Sharon Dunbar

Name:
Dunbar, Sharon Lucille

Date of Booking:
10/01/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT – F

BATTERY-FAMILY VIOLENCE-SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION OR PRIOR FORCIBLE FELONY CONVICTION – M

BATTERY-FAMILY VIOLENCE-SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION OR PRIOR FORCIBLE FELONY CONVICTION – M

BATTERY-FAMILY VIOLENCE-SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION OR PRIOR FORCIBLE FELONY CONVICTION – M

Officer’s Narrative:
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On the above date and time, I responded to [12400 BLOCK] Largo Dr (private residence) in reference to a “generic” call that would later be determined to be a domestic call. The caller/reporting party, Sharon Dunbar, was on scene when I arrived.

On scene, Ms. Dunbar appeared to be very frustrated; was sweating and her shirt appeared to be wet from what I belived to be sweat. She advised that she called 911 because her grandson, [VICTIM #1], made her angry after disrespecting her. Ms. Dunbar stated that earlier in the year (over the summer) she told [VICTIM #1] (who she referred to as [VICTIM #1]) that he would have to pay her $100 to live at her residence.

Earlier in the year, [VICTIM #1] told her that he would start paying in October. As today is October 1, 2025, she again approached the conversation and was met with disrespect and questioning. Ms. Dunbar said that [VICTIM #1] is a college graduate, takes care of his girlfriend’s bills (rent, utilities, etc), has car payments that he keeps up with, and she felt like the $100 wasn’t anything he couldn’t or should be able to give to her to reside in her home, eat the food she supplies, use water, electricity, etc.

As the conversation progressed with [VICTIM #1], Ms. Dunbar advised that he began questioning her about whether or not [WITNESS #1] (who is [VICTIM #1]’s mother, [WITNESS #1]) is paying her any money. When [VICTIM #1] was told that was none of his business, he countered with information that was obvious to Ms. Dunbar and irrelevant to his situation. Ms. Dunbar said she separated herself from the conversation and went into the kitchen where she was cooking and had been boiling water. [VICTIM #1] continued to say things and the argument went on and before she realized what was going on, she said she had picked up the pot that was on the stove, of “hot water” and threw the water. She advised that the hot water didn’t land on him, but it was thrown in his direction.

Even after the water was thrown, [VICTIM #1] continued to argue with her and said to her, “you letting a n*gga stay in your house for free” (referencing his grandfather, and Ms. Dunbar’s husband, [REDACTED] who wasn’t on scene). She repeatedly told [VICTIM #1] to leave out of the house and to not come back and he did not comply with her demand. She said she went into her laundry room, retrieved her ax and held it up towards him and told him to leave and it was then that he left, followed by his mother, [WITNESS #1].

I asked Ms. Dunbar if she had a phone number for [VICTIM #1] and she said she did not, so any attempt to reach him could not be made. A report number was pulled for Ms. Dunbar and as I began to explain to her the eviction process, she interrupted and said she knew the process and where she needed to go.

I left the residence and sat at a location nearby to try and intercept the vehicle that [VICTIM #1] and Ms. [WITNESS #1] left in (said to be a Nissan Versa) near Largo Dr and Abercorn St. a second call came into Chatham County Dispatchers for the same residence, the caller was [VICTIM #1]. [VICTIM #1] advised dispatch, “grandmother swung an axe at his brother” and that his “grandmother bit him (caller’s brother) as well.” For noting purposes, the first call to 911 came in at 1325 hours and was cleared report at 1403 hours. The second call came in at 1409 hours and resulted in the arrest of Ms. Sharon Dunbar at 1628 hours.

I returned to the residence where I observed Ms. Sharon Dunbar’s daughter, [WITNESS #1], standing outside in the driveway. I knew that she was on scene for the incident, so I asked her what she saw. At first, she said she didn’t see anything that she had just gotten home, but after explaining more clearly what I was asking, she said that her son, [VICTIM #1] and her mother, Sharon were going back and forth over $100 and eventually [VICTIM #1] left the home, she picked him up and took him out to Georgetown (more specifically to Food Lion) and then came back home. She said she had no idea of the second incident involving [VICTIM #1]’s younger brother, [VICTIM #2].

I went back and spoke with Ms. Sharon Dunbar who, this time around, was sweating profusely about the neck area, and extremely agitated. I asked her what happened, and she said that she went back inside and as she walked down the hallway towards her bedroom, she heard her 20-year-old grandson, presumably on the phone with someone, say, “that b*tch. Always wanna keep a n*gga down when he gets up.” She stopped at the doorway of [VICTIM #2]’s bedroom and asked him who he was calling a b*tch. When he didn’t reply, she told him he needed to leave as well. [VICTIM #2] refused to do so, and Ms. Sharon told him, “I got something for that.” She walked back into the kitchen/dining room area grabbed her pepper spray and axe and told him to get out. When he refused, she sprayed the pepper spray in his direction, spraying him in the face. At that point, she took the axe and stated that she hit the chair that [VICTIM #2] normally sits in to play video games, while continuing to tell him to get out of the house.

She said she hit the chair more than once and then left went to leave the room, when [VICTIM #2] grabbed her from behind, wrapped his arms around her to immobilize her and as he did, she fought back to get free from his grasp by biting him on his right inner arm. He let her go and she left the room. The reason Ms. Sharon gave for biting [VICTIM #2] was that she recently had a medical procedure done on her back and still had stitches in her back.

I spoke with [VICTIM #2] who advised that first time Police were on scene, he was in his room, minding his own business; heard the argument but didn’t participate in any way. After Police left, he said he was still in his room, sitting in his gaming chair playing a video game, when he was talking on the phone with a friend about another person when his grandmother walked by and asked who he was calling a b*tch. When he didn’t reply to her, she got more agitated and began shouting at him to get out of the house.

[VICTIM #2] told her he wasn’t going to leave; she walked away and came back and sprayed him in the face with pepper spray. He stated that the axe she had, was held with both her hands up over her head but his first thought when he saw this was, “she won’t do it” seconds before she swung the axe down. He said he moved quickly out of the way to avoid being hit and when he did, she actually hit his chair and caused slits in the middle back cushion to happen.

After the axe was down, he said he did grab her and started asking her what she was doing and as he did this, he felt her bite his arm. While she was biting him, he said he could feel the skin on his arm lifting off, so he let her go. When the two split up, he called his brother to let him know what happened and then police showed up.

The axe was recovered and taken to the property room as evidence. [VICTIM #2]’s injuries were photographed, along with different angles of the computer chair, the ceiling, and a weight bar with weight plates because they had still wet orange spots that are common with the color of pepper spray. It was very evident to me that pepper spray had recently been expelled in the room, as the moment I got close to the room, my own eyes began watering and my nose became itchy-common symptoms of a person in or around pepper spray.

On duty supervisor was notified and he subsequently notified Family Violence Unit. Family Violence Detective Cpl. Purdee arrived on scene and conducted his interviews and Ms. Sharon Dunbar was placed under arrest for Aggravated Assault DVA (O.C.G.A 16-5-21) and 3 counts of Battery DVA (O.C.G.A 160-5-23.1). Ms. Sharon’s story only changed minorly: when she told me about the hot pot of water, she said none of it landed on [VICTIM #1] because she didn’t throw it at him, just in the direction he was in, but she told Det. Cpl. Purdee that some of the water landed on him on his back and it splashed on [WITNESS #1] as well.

Transport to CCDC was unremarkable.

Juveniles that reside in the home as well, [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], arrived home from school while all of this was taking place. As a result, their information was sent through Handle with Care to their respective schools.

[End of Narrative]