The DeKalb County Grand Jury Monday returned child rape indictments against a Dowelltown man for allegedly touching his eight year old niece in a sexual manner on two occasions last summer.
20 year old Jonathan Everett Jay of Snow Hill Road, Dowelltown will be arraigned on Monday, April 13.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Thursday, September 11, 2014 a Sheriff’s Department Detective responded to a residence on Snow Hill Road regarding a sexual assault of an eight year old girl. According to the mother, the child said that her uncle (Jay) had touched her inappropriately. The detective and a member of the Department of Children’s Services spoke with the child and she confirmed what her mother had reported. When confronted Jay agreed to speak with the detective at the Sheriff’s Department. After reading Jay his rights, the detective began the interview during which time Jay allegedly admitted to having had sexual contact with the child on two occasions, Wednesday August 27 and Thursday, September 11.
Jay is one of 48 people indicted by the grand jury Monday. Eleven persons were named in sealed indictments. Arraignment for all defendants will be Monday, April 13.
Those indicted and their charges are as follows:
James Lee Adcock: aggravated burglary and theft over $500
Leslie Arnold: driving under the influence (2nd offense), driving on a revoked license, open container, and failure to maintain lane
Lavar Bass: theft under $500
Cynthia Carter: driving on a revoked license (2nd offense) and financial responsibility
Anthony Colwell and David Roger Petty: aggravated burglary and theft over $1,000
Anthony Colwell: burglary and theft over $1,000
Jackson Cripps: evading arrest, drag racing, and speeding
Johnny Lynn Devault: domestic assault and aggravated assault
Margie Grace Drennan: possession of paraphernalia
Bobby Duggin: aggravated burglary (2 counts), theft under $500, and theft over $500
Justin Dale Estes and Ashley Nicole Estes: introduction of contraband into a penal institution and child abuse/neglect
Deborah Lynn Ferrell: driving under the influence, violation of registration, financial responsibility, and failure to maintain lane
Royce Avon Foster: burglary and theft over $1,000 and driving on a revoked license (3rd offense)
Don Diamond Groshon: assault
Zackary Nathaniel Hale and Brandon Scott Kidd: driving under the influence, DUI by allowance, vehicular assault, incorrect address on license, financial responsibility, and failure to maintain lane
Nichole Breann Higgins: initiation of methamphetamine and child abuse/neglect
April Lee Hollingsworth, Don Diamond Groshon, James Lee Adcock: initiation of methamphetamine, resisting arrest, and possession of prohibited weapon
Jonathan Everett Jay: rape of a child (2 counts)
Terry Knowles: driving on a revoked license, child restraint device, and window tint
Molly Sue Lawrence: forgery (2 counts)
Curtis Allen Lloyd: possession of a schedule II drug over .5 grams
Brittany Lynn Lee: theft over $1,000 and theft over $500
David Linnear: driving under the influence and failure to obey traffic signal
Jo Ann Luna: forgery and resisting arrest
Melinda Beth Murphy: forgery (3 counts)
David Michael Roger Petty: driving on a revoked license (3rd offense)
Dennis Jason Reeder: driving under the influence (2nd offense), violation of the registration law (2 counts), failure to exercise due care, and financial responsibility
Michael Shone Saylors and Ashley Dawn Saylors: initiation of methamphetamine and aggravated child abuse (2 counts)
Sara Nicole South: theft over $10,000, a second offense of driving on a revoked license (2 counts), registration violation, possession of a schedule II drug, possession of paraphernalia, and seatbelt violation.
Sonny Alan Stults: driving under the influence, financial responsibility, and failure to maintain lane
Tara Jane (Atnip) Summers: reckless endangerment
Deborah Thistlewaite: driving under the influence, possession of a schedule VI, and possession of paraphernalia
Nathaniel Tippens: auto burglary (6 counts), theft under $500 (6 counts), theft over $500, vandalism under $500
Joshua McNeil Vincent: driving on a suspended license, financial responsibility, and seatbelt violation.
Charles Henry Ward: driving under the influence, failure to maintain lane, and no driver’s license
Christopher Sam White: theft under $500 and initiation of methamphetamine
Michelle Yarbro: introduction of contraband into a penal institution
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