Testimony details Clark Atlanta student’s brutal killing
The suspects accused in the death of Clark Atlanta University student Alexis Crawford told police in gruesome detail how the victim died, according to a detective who testified Friday.
Barron Brantley, 21, who is charged with murder, told police he choked Crawford on Oct. 31 after she got into a fight with his girlfriend, Jordyn Jones, 21, Atlanta Police Department Detective Mike Young testified. Jones was Crawford’s roommate in off-campus housing.
“He admitted to choking Ms. Crawford,” Young said during a hearing in Fulton County Magistrate Court. “While he was choking Ms. Crawford, Ms. Jones put a plastic bag over her head.”
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The starting point guard for Kennesaw State University’s women’s basketball team has been charged with the murder of a man found shot to death in an Atlanta apartment complex earlier this year, authorities confirmed Saturday.
Kamiyah Street was arrested Thursday on eight counts, including murder, three counts of felony murder, criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, Fulton County jail records show.
Atlanta police confirmed they charged Street for her alleged role in the July 16 shooting death of a man whose body was discovered in the parking deck of the Heritage Station apartments on McDaniel Street.
A Richmond County deputy was shot and killed Tuesday night while conducting a routine patrol with a narcotics unit in Augusta.
Investigator Cecil Ridley was fatally injured at a gas station on the corner of 12th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Sgt. William McCarty with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office told AJC.com.
Ridley was conducting proactive patrols to curb gun violence in the area, McCarty said. Gunfire erupted about 8:30 p.m. after officers encountered several people at the Augusta Mart gas station.
Ridley’s suspected shooter was identified by the GBI as 24-year-old Alvin Theodore Hester Jr. According to the GBI, another officer first tried to confront Hester inside the gas station and Hester turned to leave.
He allegedly shot Ridley as the deputy was walking through the front doors, GBI special agent in charge Pat Morgan said in a news release. The other officer returned fire as Hester continued into the parking lot, where he was confronted again.
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Both the officer from inside the store and an officer in the parking lot fired at Hester, striking him, Morgan said.
Ridley, who was unable to return fire, later died of his injuries.
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Hester was taken to Augusta University Medical Center for treatment Wednesday and booked into the county jail Friday. He was arrested on charges of murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
He spent about seven months in prison after being convicted of obstruction and cocaine possession with intent to distribute in 2017 in Richmond County, according to Georgia Department of Corrections records. He was released from the Sumter County Correctional Institute in June 2018.
Ridley, 51, is the third Georgia law enforcement officer killed by gunfire in 2019 and the seventh to die in the line of duty.
Nationally, he is the 108th officer killed in the line of duty this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, which tracks law enforcement deaths in the U.S.
It is unclear how long Ridley worked at the sheriff’s office, but he received an award in 2018 for five years of service.
GBI employees line up outside of our Headquarters facility to view the police escort for Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Cecil Ridley. We pay tribute to Inv. Ridley for dedicating his life to service.#LODD
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Gov. Brian Kemp took to Twitter to offer his condolences and ask Georgians “to join us in praying for Investigator Ridley’s loved ones.”
“He gave his life to protect and serve others, and losing him in the line of duty is heartbreaking,” Kemp said. “May God give his community comfort in this difficult time.”
.@GAFirstLady, the girls, and I ask Georgians to join us in praying for Investigator Ridley’s loved ones. He gave his life to protect and serve others, and losing him in the line of duty is heartbreaking. May God give his community comfort in this difficult time. twitter.com/gbi_ga/status/…
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The Tuesday night incident was the 77th officer-involved shooting investigation the GBI has opened this year.
“Our hearts are with the family, blood and blue, of Investigator Cecil Ridley, who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty,” the state agency said in a tweet. “We thank you for your service and will continue to pray for your family, friends, and the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.”
Our hearts are with the family, blood & blue, of Investigator Cecil Ridley who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. We thank you for your service and will continue to pray for your family, friends, and the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. #LODD
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also tracks officer-involved shootings that don't involve the GBI, and those numbers sometimes differ from the GBI's tally.
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