan. 14 at City Air Journey Park. After that incident, he was arrested and charged with non-aggravated baby molestation.
Rollins was positioned on administrative go away with out pay on Jan. 17 whereas the district investigated the alleged incident at City Air. Lower than three weeks later, he despatched an electronic mail stating he was resigning from his place as a result of scenario at hand and that it could be in his finest curiosity to step down and search totally different employment.
The district employed Rollins on Aug. 11, 2022, as a basic paraprofessional. His contract was set for 10 months, however he resigned after 5.
A few of his obligations included serving as an assistant to the instructor and aiding with the supervision of scholars whereas selling actions to boost the social, emotional, mental and bodily improvement of scholars. One other accountability was to keep up the identical excessive degree of moral conduct and confidentiality of details about college students as anticipated by the instructor.
In a press release, Superintendent Dr. Kenneth Bradshaw stated the varsity system cooperated absolutely with legislation enforcement of their investigation of Rollins. He additionally confirmed an inner investigation was performed after the district was notified of the alleged incident at City Air.
“The security and safety of our college students is of the utmost significance to us,” Bradshaw wrote.
A baby molestation jail sentence is wherever from 5 to twenty years for one depend, based on Youngster Enrichment. If discovered responsible on all eight counts and sentenced to the utmost, Rollins is 160 years behind bars.
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Augusta, GA
2 slain in separate overnight shootings in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Two people died overnight in Richmond County in unrelated shootings – Augusta’s second and third homicides since Hurricane Helene struck the city a little over a week ago.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to the parking lot of El Presidente, located at 2 Eighth Street, in reference to a shooting at 7:54 p.m.
Deputies say upon arrival, they located a male who had been shot at least one time.
The victim succumbed to his injuries.
Arthur Braxton, 32, of Aiken, was pronounced dead at 8:45 p.m. on the scene, according to the Richmond County Coroner’s Office.
Deputies say a subject has been detained.
The second shooting happened at Oakview Place Apartments.
At 3:03 a.m. Saturday, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting at the 3500 block of Oakview Place.
Stephon Jones, 22, who lives at the complex, was shot at least once.
Jones was pronounced dead at 4:10 a.m. Saturday.
The two shootings are unrelated, according to the Richmond Coroner’s Office.
Autopsies have been scheduled for both victims.
The shootings are Augusta’s second and third homicides since Helene.
Last Saturday, a male victim was fatally shot in the chest at 10th and Florence streets.
The shootings come amid an outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed more than 180 lives in two and a half years across the CSRA.
The crime outbreak has affected communities large and small, but as the biggest city in the region, Augusta has been hit especially hard.
Authorities have blamed much of the problem on gangs.
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Augusta, GA
1 dead after shooting on 8th Street in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – One person has died after a shooting on 8th Street in Augusta on Friday, according to authorities.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to the parking lot of El Presidente, located at 2 8th Street, in reference to a shooting at 7:54 p.m.
Deputies say upon arrival, they located a male who had been shot at least one time.
The victim succumbed to his injuries, according to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies say a subject has been detained.
Investigators say they were still on the scene at 9:11 p.m.
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Augusta, GA
1 year later, man charged with murder in Louisville fatal shooting
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – A man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the death of a 43-year-old man in Louisville back in 2023, according to authorities.
On Aug. 30, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office obtained an arrest warrant for Samuel Dontez Lewis, 36, of Midville.
Authorities say he is charged with the murder of Roosevelt Alexander Jr., the victim who was shot and killed in the early morning hours of June 2, 2023.
Around 2:45 a.m., the Jefferson County 911 center says they received a call for help concerning a man who’d been shot.
Deputies stated they arrived within minutes and discovered the victim dead outside a residence in the 1100 block of Wren Lane.
Lewis was arrested in Palm Beach, Fla. on Wednesday.
He will be extradited from Florida to the Jefferson County Jail at a later date, according to officials.
Anyone with any information related to this homicide is asked to please contact the JCSO Criminal Investigative Division at 478-625-7538 or the GBI Region 7 office at 706-595-2575.
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