A violent offender who was released early from prison in April on a robbery conviction has been arrested again, this time accused of raping a 14-year-old Augusta girl.
Chauncey Bryant, 25, of Creekview Drive, Hephzibah, allegedly raped the girl Friday while she was visiting her godmother at the residence where Bryant also lived, according to a sheriff’s report. She said she was in a bedroom at 4:30 a.m. Friday when Bryant came in, removed her clothes and forced himself on top of her before raping her without a condom.
When he was done, Bryant put his clothes on and left. The girl immediately called her mother, and the mother took her to GRU Hospital where investigators took her statement. Bryant was arrested later in the day.
In November, Judge Carl C. Brown Jr. sentenced Bryant to 12 months in prison for a bloody assault and robbery of an elderly man at the McDonalds on Tobacco Road. In that case, Bryant attacked a 69-year-old stranger in May 2014 as the man left the restaurant, knocking him to the ground and trying to get the victim’s wallet.
A customer saw the beating, ran outside and pushed Bryant off the man. Bryant ran. When officers arrived they saw the victim had cuts on his arms and neck and he was covered in blood.
They didn’t have to look far for Bryant. He was sitting outside on the other side of the McDonald’s eating a fish sandwich, the report said.
Bryant was arrested and charged with criminal attempt – robbery by force. A judge ordered one year in prison and six years of probation. But after serving less than five months at the Jackson County Correctional Institution, Bryant was released on April 3, 2015.
Before that case, judges had gone light on the criminal, repeatedly giving him probation. He got probation for a 2008 felony theft arrest, a 2009 felony theft case, a 2010 felony obstruction offense and a 2014 marijuana charge.
(Personal photos taken form the suspect’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.g.bryant?fref=ts)
