A man who attacked his estranged wife inside an Augusta elementary school, beating her, throwing her face first into a glass door that broke and dragging her out of the building by the hair pleaded guilty Thursday to reduced charges.
Timothy Davis, 49, was indicted on charges of criminal damage to property, family violence battery, cruelty to children in the third degree and disrupting public school. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Richmond County Superior Court, Davis pleaded guilty to misdemeanor offenses of trespass and battery and was sentenced to two years on probation.
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According to court documents and earlier media coverage, on Aug. 12, 2019, Davis’ estranged wife was enrolling her 7-year-old child into Sue Reynolds Elementary School when she was accosted by Davis. The incident was captured on security video.
The judge had to grant bond because Davis was only charged with misdemeanor offenses, but once the judge viewed the security video following Davis’ arrest, the judge set bond at $25,000 and required cash.
Davis remained in jail until another judge agreed to reduce bond to $10,000 two months later.
While out on bond, Davis was arrested for possession of cocaine. He pleaded guilty to that charge March 2 and was sentenced to two years of probation.
Davis and his then-wife in 2019 are now divorced. As a condition of probation in the school attack case, Davis is to pay the Richmond County Board of Education $623 for the broken glass door. He is also to take anger management class and is prohibited from possessing any firearm while on probation.
Sandy Hodson is a staff reporter covering courts for The Augusta Press. Reach her at sandy@theaugustapress.com.
