Students face tribunal after sex act on bus

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Two Richmond County students have gone before a school system tribunal after authorities say they had oral sex while on a school bus on the campus of Josey High.

School system reports released this week for tribunals held  Feb. 26 stated that on Feb. 9, a Davidson Fine Arts School student performed oral sex on a Josey High student while they were on the bus. The students' names weren't listed, but the report stated that both admitted being guilty to a violation of Rule 8 in the Code of Student Conduct and Discipline, which addresses illicit or immoral activities by a student.

The Davidson student was assigned to her zoned school and "the panel showed leniency" to her because she reported the incidents and took responsibility for her actions, according to the report.

The Josey student was suspended 20 days, with the option to attend the Tubman Education Center Alternative Program in lieu of long-term suspension. The tribunal panel stated it also showed leniency to him "due to his past record and him taking responsibility for his actions."

Woman says she was kidnapped, robbed

A woman told police two men kidnapped her Wednesday from Walmart on Deans Bridge Road and made her drive to an ATM to get money.

The 23-year-old victim said she was in the parking lot when she was approached by two men asking about the location of a hotel, a Richmond County Sheriff's report said.

The woman said she offered to give them a ride to another location and when they got in her car the men demanded money, the report said. She drove them to a nearby ATM and took out $500.

The men made her drive to Milledgeville Road where she dropped them off and they ran away.

Man's dog caught in middle of debt dispute

A dog named Cash was taken Wednesday because of an argument over money.

According to a Richmond County sheriff's report, witnesses said they saw a man take a neighborhood German shepherd mix -- named Cash -- from a Glynn Arven Court home about 6:45 p.m.

As the man was driving away with the dog, he yelled at bystanders to tell the animal's owner: "I've got his dog because he owes me money," the report said.

According to deputies, the dog's owner later called the man and told him he would pay the money if he got his dog back.

Student found guilty of threatening teacher

A Hephzibah Middle School student has been found guilty in a tribunal of writing a note threatening to harm a teacher.

According to school reports released this week for tribunals held Feb. 26, the student passed the note around a classroom on Feb. 11.

The student later apologized, was remorseful and said she only meant the note as a joke, according to the report. The student, whose name wasn't listed, was suspended five additional days, was assigned to in-school suspension for 10 days and will be on probation for the remainder of the school year.

She also has been removed from the teacher's class and assigned a new instructor, the report states.

Paine College to honor a former president

Paine College will hold a memorial service for its eighth president, the late Rev. Dr. Eugene Calhoun Jr., at 11 a.m. today in Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel.

Calhoun, who died Dec. 31 in Asheville, N.C., served as the college's president from 1956 to 1970.

According to a news release, eight of Paine's buildings were erected during Calhoun's tenure, and stones embedded in the front of the altar at Gilbert-Lambuth were brought back by Calhoun from the ruins of Ephesus in Greece.

Authorities seek man suspected in pill theft

Deputies say a man stole prescription pills from a woman he knew, then tried to sell them back to her.

The victim told investigators Wednesday that her 8-year-old daughter invited the suspect into her home on the 2700 block of Elk Drive while she was sleeping.

The suspect, William Pressley, woke up the victim and tried to sell her some white pills, but she refused, a report states.

When Pressley left the victim noticed her prescription painkillers were missing so she tracked him down at a house on the 4200 block of Windsor Spring Road.

She called authorities when she noticed Pressley also had her cell phone, a report states. When deputies searched Pressley's pockets, he slid out of his jacket and ran, leaving behind a prescription pill bottle holding crack, marijuana and sundry pills, according to a report.

Deputies are still searching for Pressley.