Augusta, GA
Family seeks community help in finding missing Augusta man
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Demon Parrish disappeared without a trace on Monday, and now his family is desperate to find him.
On Friday, family and friends searched the last known area he was in.
Sonya Jackson is an aunt holding on to hope as groups search for any sign of her nephew.
“They are out here searching for any bag, suspicious bag, or whatever. I can’t do it. Me personally because I don’t want to see nothing,” said Jackson.
Demon ‘Poke’ Parrish is a 31-year-old son, brother, father and hairstylist with many talents.
“He is funny. He can cook. He can sing. Oh man, he can sing. He does hair and he gives the best shampoos,” said Jackson.
If he’s not with his family, Jackson says he’s communicating through social media.
But as of Tuesday, Jackson says there’s been nothing but silence.
“When I texted him Tuesday night before I went to bed, if I don’t get a text and if I don’t wake up at like one o’clock in the morning, pick up my phone, and he’s responded, then I’ll get a text the next day. But I didn’t get that text,” said Jackson.
Demon was last seen on Mill Street, wearing pink sweat pants and a black hoodie.
Jackson says he’s not the type to leave his child and business without a trace.
“My niece knew something was up when his car was pinging around this location,” she said.
The search around his last location continues and they are calling on the community for help.
“If anyone knows anything, if you’ve heard something or you’ve seen anything, please call the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office,” said Jackson.
Demon Parrish is described as 6 foot 1 inch tall and weighs 230 pounds. His family says he had locks in his hair the last time they saw him.
Anyone with information concerning Parrish is urged to call 706-821-1020 or 706-821-1080.
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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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