A young shoplifting suspect who died while in custody of the Aiken County Jail suffered a non-traumatic brain injury, the coroner said.

Connie M. Presley, 24, of Matthews, Ga. (shown at right from her Facebook page) , was at the jail at 4:15 a.m. Friday when she went into medical distress. Deputies and medical personnel began life saving measures while Aiken County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) was notified, jail Capt Nick Gallam said in a press release.

EMS arrived at the Detention Center around 4:23 a.m. Friday. EMS transported Presley to Aiken Regional Medical Center, where she was treated, but passed away Friday afternoon.

“It was determined that Ms. Presley had a significant brain injury which was non traumatic in nature,” Coroner Tim Carlton said. “No foul play is suspected at this time.”

SLED has been brought in to investigate, Capt. Gallam said.

Presley was arrested Thursday by the sheriff’s office on suspicion of shoplifting. She has a history of theft and shoplifting in Richmond County, according to county
records.

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An Augusta man’s been charged with murder in Thursday’s shooting death of a supervisor of Teleperformance, but authorities are still seeking more suspects.

Marquise Terrell Yarbary, 24 (shown above), has been in jail since early Friday morning on a magistrate’s court bench warrant, but authorities have now connected him to the slaying of 29-year-old Randy Ramos (pictured at right). The victim was short once in the chest in the call center parking lot, which is near Augusta Mall.

Investigators say they developed information Sunday leading to the murder charge.

“Sheriff’s Office investigators are continuing the investigation and working to identify additional suspects involved in the incident,” sheriff’s Lt. Allan Rollins said in a press release.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Investigative Division at 706-821-1020 during business hours or Dispatch 706-821-1080 after hours.  All calls can be held confidentially.

Ramos was fatally shot Thursday afternoon in the Teleperformance parking lot near the mall. He was shot once and was pronounced dead at GRU Hospital at 6:13 p.m Thursday. Co-workers of Ramos say he was a great supervisor at Teleperformance and had one son.

Yarbary has a history of violence in Richmond County, including charges of armed robbery, aggravated assault, weapon possession and theft by receiving stolen property. In a 2012 case, he was accused of holding a handgun to a young teenager and threatening to kill “whoever called the police on him” about a robbery.

Judges have given him probation in every case, according to online records.

Yarbary is being held without bond at the Richmond County Jail.

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Two dumb crooks who broke into the Dollar General store in Aiken were caught after returning to the store for more, authorities said.

Justin Morse, 24 (with goatee), and Kevin Walton, 22 (long hair), were caught early Monday for burglary after entering two businesses on York Street NW.

The pair had apparently broken into a vacant business and made a hole in a shared wall near the cosmetics section of the Dollar General store to get inside, where they stole cigarettes and other items, police say.

While investigating the crime, officers heard a noise and captured Morse and Walton, who matched the description of the burglars seen on the video surveillance camera, authorities say.

“Both suspects were found to have items matching what had been reported stolen during the burglary in their possession,” a press release says. “Investigators believe the suspects were not aware of the police presence in front of the business, and were returning to the incident location for another round of theft.”

Both subjects are currently being held in the Aiken County Detention Center.

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An Augusta man was arrested Friday for a 2014 crime that left a 5-year-old girl with cigarette burns on her back and bruises on her eyes.

 (This is one story in this week’s Jail Report, which is sold in local stores.)

Jamez Hubbard, 22, was charged with cruelty to children in the first degree, according to a Richmond County Sheriff’s report.

The child’s mother left the girl in the care of a cousin on July 25, 2014, so she could work the third shift at Walmart. The cousin lives at the mother’s house on Windsor Spring Road house in Hephzibah and had her boyfriend, Hubbard, there with her, the report said.

The mother returned just after 7 a.m. but she went straight to bed and did not see the injuries until she got up at 3 p.m. Her little girl had burn marks on her lower back that appeared to be from cigarettes. A deputy also saw that she had bruises on her eyes, the report said.

The mother said that when she confronted Hubbard he began stuttering and said “It ain’t like you say.” The woman ordered Hubbard to get out. He did leave his iPhone behind, which was collected by a sheriff’s investigator, the report said.

