A woman allegedly involved in an attempt to force information out of another woman about a June homicide was granted bond Friday, Oct. 7.
Shalexis O. Ceaser, 25, was arrested on charges of false imprisonment and aggravated assault that allegedly occurred July 8. During her Richmond County Superior Court bond hearing Assistant District Attorney Kevin Davis said Ceaser and Yolanda Maldonado, 20, decided to take the law into their own hands, believing the victim knew more than she was saying about a suspect in the June 30 fatal shooting of 22-year-old Thaddeus Price.
Price was found shot to death at Sycamore Drive and Alpine Road near the Fox Den apartment area. Ceaser, Maldonado and the victim of the July 8 events were questioned by sheriff investigators, Davis said. On July 8, the victim reported she was picked up by Ceaser and Maldonado and soon realized she couldn’t get out of the vehicle as the questioning became more aggressive, and Ceaser hit her in the face with a gun, Davis said.
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But defense attorney Lucy Bell said Ceaser only knew Maldonado through activities with their children. Ceaser lives in Thomson and she is raising a 4-year-old. She has been steadily employed for several years, and she has no history but a misdemeanor arrest in 2016, Bell said.
Judge Amanda Heath set bond at $15,000 with the conditions Ceaser must stay in McDuffie County and not possess any weapons. Bond was already set for Maldonado.
No one has been arrested yet in Price’s killing.
Sandy Hodson is a staff reporter covering courts for The Augusta Press. Reach her at sandy@theaugustapress.com.
