While local media were covering the Masters tournament, The Jail Report was getting all the scoops on local crime for this week’s paper. It’s on stands today (and will be on news stands through Tuesday, April 22nd).

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Headlines from this week’s paper:

* Man Pleasures Himself in New Ellenton Convenience Store

* Jackson Man Killed Over $5 in Drugs!

* Aiken Middle School Employee Accused of Stealing T-shirt Funds

* North Augusta Mom Who is Accused of Killing Husband Was Growing Marijuana in Home!

* Sheriff Roundtree Explains Why Boosie Concert was Cancelled

* Who Killed Zykeith? Cops Have Leads

* Augusta Tax Scammer is Busted & Another is Wanted

* Augusta Church Uses Hidden Camera to Catch Thief

* Grovetown Flasher Arrested Again After Exposing Himself in View of Park Visitors

* Martinez Woman Comes to AA Building Drunk & Lands in Jail

CHURCH STORY:

Tyler Paul Toliver  might want to use his current stint in jail to do some serious praying because he’s accused of stealing from the Big Guy – God.

Toliver, 18, of Patiller Road, Hephzibah, was arrested last Wednesday and was charged with five counts of theft by taking for his late-night visits to the donation box at a Peach Orchard Road church, a Richmond County Sheriff’s report said.

The staff at the Gospel Believers Chapel noticed that their collections in a donation lock box dropped during March.

The church set up a hidden camera and caught Toliver stealing from the box using a knife blade with something sticky on it to pull money out, the report said.

Toliver mug: http://augustacrime.com/tyler-toliver

Two men dressed as women have been charged with shoplifting two 39-inch TVs from the Martinez Walmart.

It took authorities five days to identify and arrest the thieves, but Columbia County authorities have charged 24-year-old Andre Hill of Augusta (left) and 22-year-old Christopher Elzey of Augusta (right) with felony shoplifting in the theft of the Emerson flat-screen TVs, valued at $400 each.

According to a sheriff’s report, the shoplifting occurred at 2 a.m. on April 11. Three days later, a loss prevention officer was reviewing surveillance tape from that day when he discovered the shoplifting.

“Two men dressed as females entered the store, grabbed a shopping cart, selected two TVs from off the shelf and exited the store, passing all points of sale,” according to a sheriff’s report.

The video also showed the cross-dressers had a getaway driver in a small red, four-door passenger vehicle.

Deputies didn’t have to look far for the person who destroyed three mailboxes on Peach Orchard Road over the weekend.

Joseph Ryan, 20, walked up to officers Sunday night and confessed, just as the officers were clearing the road of a damaged mailbox and post on the 3600 block of Peach Orchard Road.

“As officers approached the mailbox to remove it from the roadway, the suspect approached on foot and stated he broke the listed mailbox along with 2 others because he was angry with his girlfriend and wanted to go to jail because he had no where else to go,” a deputy wrote in his report. “Suspect further stated he was contemplating robbing the TPS Gas Station on Peach Orchard Road as well, but we arrived before he could complete the action.”

Deputies arrested the subject and transported him to jail for destroying mailboxes. He remains there today on a $3,500 bond.

MOTORCYCLE GANG BUSTED FOR HARASSING RIVAL BIKER IN EVANS

Five members of the Steel Horseman motorcycle gang have been arrested in Columbia County after they were caught on video confronting a rival gang member and forcing him to remove his jacket, according to authorities.

Those arrested include: Robert Deckert, 33, of Grovetown (from left, top row); Quinn Daniel Sharrow, 27, of Augusta; Daniel Cooper Inglett, 33, of Grovetown; (second row) Brock Wilson, 31, of Hephzibah, and Bradley Johnson, 43, of Evans. Each man was charged with felony false imprisonment, misdemeanor stalking and felony participation in criminal street gang activity. Bond was set at $18,800.

According to the sheriff’s report, a member of the Highway Gypsies motorcycle gang was at the Evans Cycle Center on March 7 when members of the rival gang confronted him.

“The subjects surrounded him outside his vehicle for several minutes, telling him that he was not supposed to be wearing his motorcycle jacket,” a sheriff’s report says.

The victim called deputies after the incident and showed them a video that his wife had taken on her phone.

The sheriff’s office wanted to stop the intimidation and aggressively investigated the matter, which led to this week’s arrests of the five men.

