Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Edward Davidson was shot and killed during a home invasion last fall.
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Tuesday, April 16
Last November, 76-year-old Edward Davidson was shot and killed in his Jefferson River Road home one night. His wife and he had heard a noise and he had gone to investigate. Two adults and a teenager were arrested as suspects in the killing. They are Anthony Jermaine Fuller, 17; Justin Oneal Baughns, 22; and, Dwayne Tavares Myers, 30, a convicted felon. The trio face numerious charges, including malice and felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. They are also charged with buglary in other incidents. According to a story in the Athens Banner Herald, the three pleaded not guilty to the murder charges and others during a recent arraignment before Judge David Sweat…
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The young man was 16 when 76-year-old Edward Davidson was shot and killed.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Anthony Jermaine Fuller's case has been moved to Clarke County Superior Court.
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Wednesday, February 13
A young man will be tried as an adult--he was 16 years old at the time he's accused of entering an elderly man's home on Jefferson River Road and participating in the 76-year-old's shooting death. According to a story in the Athens Banner-Herald, a judge made the decision at a hearing this week. Anthony Jermaine Fuller, now 17, is charged with the Nov. 26, 2012, murder of Edward Davidson. He was being held at the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center. Also charged with murder and burglary are 22-year-old Justin Oneal Baughns and 30-year-old Dwayne Tavares Myers. Subscribe to the Athens Patch Newsletter, like us on Facebook, follow Athens Patch on Twitter.
Monday, December 17, 2012
The information in this story comes from the ACC Police Department. An arrest doesn't mean a conviction.
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Athens-Clarke County Police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) have charged three Athens-Clarke County residents in connection with the November 26, 2012, death of Edward Davidson at 400 Jefferson River Rd. Charged with the murder and burglary are Anthony Fuller, 16, Altarstone Dr, Justin Baughns, 22, Lavender Rd, and Dwayne Myers, 30, Lavender Rd. All are currently in the custody of the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office. The positive outcome to this investigation was due to courageous citizens who provided information, as well as the diligence and hard work of members of the ACCPD and the GBI. You may also want to read: 76-year-old Man Murdered During Home Invasion in Athens, Ga.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The incident on Jefferson River Road is the fifth murder this year in Athens.
Awakened before midnight Monday by the sounds of someone kicking in the front door, Edward Davidson, 76, went to investigate and was shot and killed, according to an Athens Clarke County Police report. His wife, Charlotte Davidson, wasn't injured, the report says. Mrs. Davidson didn't see her husband get shot, said a story in the Athens Banner Herald, but she did tell the responding officers that she saw two men running away. She had called police a few minutes earlier to report a burglary in process. “There was a break-in to the residence, and right now the only thing I can tell you is there were at least two people involved, but there’s no basic description of them yet,” Athens-Clarke police Capt. Clarence Holeman told the Banner Herald …
Cogito Ergo Sum
6:31 pm on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
I hope they are eligible for, and ultimately receive, the death penalty. It won't bring back the elderly man they ruthlessly murdered, but it will ensure that these animals can never again prey upon another human. more ›