Hubbard’s girlfriend claimed she did not hear anything during the night except for a “quiet slap.”

The deputy drove the mother and child to University Hospital so that the girl could be treated. A caseworker with the Department of Family and Children Services was also notified, the report said.

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Aiken County Sheriff Michel Hunt is asking for the community’s help in identifying a suspect in the horrific double murder of a beloved Jackson couple.

The sheriff’s office formed a task force with SLED as they continue to aggressively investigate the shooting deaths of Navy veteran Louis Baker Cochran and his wife Sandra Cochran. The couple and their dog were found dead at their Green Pond Road home on Dec. 8, but it has been estimated that they had been for three days.

VIDEO OF PRESS CONFERENCE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhBVnseyYP0

Louis Cochran  was found outside at the back of the home while Sandra Cochran and the dog were inside. It is not known how the killer got in because there was no sign of doors or windows being forced open.

At today’s news conference, Sheriff Hunt stressed that the person or persons involved are dangerous and could hurt anyone who knows or suspects their involvement.

“The suspect(s) continues to pose a danger, not only to other persons, but also family members and friends close to them,” he said, during the morning event held at the Aiken County Detention Center. “It is possible that they may strike out violently and unpredictably against those they care about the most.”

The sheriff said it has been their experience that someone close to the person or persons who committed the crime may have an indication about their involvement.

He stressed that family members or friends may find it difficult to give information to law enforcement but said the tip may be key to preventing another tragic death.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Cochran Homicide Task Force. You can call the  tip line and leave a message on the voice mail. The tip line number is 803-507-1437. You do not have to leave your name, but if you would like to talk to an investigator, you are asked to leave your name and number.

You may also email your information. The email address is: investigations@aikencountysheriff.org.

Citizens also have the option of calling in a tip to CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-888-CRIME-SC or www.sccrimestoppers.com .

The sheriff released no new details today saying it would not be appropriate because of the ongoing investigation.

For example, the sheriff would not say where the couple’s car was found. Their red 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spider, which has a tan top, was taken and has since been recovered.

And the home was burglarized, but information about what was taken has not been released.

“Evidence indicates that the subjects spent time ransacking and stealing from the home after murdering the Cochrans,” Sheriff Hunt said.

When asked whether any of the items had shown up in local pawn shops, the sheriff said he could not comment.

And there is still the question of the motive behind the crime and why this elderly couple was targeted.

Sheriff Hunt did say that they have interviewed witnesses, but he said their are others in the community who also have information and who need to come forward.

“It is also likely that others saw or heard something significant between the dates of Dec. 4 through Dec. 8 regarding the murders and at the time, they may not have recognized it as being relevant to the case,” the sheriff said. “Sometimes the smallest piece of evidence can make the biggest impact in a case.”

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A Wrens police officer was arrested Thursday on accusations that he had obscene contact on the Internet with someone he believed to be a juvenile.

Officer Brett Smith, 31, was arrested Thursday morning by the GBI on a Grand Jury Arrest Warrant that includes five counts against him:

• 3 counts: Obscene Contact with a Child
• 2 counts: Obscene Internet Contact with a Child

GBI Agent Leigh Brooks said Smith began communicating with someone online a year ago that he believed to be an underage girl. But he was actually communicating with an undercover GBI agent. Smith is accused of having obscene contact with the “underage girl” over the last year, according to Brooks, who works with the GBI’s Child Exploitation And Computer Crimes Unit.

Smith was employed at Wrens Police Department in Jefferson County, but he was immediately suspended after his arrest. He resides in Thomson. He was jailed without bond in Columbia County, suggesting the crimes may have occurred there.

Wrens Police officials released this statement after the arrest:

“The City of Wrens has suspended Brett Chapman Smith from employment while the City conducts an internal investigation into the allegations.”