“It should come as a strong warning to all motorcycle gangs that violence, intimidation and causing fear to others will not be tolerated in Columbia County,” sheriff’s Capt. Steve Morris said.

A sheriff’s report says the suspects have a variety of jobs, including an operator for Augusta Utilities, an Army soldier, a Graniteville heavy equipment operator. One is unemployed and the other does not list an occupation.

This guy was seen taking a cell phone April 14 from the counter at the Raceway gas station at 3303 Peach Orchard Road in Augusta.

He is described as a while male, dark mustache, light complexion, 25-45 years old, 5’9″-5’11″ tall, slender, 160-175 pounds.

Know him? If you have information regarding the incident or the suspect’s name, please contact RCSO Deputy Angela Gates at 706-821-1088 or any on-call Investigator at 706-821-1080.

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Where is Reginald Forrest?

Forrest (pictured) is one of three suspects accused in last week’s drive-by shootings that injured two Augusta men on Brown Street and left them with injuries to the buttocks and feet.

Authorities have arrested suspects 21-year-old Fredrick Nelson and 26-year-old Carl Nipper and charged them each with two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

The victims, a 39-year-old man and 30-year-old man, told authorities they were on the porch at 1454 Brown Street at 8:30 p.m. last Wednesday when three men drove up in a vehicle and shot at them. The older victim suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks and the younger man was shot in the right foot and left hip. Both were treated at GRU Hospital.

Forrest is shown here in a previous mugshot, but authorities say he may now have short twists in his hair.

Anyone with information on Forrest’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 706-821-1080 or during business hours at 706-821-1020.  Callers may remain anonymous.

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An Augusta woman was stabbed to death over the weekend at her home and her boyfriend has been charged with murder, authorities said.

The victim was identified as 43-year-old Natty Ortiz-Ramos on the 2500 block of Lumpkin Road.

“The victim was stabbed multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene” at 2:11 a.m. Monday, Coroner Mark Bowen said in a press release.

The victim and boyfriend Nathan Mims were involved in a domestic dispute when Mims began assaulting Ortiz-Ramos then began stabbing her, sheriff’s Sgt. Shane McDaniel said. “Ortiz-Ramos succumbed to her injuries and passed away.  After the assault Mims stayed at the scene and surrendered to deputies.”

Mims, of the 200 block of Johnson Road in North Augusta, was treated for minor cuts and then booked into the Richmond County Jail for murder and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime.

The woman was living at the rented apartment with her small kids, the coroner said. The woman’s body was sent to the Atlanta GBI for an autopsy, which will take place Tuesday.

This is Richmond County’s 8^th murder of 2014.

Mims was charged in 2011 with possession of a sawed-off shotgun, theft by taking and simple battery – family violence. Prosecutors decided not to pursue the charges and later dropped them.

This guy asked a clerk at the Enmark station on Bobby Jones Expressway for two cartons of cigarettes and then runs off with them before paying.

He was a passenger in the car that came to the Martinez store.

Recognize him? Make him pay for his cigarettes like everyone else. Please call the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office at 706-541-2800.

A Grovetown mom was arrested Tuesday after creating a fake doctor’s note for missed school days by her 5-year-old daughter.

Starlet Redfern, 26, of Gulkana Court, Grovetown, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor after an investigation by the sheriff’s office.

Baker Place Elementary Principal Leeann Fleischauer notified authorities that the child had missed 24 unexcused days and 5 excused days.

“A medical excuse was presented for (the girl) on March 12 from Dr. Renew and school personnel verified with Dr. Renew’s office that it was a fake,” a sheriff’s report says.

In fact, the child was not even a patient at the doctor’s office listed on the note.

Authorities went to the child’s home, and found her living in “deplorable conditions,” sheriff’s Capt. Steve Morris said.

“Trash, debris, roaches,” Capt. Morris said. “DFACS was notified.”

Authorities say it appears the mother was just lazy and didn’t take the time to prepare her daughter for school. She tried to tell authorities that she was still recovering from moving to her new trailer in Grovetown.

Redfern has been released on $1,100 bond.

An Aiken couple were busted this week for attempted robbery after acting suspiciously outside Windsor Jewelers, including wearing a mask and parking in front of the business several times.

