Three Anderson County men accused of participating in a Claxton robbery in December have been indicted by a grand jury, and they face an Oct. 8 arraignment.
A Claxton woman reported that the three men approached her at about 8 a.m. Dec. 1 at her home on Foust Carney Road, and one of them pointed a handgun at her and took her purse. The purse contained valuable jewelry, car keys, and about $300, court records said. The woman estimated her total loss at more than $28,000.
Affidavits filed by Anderson County Sheriff’s Cpl. Joshua Cardwell said the three men had plotted the robbery earlier that morning while at the home of Terry Allen Giles, 32, on Wilder Lane in Claxton.
A few hours later, Giles and the other two men—Randall Scott Henderson, 22, of Norris, and Jeffrey Lynn Stotlemyer, 21, of Andersonville—”walked the streets of the neighborhood, looking for someone to commit a robbery against,” the affidavits said.
Court records said Giles wore a face mask and had either a handgun or what appeared to be a “toy gun.” He allegedly grabbed the purse from the woman’s shoulder before she screamed, and the men fled.
They met later back at Giles’ house, the records said. Henderson and Stotelmyer said Giles returned with the victim’s purse and a wallet and money, according to affidavits.
Cardwell said he was able to recover some of the stolen jewelry at two gold-buying stores in Knoxville and from Giles’ wife, who returned it to investigators.
The men have been accused of aggravated robbery and theft of more than $10,000. The grand jury indictments were filed Sept. 18 and made public this week.
mushroomcloud says
Hey how about the dudes trying to laundry money at car washes and launddry mats —–bank robbers
miranda giles white says
How bout terrys my brother and an awesome1 at tht,and a great dad,son,friend,etc! I’m 35wks pregnant n alone and terrys the only1 tht went witme to my ultrasound ta find out he’s having a nephew n make sure the baby ws doin good. He’s a gr8 uncle 2my kids n this story n mugshot is not who he is. We,at this time,r looking into cin bout what cn b done to u all n ne1 putting this story out,cuz whtevr happened 2innocent till proven guilty in this country I have no idea? But he’s a good person,n wld b much better off wout cin this crap n lies bout him…so why don’t some people have jus mayb an ounce of respect for him or his family n kids tht c this??? Huh???