The charge of “Obscene Internet Contact with a Child” is described this way in the Georgia law:

A person commits the offense of obscene Internet contact with a child if he or she has contact with someone he or she knows to be a child or with someone he or she believes to be a child via a computer on-line service or Internet service, including but not limited to a local bulletin board service, Internet chat room, e-mail, or on-line messaging service, and the contact involves any matter containing explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexually explicit nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse that is intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desire of either the child or the person, provided that no conviction shall be had for a violation of this subsection on the unsupported testimony of a child.
(2) Any person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or by a fine of not more than $10,000.00; provided, however, that, if at the time of the offense the victim was 14 or 15 years of age and the defendant was no more than three years older than the victim, then the defendant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.

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A second suspect’s been arrested in last week’s shooting death of a supervisor of Teleperformance call center in Augusta, and he’s a local teen with a history of gun charges.

Tarez Gordon, 18, of Augusta (above), was taken into custody Friday night at a residence on Shalimar Drive. He’s been charged with murder, armed robbery and weapon possession in the Dec. 10th slaying of 29-year-old Randy Ramos (pictured at right).

Authorities have already charged 24-year-old Marquise Yarbary (pictured) with the murder, and they are working to identify additional suspects in the killing.

The victim was shot in the chest in the call center parking lot, which is near Augusta Mall. Co-workers of Ramos say he was a great supervisor at Teleperformance and had one son.

WGAC’s Austin Rhodes has reported that the shooting was a “targeted hit,” citing sources close to the investigation who say Ramos had dealings with the suspects. Authorities say two suspects likely fired the shots at Teleperformance with a third driving the getaway car.

Why was he free? The fact that Gordon was free to participate in the murder is surprising since he was charged last year with possession of a pistol by someone under 18. He was 17 at the time. In February 2015, Judge Patricia Booker gave him 12 months of probation in that case. Yet, just two months later, he was AGAIN charged with gun possession as well as theft by taking, theft by receiving stolen property and marijuana possession. Judge Booker again slapped him on the wrist with more probation.

A report says Gordon’s second arrest came after he stole a .38-caliber revolver from his grandmother. Deputies who took the grandmother’s report said that Gordon was often seen by residents of Providence Place Apartments carrying guns, and worse, breaking into apartments there. Yet deputies said he “has not been caught because he always leaves before police can arrive,” a sheriff’s report said.

Gordon is proud of his criminal behavior. A public search shows Gordon has a Facebook page that shows him posing with a gun (right), flashing gang signs and displaying a supply of bullets.

The other murder suspect – Yarbary – was also free on probation despite multiple convictions.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Investigative Division at 706-821-1020 during business hours or Dispatch 706-821-1080 after hours.  All calls can be held confidentially. 

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A Walmart shoplifter was tasered in the back while fleeing a Richmond County deputy, and his face paid the price.

Robert Lee Lewis, 51, of Hephzibah, attempted the “Garden-Center exit” on Friday evening after loading up a $139 microwave, $60 jumper box and two bottles of anti-freeze in a cart and not paying.

Deputy Steven Bell was working special duty at the Dean’s Bridge Walmart when an employee alerted him to the scam, a sheriff’s report says. The deputy grabbed Lewis but the suspect tried to flee, slipping out of his jacket in the process.

“I then deployed my Taser and the probes struck Mr. Lewis in the back,” Deputy Bell wrote in his report. “As Mr. Lewis was energized, his momentum caused him to call forward to the ground.”

Authorities called for an ambulance, and Lewis was taken to University Hospital for treatment. The stolen items were recovered, and Lewis was eventually booked into the Richmond County Jail for shoplifting and obstruct of an officer.

Lewis is shown here (at right) from an earlier arrest in December before his face was injured. In this Dec. 5 arrest, he was charged with driving while license suspended and giving false info to police.

(Don’t forget to pick up the current issue of The Jail Report, which is sold in local stores. A new issue comes out Wednesday.)

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A Grovetown man employed at an Edgefield prison was arrested Friday on allegations he beat his three sons with sticks and kept them in a basement for long periods of time with no bathroom, authorities said.

Brian Diggs Sr., 31, had already lost custody of the three boys once the allegations surfaced last month. An investigation led to a search of his home and finally his arrest Friday on six counts of child cruelty against the boys, ages 5, 6, and 9.

The allegations against Diggs surfaced Nov. 18 at the children’s schools and through DFACS. The reports said on many occasions Diggs “beats the juvenile with sticks, ties them up with tape, makes them sleep in the basement and deprives them of food and water,” according to a sheriff’s report.

