A man who vicious attack of his estranged wife inside an Augusta school with children, including the victim’s young daughter, present received a probation sentence after pleading guilty to reduced charges, which was an appropriate outcome, District Attorney Jared Williams said.
“(Timothy Davis) was held accountable for his act of violence. The resolution was reached in accordance with the goals and wishes of the primary victim,” Williams said by email.
Davis attacked his estranged wife Aug. 12, 2019, inside Sue Reynolds Elementary School. He beat her, threw her face first into a glass door which broke, and dragged her out of the building by the hair as the victim’s 7-year-old daughter watched in tears.
According to a recording of the school’s security video, staff and other adults in the school’s office went running to the victim to help. The Augusta Press filed an Open Records request to obtain the video following the closure of Davis’ criminal case.
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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. As part of plea negotiation accepted by Judge Jesse Stone on 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.
After a judge viewed the school security video after Davis’ arrest, although he had to grant bond because at the time Davis was only charged with misdemeanor offenses, the judge set it high, at $25,000, and required cash as opposed to property or professional bonding service.
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 by Judge Ashley Wright.
Davis and his 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.
