Local woman indicted for murder
37 indicted, one cleared
By Elizabeth Billips Associate Editor

A Midville resident accused of killing another woman with a steak knife has been indicted for murder.

The Superior Court grand jury returned "true bills" on 37 defendants, including Helen Bunyon, who is charged with the murder of 45-year-old Brenda Moody.

According to the original incident report, Moody and her husband were attending a party on Magruder Road April 14 when 52-year-old Bunyon, who was at another party across the street, walked over and began talking to the victim and another woman.

Shortly thereafter, the women got into a heated argument, and Bunyon reportedly got a steak knife and stabbed Moody in the chest and back of the head.

Although deputies have established that the women knew each other, they aren't sure why they were arguing.

Officers said Bunyon admitted to drinking several beers and shots of whiskey and was intoxicated when deputies found her walking along Highway 56.

After arresting her, officers found a steak knife in Bunyon's purse that was similar to the one recovered from the murder scene. In addition to murder charges, she was indicted for possession of a knife during the commission of a crime.

A Waynesboro man arrested in an unrelated March stabbing was also indicted.

Tony Romon Brown allegedly held his ex-girlfriend and her three young sons hostage, then stabbed her three times with a steak knife.

When the oldest child, an 11-year-old, got away and ran for help, Brown stole the victim's car and fled, the incident report said.

Two days later, he turned himself in to deputies in Hampton County, S.C.

Brown was indicted on 10 felony charges including armed robbery, burglary, two counts of kidnapping, terroristic threats, aggravated assault, possession of a knife during the commission of a crime and three counts of cruelty to children in the third degree.

Two men arrested for dogfighting in Sardis were also indicted.

Lenwood Heath Jr. and Donald Lee Walker Jr. will face three charges of dog fighting apiece, as well as three charges of aggravated cruelty to animals.

They were both arrested last February after Screven County officers took Heath into custody on unrelated charges and discovered video footage of three dog fights saved on his cell phone.

The footage showed three smaller dogs being thrown into the pen with a pit bull where they were mauled and left for dead. Sardis police said the dogs were most likely abducted for practice fights.

One defendant was cleared of two charges related to an armed robbery attempt after the grand jury returned a "no bill," which normally indicates a lack of evidence.

Willie Franklin Bynes was arrested in November after two masked men assaulted a Jet Food Store clerk and attempted to rob the store at gunpoint.

Bynes was cleared of both charges - criminal attempt to commit armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

Thirty-two other defendants were indicted. They include:

+ James Keith Branch: aggravated assault (four counts) and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime (four counts);

+ Anthony Lamar Brown: aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime;

+ Teresa Marie Brown: theft by receiving stolen property;

+ James Bryant Jr.: aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, cruelty to children in the first degree, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, battery (Family Violence Act) and cruelty to children in the third degree (two counts);

+ Damien Rashad Chance: theft by receiving stolen property;

+ Tom Cuyler: burglary;

+ Larry Donnell Davis Jr.: possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime;

+ Ashella J. Dawkins: financial transaction card fraud (two counts);

+ Raynard Tamario Ellison: robbery, battery and obstruction of an officer;

+ Reginald Tyrone Flournoy: possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana;

+ Edwin Anthony Hartley: manufacturing methamphetamine;

+ Amanda Holsomback: manufacturing methamphetamine;

+ Mark Anthony Winter II: manufacturing methamphetamine;

+ John Herrington Jr.: possession of cocaine and driving with a suspended license;

+ Reginald Maurice Hudson: possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, DUI (drugs) and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon;

+ Cedric Cornelius Nair: possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime;

+ Antwon Arthur Scott: possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon;

+ Jeffrey Antonio Jenkins: aggravated assault, possession of a knife during the commission of a crime and possession of a weapon on school property;

+ Robert Jason Key: possession of a sawed off shotgun;

+ Jerome Lafavor: burglary and criminal damage to property in the second degree;

+ Daniel Thomas Mitchell: child molestation and statutory rape;

+ Calvin Sento Moody: possession of cocaine, obstruction of a law enforcement officer and violation of the Georgia Open Container Law;

+ Sandra Brown Oglesby: theft by receiving stolen property (two counts);

+ Timothy Thomas Oglesby: burglary (two counts) and theft by receiving stolen property;

+ Harry Bruce Redd: burglary (two counts) and theft by receiving stolen property;

+ Bob Lee Sellers Jr.: theft by receiving stolen property (two counts);

+ Shaun Anthony Pierce: habitual impaired driver (three counts), no insurance, driving a motor vehicle without a state tag, obstruction of a law enforcement officer (two counts), fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer, speeding, weaving over the roadway and reckless driving;

+ Robert Allen Salter: hunting upon a public road, hunting from a vehicle, hunting deer at night and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon;

+ Rocky Benjamin Verkey: hunting upon public road, hunting from a vehicle and hunting deer at night;

+ Paul Everett Willison Jr.: hunting upon a public road, hunting from a vehicle, hunting deer at night and possession of marijuana;

+ Helen Walden: aggravated assault and criminal damage to property in the second degree;

+ Jerry Lee Ward: failure to comply with the Georgia Sexual Offender Registration Law; and

+ Robert Lee Williams: obstruction of a law enforcement officer (two counts) and interference with government property.