A Wilkinson County Middle School teacher has been taken into custody on serious charges including aggravated assault and cruelty to children. Jamel Mikal Ashley, 46, of Danville, was arrested after an incident where he reportedly held a pair of scissors to a student's throat. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) responded to a request from the Wilkinson County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, and is currently heading the ongoing investigation.
Details provided by the GBI's press release state that Ashley, while in a classroom and acting in his capacity as a teacher, is alleged to aggressively approach and threaten the student with the scissors. After his arrest, Ashley was booked into the Wilkinson County Sheriff’s Office Jail.
The details surrounding the events that led to Ashley's arrest have yet to fully emerge. The GBI is urging anyone who might be able to offer additional insight into this case to reach out to the Wilkinson County Sheriff’s Office at 478-946-2411, or their regional investigative office in Milledgeville at 478-445-4173. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through various channels, including by phone at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online, or by downloading and using the See Something, Send Something mobile app, as detailed by GBI.
Once the investigation has been thoroughly conducted, the case file will be handed over to the Ocmulgee District Attorney’s Office to proceed with prosecution.
