Johnathan Mann

Name:
Mann, Johnathan Jerrell

Date of Booking:
03/07/2026

Reason(s) For Booking:
WILLFUL OBSTRUCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BY USE OF THREATS OR VIOLENCE – F

TERRORISTIC THREATS AND ACTS – F

TERRORISTIC THREATS AND ACTS – F

DISORDERLY CONDUCT – M

SIMPLE ASSAULT – PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYEE – M

Officer’s Narrative:
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On March 7, 2026, I OFC Ashley (#250) was dispatched to 403 US HIGHWAY 80 (Dollar Tree) in reference to a male yelling, cussing and showing a gun to other shoppers inside the Dollar Tree. CAD notes indicated the caller stated it was a Black male and was currently by register #3 inside the business.

Upon arrival, A black male, later identified as Johnathan Mann (DOB: [REDACTED] OLN: GA-[REDACTED]), was standing just outside the business. Myself and other officers on scene detained the male for further investigation. I observed the male had what appeared to be a black in color firearm inside his waist band. It was safely removed from his person and the male stated “what I did” after the firearm was removed from him. The male then stated “You can’t take me to jail for no BB Gun”.

The male was agitated and aggressive by actively attempting to pull away while being detained. The male was then escorted to the patrol vehicle and while walking to the patrol vehicle the male while still pulling away was bowing up his sholders and ars while he stated “Kill em, kill em, they fixing to kill you”. Once at the patrol vehicle the male then began to pull away again while screaming come at me, before being restrained by the patrol vehicle in an attempt to gain positive control over the male before he was placed into the back seat of the patrol vehicle.

After making contact with the manager of the Dollar Tree, the manager asked for Mann to be trespassed from the property. It was then explained to Mann that under OCGA 16-7-21(b)(3), a person commits Criminal Trespass when they remain on property after receiving notice from the owner, authorized representative, or a law enforcement officer acting on their behalf to depart.

As the manager was an authorized representative of the business and had requested that he leave and not return, the male was formally issued a Criminal Trespass Warning.

Victim Interview:

Contact with the female, later identified as [VICTIM #1] (DOB: [REDACTED] OLN:GA- [REDACTED]) [VICTIM #1] stated that she could not understand Mann due to there being a language barrier. She did state that the black male walked up to her and was overly aggressive with her. Shouting at her, aprroaching her in a threating manner with his hands up. While there were other people around, he focused only on her and did not keep his eyes off her.

She stated she did understand the male stated “f*ck you” a couple times towards her due to her limited English. She did state she believes she was unharmed due to the store manager intervening and seperating Mann from her. She specifically mentioned she feared for her life due to Mann’s actions of lifting his shirt and seeing the, what she believed to be, gun.

Complainant Interview:

Contact with the manager of the business, identified as [WITNESS #1] (DOB: [REDACTED] OLN:GA- [REDACTED]). [WITNESS #1] stated he did hear the male say “Ima f*ck you up”, “stop looking at me”. He also stated that the male did raise his shirt and show the gun while he was being aggressive and said he believed that the male was looking for a fight or looking for a reason to pull the gun. The manager also stated that he would like to have the male trespassed from the Dollar Tree. [WITNESS #1] also mentioned that Mann’s focus was on [VICTIM #1] even though there were multiple customers.

There were also two other witnesses on scene who requested to remain anonymous, but both stated that they saw everything and that the male was being very aggressive towards [VICTIM #1] and believed she was in danger.

Transport/Booking:

While transporting Mann to Chatham County Detention Center he made multiple spontaneous utterances stating “If yall didn’t have that badge on we would go under this bridge and I would break your sh*t”, “I didn’t point a gun at nobody”,”Im still going to jail but yall still going to die, nothing you can do about that, your badge can’t save you from that”, “if you didn’t see the video then why aint I get arrested for what the f*ck you called bout” and “You not even going to make it out this parking lot boy”

Once I arrived at Chatham County Detention Center Mann made more spontaneous utterances during the booking process, he stated “parking lot don’t let them make it out”, “Why ain’t I charged with flashing the gun then, since the gun fake” and “I never pulled the gun all I did was pull up my shirt.”

Charges:

Mann was charged with the following:

Obstruction of Law Enforcement – (O.C.G.A. 16-10-24(B)
Terroristic Threats X2 – (O.C.G.A. 16-11-37)
Disorderly Conduct – (O.C.G.A. 16-11-39)
Simple Assault – (O.C.G.A. 16-5-20)

Mann was transported to Chatham County Detention Center without incident, where he was booked pending arraignment.

All pictures have been attached to the case, an email was sent to arraignments advising of the case.

[End of Narrative]