Sherry Cornell

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Name:
Cornell, Sherry Lee

Date of Booking:
04/26/2026

Reason(s) For Booking:
AGGRAVATED BATTERY

Officer’s Narrative:
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On 04/26/2026 at 2:00am I was dispatched to [200 BLOCK] South Wilkinson Street in reference to a medical call where a male stated he was bleeding and hung up.

Upon arrival I located a male identified as [VICTIM #1] sitting in a chair on the front porch smoking a cigarette with blood covering his face with obvious severe head injuries. [VICTIM #1] told me the following: The woman inside of the house, Sherry, beat him up with a baseball bat. He was trying to get Sherry out of the house when she started to beat him up with a baseball bat. [VICTIM #1] was later treated by EMS and transported to Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin hospital.

I made entry into the house with other officers and located Sherry Lee Cornell in a back bedroom in the nude laying in the bed. Cornell stated she was sorry and that she was trying to defend herself. Cornell put clothes on and I noticed a small wooden baseball bat on the bed covered in blood, blood on the bed, blood on the floor and floorboards, blood on both bedroom doors, and blood in the bathroom connected to the bedroom. Images of the bedroom and bat were later taken on scene.

Cornell told me the following information on scene: [VICTIM #1] came into her bedroom with a bat and pole and began to attack her and began to throw things at her. [VICTIM #1] then tried to hit her with the pole and bat when she took the bat from [VICTIM #1] and began to hit him in self-defense. Her and [VICTIM #1] both smoked “crack” and marijuana and drank alcohol tonight. Cornell stated [VICTIM #1] tried coming up into her “volcano” and she had to defend herself from him. Cornell made other statements on scene that were incoherent and consistent with being under the influence of narcotics. I observed a small bump on her upper left eye, small cuts to her right arm, and a mark on her stomach. EMS assessed and transported Cornell to the hospital. At the hospital, I re-interviewed both [VICTIM #1] and Cornell.

At the hospital, Cornell told me the following: [VICTIM #1] came into the bedroom with a bat and pole, and she was kicking at him to get him away while he was trying to attack her. She eventually got hold of the baseball bat then wrapped her legs around him and began to hit him with the bat in self-defense.

At the hospital, [VICTIM #1] told me the following: He had been trying to get Cornell to move out of his house for months and went into the bedroom to tell her to leave. Cornell suddenly pulled out a bat from under the bed and began to attack him. He believes the bat may have belonged to him. Cornell wrapped his legs around him and she began to hit him with the bat. He picked up the fan and threw it at her and possibly hit her in the head with the fan while she was attacking him with the bat. He eventually was able to get away and call 911.

I photographed injuries to [VICTIM #1] and Cornell on scene and uploaded them to this report and to Wolfcom. A warrant for Aggravated Battery was taken out against Cornell, and she was taken to jail during day shift once released from the hospital.

The bloody bat was secured in evidence locker #12.

[End of Narrative]

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Case History:

5/20/26

DEFENSE ATTORNEY FILES ENTRY OF APPEARANCE FOR SHERRY LEE CORNELL

What this means: Attorney Keri Thompson, of Milledgeville, GA, formally notified the Baldwin County Superior Court that she is representing Sherry Lee Cornell in this aggravated battery case (Case No. SUWR2026000213). Along with entering her appearance, Thompson filed a notice on Cornell’s behalf invoking all constitutional and statutory rights available to the defendant under both federal and state law. The filing also expressly revokes any prior waivers of rights — including Miranda rights — that Cornell may have previously made. This is a standard early step in a criminal case, signaling that Cornell has retained legal counsel and will be represented going forward. The District Attorney’s office, led by T. Wright Barksdale, was served a copy of this filing by email.