Vanessa Drummings, 20, and James Antonio Frazier, 18, were both charged with attempted armed robbery. Frazier was also charged with mask wearing, unlawful carrying a pistol, and possession of a firearm by convicted felon.

The couple were seen parking outside Windsor Jewelers on Jefferson Davis Highway in Beech Island.

“An employee of the business told investigators that the couple parked their car several times in front of the business,” sheriff’s Sgt. Jason Feemster said in a press release. “During those occasions he observed the male passenger … in the back seat of the vehicle with what appeared to be a red shirt wrapped around his face.”

Drummings, who was driving the car, came into the business and left. An employee then saw Frazier walk out from behind the business with the red shirt wrapped around his face and get into Drumming’s car.

The couple was later stopped by Aiken police and arrested for unrelated crimes. But an investigation into their actions led to the charge of attempted armed robbery.

Sgt. Feemster said all the elements were there to charge them based on their actions as employees watched their suspicious activity and thought “something’s not right” and “something’s fixing to go down.”

Aiken County authorities are hunting 20-year-old Christopher J. Griffin of Aiken for participating in the April 24th car break-ins in the Sage Creek subdivision.

He is one of two people suspected of using a stolen credit card at the Walmart and BP on Whiskey Road.

Several vehicles were entered in the Sage Creek subdivision in Graniteville on April 23-24. The suspects stole various items from vehicles.

Know where Griffin is? Please call the Sheriff’s Office at 803-648-6811 or Crime Stoppers at 888-CRIME-SC (888-274-6372).

A Fort Gordon soldier has been sentenced to 12 months in jail after being caught with child pornography, authorities said.

Joel Willis, 24, was booked Wednesday into the Aiken County Detention Center pending a move to a military discipline facility, according to spokeswoman Kathleen Haskell with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medical Center on Fort Gordon.

Willis was found to be in possession of pornographic images of minors and was brought before a military tribunal, which found him guilty. The soldier was given a bad conduct discharge, reduced in rank to E-1 and ordered to spend a year in a military discipline facility, Haskell said.

Willis was a soldier under the A-company of Dwight D. Eisenhower Medical Center, near Augusta. A Facebook page for the soldier says he studied nursing at a community college and joined the Army three years ago. He said he was working in patient administration.

“I do injured patients medical records and inprocess them and outprocess them,” Willis wrote in a Facebook post.

He is originally from Washington, D.C., according to his Facebook page.

This was released from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and Sgt. Monica Belser at 6:47 p.m. Monday:

On Monday, May 5th, 2014 at approximately 1300 hours, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office responded to Paine College to Haygood Hall at 1235 15th Street, Augusta Georgia in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, a male victim was found on the 3rd Floor with a gunshot wound to the head. The victim was transported to Georgia Regents University Hospital Trauma Center for what is reported as a life threatening injury.

Paine College was placed on lockdown and Deputies and Investigators interviewed witnesses identifying the shooting suspect. During a search of the dormitories, the suspect was apprehended and taken into custody. He is still pending charges at this time. The suspect is a 21 year old male. The suspect was purportedly involved in an altercation with the other student.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office will be augmenting the Paine College Police to provide additional safety and security at Paine College until further notice. No other students were injured in this incident. The Sheriff’s Office is investigating another shooting that occurred the previous evening where a student was injured by debris from a blast through the wall. This matter is being investigated as well.

This is a joint release between the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and Paine College Campus Police on an ongoing investigation in regards to this unfortunate incident.

The man accused of shooting a student in the head Monday  inside a Paine College classroom building has been arrested.

Xavier Cooper, 20, was charged late Monday with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime and weapons in school buildings. He is accused of shooting 21-year-old JaJuan Baker, a student from Wilmington, N.C.

Authorities say the shooting followed an argument between the suspect and victim. A report says Deputy Bradley Eagler rushed to the Paine College at 1 p.m. Monday after reports of shots being fired at Haygood-Holsey Hall, a classroom and office building. The deputy found the victim bleeding from the head on the third floor.

Baker was unable to give any information because of his injury, but witnesses said a man named “Zay” fired a shot at the victim and struck him in the left side of his head above his ear, according to the sheriff’s report.

The victim was rushed to GRU Hospital, and officials say he was in critical condition with life-threatening wounds.

