One of four suspects in the death of an Army nurse and spouse of a sheriff’s deputy was denied bond Monday.
The body of Alan Newsome, 25, was found March 18, 2022 in a driveway at Rosetown Mobile Home Park on Ulm Road.
Investigators soon identified three teens and a slightly older man as suspects in Newsome’s death. All four are now charged with murder and remain jailed without bond at Charles B. Webster Detention Center.
Their connection to Newsome was through the older man, Carlos FIgueroa. Figueroa, now 30, is both a “neighborhood Crips leader” and the brother of road patrol deputy Nadia Newsome, attorneys for both sides asserted Monday.
The other three suspects are Brentin Armani Coleman, now 20, and 18-year-old Tzaiah Latonia Dukes and and Ortegas Dwayne Jones.
Augusta Chief Assistant District Attorney Kevin Davis said the group had beaten Newsome at the trailer park before one of them executed him at close range.
A family member said the family objects to any of the suspects being released, particularly since none was providing information about what happened.
Attorney for Coleman, Pete Theodocian, argued Monday that Figueroa was the “ringleader” in a violent assault on his sister’s husband and an influence on the younger men.
Newsome and his wife had been ejected from a Broad Street club after a St. Patrick’s Day altercation and had a previous police call to their home.
As their argument continued outside, Figueroa and the three teens confronted Newsome about his treatment of his wife. When the suspects went to their home at the trailer park, Newsome sought out Figueroa there, Theodocian said.
Theodocian, who accompanied Coleman when he surrendered, said the younger man plans to live with his grandmother at a residence near Fort Gordon Gate 5 if granted a bond.
Davis said the grandmother had misled police earlier in the investigation and with Coleman might do so again.
Richmond County Superior Court Judge Jesse Stone denied Theodocian’s motion for a bond, saying due to the nature of the charges Coleman is at significant risk of committing more crimes.