Warrants are more specific, saying Diggs used a belt and whip on the boys, causing lacerations and bleeding. He would place the boys in an unfinished basement of his home for extended periods of time without a working toilet, the warrants say. The warrants say this abuse took place for at least the last 15 months.

Sheriff’s Capt. Andy Shedd said they were able to confirm most of those allegations in their search of his home. The children were checked by a doctor.

Capt. Shedd said he is not sure why it took so long for the abuse claims to make it to the sheriff’s office. “We started investigating this the moment we received notification from a school social worker,” he said. “We had never received any reports prior to this from DFACS.”

According to the sheriff’s report, Diggs works as a prison guard at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Edgefield. His employment status was not immediately available.

A LinkedIn page identified Diggs as an Army soldier, serving as Military Police for the past 14 years.

Diggs remains in the Columbia County Detention Center.

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How bad is mall parking?

So bad that an Evans man parked in the fire lane at the Augusta Mall on Sunday night and then claimed to be a policeman in order to keep the spot.

“I’m a police officer. I am not moving my vehicle,” Jake Personnius told a mall cop.

The mall cop called the sheriff’s office to investigate the odd claim, and Deputy Thomas Paquette found the suspect nearby at Buca di Beppo Restaurant. (Facebook picture at right)

“Who do you work for?” Deputy Paquette asked the man.

“I am a retired Police Officer from Albany, New York,” said Personnius.

Deputy Paquette told the “officer” that he still had to move. But then Deputy Paquette spotted the driver’s wallet with a badge that said “Dignitary Protection Agent.”

Personnius, 41, then confessed that he wasn’t employed by a police department but was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police.

“I read Mr. Personnius his Miranda Rights,” the deputy said in his report. “Mr. Personnius further stated he has never been a Police Officer.”

The deputy found a second gold badge in the center console cup holder of the man’s vehicle that had the words “Deputy United States Marshall” on it. Personnius claimed that a friend gave it to him.

After determining the man was not a police officer, the real deputy charged Personnius with impersonating a police officer and took him to jail. And the man’s vehicle was towed from the mall.

Note: See more crime stories in a new Jail Report, which hits stands on Wednesday, Dec. 23.  

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This guy is accused of using cloned credit cards at various stores in Columbia County to buy cartons of Newport cigarettes.

The suspect was observed on video surveillance at various Circle K locations, a Kroger location and a Sprint Foods location, according to authorities.

The suspect was also observed on video surveillance driving a dark, newer model Hyundai Sonata.

Know who he is? Please call the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office at 706-541-2800.

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An Augusta boy shot his sister in the stomach while playing with a gun Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

Deputies answered a call to the 700 Block of East Chapman Street regarding an injured child. They quickly learned that a 12-year-old girl had been shot once in her stomach “as a result of her 13 year old brother playing with a loaded weapon,” Sgt. Michael Shane McDaniel Sr said in a press release.

The 12 year old child has since been transported to Georgia Regents University for medical treatment and has been listed in stable condition.

“It is unknown if charges will be filed at this time according to Richmond County Sheriff’s Investigators. Further details will be forthcoming when available,” Sgt. McDaniel said.

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A convicted sex offender at Augusta State Medical Prison is facing more time after his arrest for raping another inmate in the gym bathroom, authorities said.

(For more crime news, pick up this week’s Jail Report. It is sold in local stores.)

Isaac Reynolds, who is serving time for child molestation and aggravated sodomy, is accused of assaulting a 48-year-old man in the gym bathroom earlier this year and anally raping him, according to a warrant.

The arrest adds another stain on the prison, where an inmate died last year after being repeatedly stabbed by a fellow inmate. Tyrafred Amira Campbell was charged with murder in the death of Shannon Levi Grier.

And in 2011, inmate Inmate Antonio Wiley was found stabbed to death. Three inmates were charged with murder in that case.

In the rape case, Reynolds, 28, was formally charged with aggravated sodomy for the prison rape last week in Columbia County since the prison is located in Grovetown. He was transferred to the Columbia County Detention Center on Dec. 15.

