The January 2026 Term of the Emanuel County grand jury convened Friday, February 6, 2026, with The Honorable Robert S. Reeves presiding. The Grand Jurors elected Christina Bennett to serve as foreperson, Thomas Parillp to serve as assistant foreperson and Wendy Boulineau to serve as clerk. The Grand Jurors and Bailiff Patrick Sweet were sworn in by Judge Reeves as to their duties.
The District Attorney’s Office presented 10 bills of indictment to the grand jury, with the grand jury returning 10 true bill(s) and 0 no bill(s).
True bills included:
Jacob Daniel Fields: Sexual exploitation of children (felony) (x10)
Richard Warran Lee: False imprisonment (felony); Battery, family violence (felony)
Charles Justin Davis AKA C.J.: Malice murder (felony); Felony murder (felony); Aggravated assault (felony); Rape (felony); Aggravated sodomy (felony)
Dustin Shane Purvis: Aggravated stalking (felony) (x2)
Jennifer Lea Gay: Influencing a witness (felony); Cruelty to children 2nd degree (felony)
Eddie Badie: Rape (felony); Aggravated child molestation (felony); Aggravated sexual battery (felony); Solicitation of sodomy of child under 18 (felony); Child molestation (felony)
Angel Johnson Oliver: Sexual contact by employee or agent in 1st degree (felony) (x3)
Patrick Ryan Connally: Child molestation (felony)
Aaron Michael Mercier: Fleeing or attempting to elude police officer (felony); Obstruction of an officer (felony); Reckless driving; Driving while license suspended
Shyamal K. Ghosh: Child molestation (felony) (x3)