Meanwhile, Paine College says it will host a media briefing regarding the shooting at 10 a.m. Tuesday. In addition, the College will host a Prayer Vigil at 12 noon Tuesday in the Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel.  Another media briefing will take place in the afternoon at 4 pm in the HEAL Complex.

These two men performed numerous fraudulent credit card transactions on April 18 throughout Columbia County and Richmond County.

Their fraud took place at the Target in Evans, Walgreens stores in Martinez and Evans and the Walmarts in Evans and Martinez.

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

This week’s new issue of The Jail Report features these headlines:

* Paine College Shootings: Authorities Explore Connections Between Shootings On & Off the Campus of Paine College

* Drugged-Out Woman Drives to House As Deputy Tries to Pull Her Over

* Drunk Driver Tries to Eat Sub Sandwich Before Cop Gets to Car

* ‘Boo-Nasty’ Heads to Jail on 20 Warrants – Drugs & Obstruction

* Aiken Woman Attacks Her Children’s Father & Their Grandma

* Wagener Man Threatens to Kill Man for Talking to His Woman

* Aiken Man Sought for Car Break-Ins in Graniteville

* North Augusta Man Molests Mentally Ill Girl

* Ft. Gordon Soldier Discharged & Jailed for Child Pornography

* Roundtree Question: Would You Eat the Food Served in the Jail?

* Quesenberry Column: How to Digest Last Week’s Not-Guilty Verdict in Murder Case

* Gotcha! Augusta Thief Stopped on Stolen Moped

* Augusta Mother Locks Children in Room So She Can Go To Work

* McTased: Man Curses at McDonald’s Employees & Threatens Cop

* Answer to Common Question: Will That Beggar Use My Money for Drugs?

* N.A. Man Tries to Force Deputy’s Car Into Side of Bridge

* Emails Lead to Molestation Arrest in Columbia County – 13 Years Later

* Grovetown Mom Defends Daughter’s Absences After Arrest

* Evans Man Steals Money from Grandparents

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A drug deal gone wrong led to Monday’s shooting in a Paine College building – the third in two days and the second on campus believed to be related, and at least seven students have been sent home or banned from the campus because of the events.

During a morning news conference today at the school, Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree said the victim, JaJuan Baker had sold drugs to the shooter Xavier Deanthony Cooper a couple of days prior.

Something about the transaction went wrong angering Cooper. Roundtree would not be specific about what happened for example if the drugs were fake or Cooper received counterfeit money in the transaction.

He said they have made recent arrests of students on counterfeit charges.

On Monday, Cooper confronted Baker in Haygood-Holsey Hall and shot him in the left side of the head. Baker is being treated at GRU and is expected to survive.

Both the victim and the suspect have criminal records. Baker was charged in 2012 with a firearms violation and Cooper has been charged with various less serious crimes including simple battery and criminal damage to property.

He was charged by Richmond County Monday with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm in a school building, according to the sheriff’s office.

The weapon Cooper used in the shooting has not been recovered yet.

Roundtree stressed that the investigation is still very fluid as they try to connect the two campus shootings and the shooting earlier Monday on Laurel Street.

Roundtree said he is offering a $2,000 reward for information that leads to the successful prosecution of these cases and refused to speculate on how the crimes are connected.

Rumors have swirled around the campus that the shootings were gang related and the events were the result of a turf war.
“This is a complicated investigation,” Roundtree said.

A 63-year-old Augusta man pulled a razor blade on his daughter’s abusive ex-boyfriend over the weekend and left the man with cuts all over his face.

After a scuffle, the ex-boyfriend, 48-year-old Terrance Clifford (pictured) was the one arrested for two counts of simple battery, one count of trespassing and an order to show cause warrant.

Authorities say Clifford punched the ex-girlfriend and her dad at their residence on Cedar Street. The father told deputies that Clifford came to the house at 10:45 p.m. Saturday and argued with his daughter about a missing credit card.

“He also stated that Mr. Clifford began to argue with him,” a deputy’s report says. “He advised Mr. Clifford to leave and he then became combative striking (his daughter). Mr. Clifford then began to strike him so he grabbed old razor blade and proceeded to fight with Mr. Clifford. He stated that in an attempt to protect himself, Mr. Clifford sustained lacerations to the face.”

Clifford fled the home in a blue Subaru Legacy, but deputies quickly caught up with him at GRU Hospital, where he was treated for his wounds and then arrested. He remains in jail under no bond