Reynolds has been in state prison since 2007 when he was 20 years old. He is serving a 25-year sentence for molesting a child in 2007 and a separate 20-year sentence for aggravated sodomy in 2006. Both of those crimes occurred in Floyd County, Georgia.

How common is prison rape? A U.S. Department of Justice report an estimated 4.0% of state and federal prison inmates and 3.2% of jail inmates in 2011-2012 reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff over a 12-month period.

In 2012, the U.S. Justice department issued nationally enforceable protocols to all correctional institutions to expand upon the provisions of the 2003 PREA ACT. The move is an effort to prevent, detect and respond to prison rape more effectively. The measure includes numerous provisions, such as barring juveniles from being housed with adult inmates, a ban on cross-gender pat-down searches, video monitoring and special attention to lesbian, gay, transgender or bisexual inmates vulnerable to abuse.

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An Aiken man defended a violent assault on his 13-year-old step-daughter Monday as discipline, authorities said.

“I was simply disciplining my kid,” Ivan Jay Jr., reportedly told an officer after being arrested. “If I don’t discipline my kids, y’all will.”

(For more crime news, pick up this week’s Jail Report. It is sold in local stores.)

According to an Aiken incident report, Jay confessed to a violent assault on the girl. He said his step-daughter came at him swinging, so he pushed her. He then struck her on the shoulder,  pushed her in the neck and kicked her in the rear end, a report says.

A witness called police and told them about the assault at the home on Carver Terrace. Cops found Jay to be drunk with blood shot eyes and slurred speech, a report says.

The victim told police that Jay assaulted her during an argument over a cell phone. She claimed Jay put her in a headlock and repeatedly struck her on the top of her head with his fist. She refused medical treatment.

Jay was arrested for child cruelty and an outstanding warrant for malicious injury to property.

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An Augusta man left his 6-year-old daughter at home alone for over two hours Monday to hang out and smoke with friends at a convenience store, authorities said.

(For more crime news, pick up the most recent copy of The Jail Report. It is sold in local stores.)

Earnest Lee Watkins Jr., 27, was arrested after the girl was found playing by herself in a breezeway outside her apartment at High Pointe Crossing Apartments, according to a sheriff’s report. An apartment manager called the sheriff’s office after finding the girl at 11:30 a.m. Monday.

The girl’s mother was at work and told authorities Watkins was supposed to leave the girl with a friend while he reported to to Fort Gordon for duty with the U.S. Army at 9 a.m., a report says. But Watkins was not at work; he was hanging with friends at the CK Store.

Watkins showed up at home at 1 p.m. Tuesday and lied three times about where he was, including a story about leaving the girl at the playground with friends. But the girl told officers she had never been at the playground.

Finally, Watkins confessed that “he had driven to CK Mart and hung out and smoked several cigarettes while talking to several different people,” the report says.

Watkins was charged with deprivation of a minor. DFACS officials were notified.

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A young cashier at a Martinez Wendy’s restaurant has been charged with theft after a customer complained that they had been charged twice for the same meal.

(This is one of many stories in the new issue of The  Jail Report, sold in local gas stations. Pick up your copy today.)

Dontreia Crawford, 18, of Evans, was arrested last Monday and charged with theft by taking.

According to a sheriff’s report, a manager of the Washington Road restaurant was notified by a customer of being billed twice in November for the same meal. The store realized Crawford had double-swiped several customer credit cards and debit cards, the report says.

The manager went back and watched video footage from Nov. 5-6 and saw Crawford take money from the register and double-swipe customer cards.

At the time of the report, Crawford still worked at the Wendy’s location. The manager said she would compile a list of all the customers whose cards were double-swiped.

Crawford – shown here from Facebook – was picked up last week and booked into the Columbia County Detention Center.

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A convicted killer serving time at the Augusta State Medical Prison was charged last week with stabbing a fellow inmate in the neck with a homemade weapon, the latest violence to come from the Grovetown facility.

(This is one of many stories in the new issue of The  Jail Report, sold in local gas stations. Pick up your copy today.)

