A man who served time in prison for stabbing someone after a domestic dispute will be returned to prison after allegations that he threatened a new girlfriend and killed her cat.
After hearing from witnesses Monday, Feb. 21, in Columbia County Superior Court, Chief Judge James G. Blanchard Jr. revoked the remainder of Ryan Scott McQueen’s probation term, two years, seven months and 24 days.
McQueen’s latest ex-girlfriend testified Monday that she became frightened of McQueen in August after he choked her. The next time she thought he might become violent, she left her Columbia County home and went to her sister’s house for the night. McQueen sent her several texts, including ones that said she wouldn’t have her cat to rely on anymore because the cat was gone.
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When she went home the next morning to change clothes for work, her cat’s body was lying in front of the carport, she said. The 17-year-old cat had always been a housecat and never went outside. On Sept. 25, McQueen allegedly texted a friend that he was going to tie his girlfriend to the back of his car and drag her down Interstate 20.
McQueen, 48, was on probation following a prison term and time on parole. He was sentenced to nine years in prison followed by six years on probation for two counts of aggravated assault in 2009. According to media reports at the time, after an argument with his girlfriend, she left their home, and he followed her to a friend’s home where he forced his way inside, chased his girlfriend with a knife and stabbed her friend.
Sandy Hodson is a staff reporter covering courts for The Augusta Press. Reach her at sandy@theaugustapress.com.
