Grand jury indictments were handed down last week on three men accused of the kidnapping and beating of a man and woman in July.
The DeKalb County Grand Jury met on Nov. 24 and indicted 77 people, including 42-year-old Jimmy Tolbert (J.J.) Hendrixson, Jr., 36-year-old Casey Joseph Jacobs, and 48-year-old Comas Brian Higgins, charging all three men with two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping each.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said the trio were taken into custody after an alleged July 18 incident in which they reportedly met the victims at a New Bildad Road bridge and attacked them with an axe handle, tied them up, and taped their mouths.
Ray said the male escaped, ran to a nearby home and called for help. The three suspects reportedly left the scene and drove the female to their Old Snow Hill Road residence.
The sheriff, along with deputies and detectives, investigated the incident and located the woman at the residence of her alleged abductors. The male victim was transported by DeKalb EMS to the DeKalb Community Hospital, where he was treated and released. Neither victim was seriously injured.
No motive was given for the attack.
While the jury returned indictments on 77 people, 26 of the indictments sealed, many of those the result of a drug sting conducted by the sheriff’s department, Smithville and Alexandria police. The names of persons charged in sealed indictments will not be released until they have been taken into custody.
Those indicted include:
Donald Wayne Cantrell: manufacture of a Schedule VI drug.
Brandon Keith Thomas and Shawn Renee Gibson: initiation of methamphetamine, possession of a Schedule IV and VI drug, and possession of paraphernalia.
Jermaine McCoy: possession of a Schedule II drug for resale (two counts), no driver’s license, driving on revoked, speeding, open container.
Patsy McCoy: possession of paraphernalia, possession of a Schedule III drug, public intoxication, theft under $500.
Johnny Lynn Devault: possession of Schedule IV drug, driving on revoked license (two counts), aggravated assault.
Desiree Ferrell: sale and delivery of Schedule II drug.
John Harris: possession of a Schedule VI drug for resale.
Shawn Patrick Byrd: aggravated arson.
Joseph Stephen Audas: aggravated rape and aggravated assault.
Timmy Eugene Bowman: solicitation of a minor (two counts) and violation of the sex offender registry.
Wallace Rackley: tampering with evidence, resisting arrest, possession of a Schedule II and IV drug, and aggravated assault.
Kevin Bly: aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and violation of order of protection.
Demelza Jane Frances Grisham: aggravated assault, aggravated burglary, and theft over $500.
Raymond Howard Rollins: domestic assault.
Steven Nelson: domestic assault, violation of bond conditions and coercion of a witness.
Clay Andrew Bain: domestic assault.
Jason Zenn Cripps: auto burglary, public intoxication, violation of bond conditions, possession of a schedule II drug (two counts), possession of a Schedule IV drug, and aggravated assault.
Robert Roy Atnip, Jr.: burglary and theft over $1,000.
Kenny Waymon Dyal, Jr.: burglary (two counts) theft under $500, theft over $500.
Brandon Hutchings and Shannon Newby: aggravated burglary and theft over $1,000.
David Ray Johnson: theft under $500 (two counts).
Tamer Jones: theft over $500 and theft under $500 (four counts).
Ashley Lasser: theft under $500 and forgery.
Steve F. Mabe, Jr.: theft over $1,000 (two counts).
Sherry Malone: theft over $1,000.
Lorie Denise Maclean and Craig Alan Yarbrough: theft over $10,000 and theft under $500.
James Dallas McMillen, Jr.: theft over $1,000 (two counts), theft over $500 (two counts), theft under $500.
Scottie Lynn Sykes: Burglary, theft over $1,000, vandalism over $1,000, possession of Schedule II drug and possession of paraphernalia.
Gary Ponder: theft over $1,000.
Kevin Glenn Smith: reckless endangerment (two counts) and evading arrest.
Melinda Murphy: forgery (two counts).
Karey Lynn Benson: worthless check.
Rebecca Dickens: introduction of contraband.
Michael Leichtfuss: introduction of contraband.
Oscar Alexis Garcia: underage driving while impaired, reckless endangerment, evading arrest, resisting arrest, no driver’s license, traffic control device, failure to maintain lane of travel.
Hugo Godinez-Juarez: driving under the influence.
Michelle Lee Keenan: driving on suspended.
Joyce Sharon Malone: driving on suspended.
Kevin Manning: driving under the influence (third offense).
Bruce Allen Morton: driving on a revoked license, DRL (second offense), financial responsibility, failure to carry registration, and failure to maintain lane.
Shawn Renee Nolton: driving on a suspended license, financial responsibility, and violation of the light law.
Brian Raynes: driving under the influence, driving on a revoked license, possession of a Schedule VI drug.
Justin LaVaughn Westbrook: driving on a revoked license (third offense), speeding.
Joey Williams: driving on a suspended license and possession of a Schedule VI drug.
Robert Eugene Wright, III: driving under the influence (fourth offense), driving on a revoked license, failure to maintain lane of travel.
Earnest Paul Barnwell: driving on revoked license (fourth offense).
All those indicted will be arraigned in criminal court at 9 a.m. on Dec. 8.