Joshua Barnes, 30, is accused of stabbing inmate Carlos Little in the neck down to the bone, according to a warrant. In addition, Barnes stabbed the victim in the arms multiple times as well as the back, cheek and chest, but he survived.

The stabbing occurred Dec. 7th, but Barnes wasn’t charged until last Wednesday, when he was transferred to the Columbia County Detention Center to be formally booked for aggravated assault.

Barnes was being held at the medical prison for a Fulton County murder and other charges from a 2012 incident. (He is pictured at right in his official prison mugshot.)

According to Atlanta media reports, Barnes killed 60-year-old John Johnson in a car near Dahlia Avenue when he was shot in the head. Later, Barnes was aiming at an Atlanta police officer when the bullet he fired hit a woman’s house.  The bullet went through her front window, tore through the curtains and chipped a door frame before hitting the bathroom wall.

Little, the victim in the prison stabbing, was serving time for armed robberies that occurred in Chatham County. He required several surgeries after this month’s stabbing.

The stabbing is the latest in a string of violence at the prison. Another man, featured in last week’s Jail Report, was arrested for a prison rape at ASMP.

Isaac Reynolds, who is serving time for child molestation and aggravated sodomy, is accused of assaulting a 48-year-old man in the gym bathroom earlier this year and anally raping him, according to a warrant.

Reynolds, 28, was formally charged with aggravated sodomy for the prison rape earlier this month in Columbia County since the prison is located in Grovetown. He was transferred to the Columbia County Detention Center on Dec. 15.

Reynolds has been in state prison since 2007 when he was 20 years old. He is serving a 25-year sentence for molesting a child in 2007 and a separate 20-year sentence for aggravated sodomy in 2006. Both of those crimes occurred in Floyd County.

Augusta State Medical Prison is the same facility where an inmate died last year after being repeatedly stabbed by a fellow inmate. Tyrafred Amira Campbell was charged with murder in the death of Shannon Levi Grier in that case.

And in 2011, Inmate Antonio Wiley was found stabbed to death. Three inmates were charged with murder in that case.

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An underage drunk driver struck and killed a 15-year-old Aiken boy who was walking Sunday night on an isolated road near New Ellenton, authorities said.

Raymond Burns, 20, of Aiken, left the scene after the fatal collision about 8 p.m. but later turned himself in to the S.C. Highway Patrol, according to Coroner Tim Carlton.  The victim, 15-year-old David Crutchfield (pictured at right), had been walking on North Street when he was struck by Burns’ Dodge Durango.

Burns has been charged with felony DUI, leaving the scene with death and driving under suspension. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple body trauma, the coroner said.

This isn’t Burns first problem with alcohol. Burns (right) was featured in The Jail Report over the summer after being charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and an open container violation. He also has previous traffic charges from last summer for texting while driving, no proof of insurance and driving without a license.

Friends of the victim are already remembering him on social media:

• “Rest in peace, David Crutchfield. Another teenager gone too soon. Prayers go out to the family and friends of David. You will be missed!” – Marihelen Burton
• “It seems like Silver Bluff has been going through the most..and it just doesn’t stop. Prayers go out to David Crutchfield’s family. Rest in Peace. We will miss you!” – Caitlyn Trotter
• “Thoughts and prayers going out to the friends and family of David Crutchfield. Rest easy bud. You’ll be missed.” – Dana Dorn
• “Man woke up do my normal stuff for school mama came in the bathroom she was like are you sad and I said why would I be sad then she tells me David Crutchfield died last night. It put me in tears to know my friend won’t be on this earth anymore that was my boy its crazy I had seen you at the mall looked fine and everything and now IMA be praying for you and your family another life taking to heaven Rest In Heaven David Crutchfield.” – Raymond Bagley

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Columbia County authorities need your help to identify suspects in two cases. In both cases, the men are pictured from surveillance images.

In the first case, shown at right, the man in the hat is accused of shoplifting from the Walmart on Bobby Jones Expressway on Dec. 23, according to authorities.

In the second case, this young man is accused of stealing two iPhones from the Evans AT&T store in Mullins Crossing. Both phones were valued at $1,400, according to authorities.

If you can help with identifying either man, please call the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office at 706-541-2800.

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