The July 2022 term of the Emanuel County Grand Jury convened Tuesday, August 9. With the Honorable Judge Tommy J. Smith presiding, he swore in John Allen Bailey to serve as bailiff. Elected by the grand jurors to serve as foreperson was Leslie Frederick. Weldon Stafford was elected as assistant foreperson and Wendy Webb as clerk. The District Attorney’s Office presented 17 bills of indictment, and the grand jury returned 16 true bills and 1 no bill follows:
Timothy Frank Wright – one count burglary in the first degree and one count interference with government property.
Shelton Anthony Wright – one count habitual violator and one count seat belt violation.
Antonia Terry Phillips – one count obstruction of an officer and one count maintain a disorderly house. An additional count of possession of firearms by a convicted felon was deemed a no bill.
Adam Lloyd Hackle II – one count terroristic threats.
Jerry Lee Driggers, Jr. – one count cruelty to a child in the first degree and one count possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Bobby Lee Parker – one count theft by taking and one count entering an automobile.
Jason Glenn Wilkerson – one count burglary in the second degree and one count possession of a tool for the commission of a crime.
Raymond Leartis Shanks, Jr. – one count possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Garnell Schuyler Coney – one count suspended license, one count habitual violator, one count obstruction of an officer and one count operation of an unregistered vehicle.
Samantha Pearl Clark – one count fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer and one count giving false information to a law enforcement officer.
Robert Lee Mack – one count obstruction of an officer and one count possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Samantha Lee Gatlin, Sarah Beth Hackle and Robert Dustin Morris – one count possession of heroin (Gatlin and Morris), one count possession of oxycodone (Gatlin and Morris), one count operation of an unregistered vehicle (Gatlin and Morris), one count driving without a license (Morris), one count possession of methamphetamine (Hackle) and one count possession of a drug related object (Hackle).
Verlon Wadley, Jr. – one count possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, one count obstruction of an officer, one count suspended license, one count no proof of insurance and one count window tint violation.
Burwell Jordan (Jody) Drew III – one count terroristic threats.
Darrick Alcott Mann – two counts aggravated assault.
Gregory Lamont Jordan, Jr. – two counts burglary in the first degree.
Jermani Xaire Centuri Wimberly – one count aggravated assault and one count possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
