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September 18, 2024

GBI arrests men for rape of 2 teenage girls in Screven County

The following was taken from a press release distributed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on September 6, 2024:

SCREVEN COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI has arrested and charged Fredrion Javari Spells, age 21, of Portal, GA, with rape, child molestation, and sexual battery, and Wesley Travis Brown, age 17, of Statesboro, GA, with rape, statutory rape, and sexual battery.

On September 1, 2024, the Screven County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to investigate the rape of two teenage girls. Spells and Brown were booked into the Screven County Jail.

This investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Screven County Sheriff’s Office at 912-564-2013 or the GBI regional investigative office in Statesboro at 912-871-1121.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

Once the investigation is complete, the case file will be given to Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.