Richa Henslee

Name:
Henslee, Richa

Date of Booking:
06/22/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Aggravated Assault With a Deadly Weapon (Prior to July 1, 2014)

Officer’s Narrative:
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On June 21st, 2025, I, Deputy Valentine-Nelson #1307, was dispatched to [90 BLOCK] Friendship Church Rd, Apt [REDACTED], in reference to a dispute. Upon arrival, it was found that the incident took place at [100 BLOCK] Friendship Church RD APT [REDACTED]. Upon arrival, I spoke with a neighbor, [WITNESS #1] who stated that there was a dispute occurring at his neighbor’s house that he was not involved in. [WITNESS #1] stated that the suspect, Richa Henslee, ran over to his house and asked to use his phone. I then went to the incident location and made contact with the victim, who is also a suspect, [VICTIM #1].

[VICTIM #1] at first was telling Deputies to leave and that he did not want to speak. [VICTIM #1] stated that Deputies would “Have to shoot him” if we tried to take him to jail. After speaking with [VICTIM #1] and getting [VICTIM #1] to calm down, [VICTIM #1] agreed to speak with me. [VICTIM #1] stated that he and Richa were at a pool party with friends. [VICTIM #1] stated that a verbal dispute occurred between him and Richa because Richa was always accusing [VICTIM #1] of speaking to another woman. [VICTIM #1] stated that before anything escalated, he decided to leave the pool party and came home. [VICTIM #1] stated that Richa came home and started another dispute with [VICTIM #1] and attacked him. [VICTIM #1] stated that when Richa attacked him, she fell over a litter box due to Richa being highly intoxicated. [VICTIM #1] then showed me the floor in the living room which appeared to be covered in cat litter.

[VICTIM #1] stated that When Richa attacked him, she grabbed a pair of what appeared to be channel locks and hit [VICTIM #1] in the face, busting face open on the top right near his right eyebrow, and then Richa hit [VICTIM #1] in the back of the head with the same channel locks causing another gash in the back of [VICTIM #1]’s head. [VICTIM #1] then stated that Richa was yelling for help and yelling for a neighbor to call 911. [VICTIM #1] stated that Richa then left with very little to no clothing on yelling in the front yard. [VICTIM #1] followed Richa to the next-door neighbor’s house trying to get Richa to come home because [VICTIM #1] stated that he did not want Richa or him to go to jail. [VICTIM #1] stated that Richa hit [VICTIM #1] again in the face with a closed fist which caused [VICTIM #1] to push Richa. [VICTIM #1] stated that Richa then advanced on him again and [VICTIM #1] slapped Richa in the face. At this time, Richa then proceeded to go to a nearby family member’s house and [VICTIM #1] returned home.

While speaking with [VICTIM #1], Richa returned to the incident location appearing to be highly intoxicated and yelling. Richa stated that her cousin, [WITNESS #2] who is also a complainant, told Richa to leave because [WITNESS #2] did not want to deal with Richa. Richa stated that she was driven home by a friend which Richa did not name, and when she came home, she entered the home and [VICTIM #1] attacked her. Richa stated that [VICTIM #1] grabbed her by the hair, dragged her through the house while beating Richa on the head, and forced Richa to eat cat litter. Richa stated that her arms and knees were all scratched up due to [VICTIM #1] dragging Richa through the house.

While on scene, I did not notice any scratch marks on Richa’s arms or knees but slight scratching was found while at the jail which was photographed and attached to the report. I asked Richa about the channel locks and the injuries on [VICTIM #1]’s head. Richa stated that she did not strike [VICTIM #1] with channel locks and that the channel locks were not at all involved in the physical dispute. Richa stated that when she went to her cousin [WITNESS #2]’s house, who lives a few houses down the street, that while she was there, she had to wash the cat litter out of her mouth that [VICTIM #1] forced her to eat.

I then went and spoke with the neighbor who lent Richa his cell phone, [WITNESS #1]. [WITNESS #1] stated that he was inside sitting on his recliner when Richa came over banging on the door asking for help. [WITNESS #1] said that Richa asked to use his phone to call her dad. While Richa was calling her dad, [VICTIM #1] came over and [WITNESS #1] stated that he saw Richa hit [VICTIM #1] with a closed fist in the face and then saw [VICTIM #1] get pushed by Richa, and then saw [VICTIM #1] slap Richa. [WITNESS #1] stated that he then closed his door. [WITNESS #1] also noted while Richa was hitting [VICTIM #1], [VICTIM #1] told Richa to stop hitting him. [WITNESS #1] stated that [VICTIM #1] came back over a short time later to explain the situation and returned [WITNESS #1]’s cell phone. [WITNESS #1] wrote a witness statement for the incident that he witnessed in his front yard between Richa and [VICTIM #1]. [WITNESS #1] also noted that he is not friends with [VICTIM #1] nor Richa. I asked [WITNESS #1] if he saw Richa with anything such as wounds or dirt on her face and [WITNESS #1] stated that Richa did not have any that he could see.

I then went and spoke with the cousin of Richa, [WITNESS #2]. [WITNESS #2] stated that she did not see any of the dispute and that she only called 911 because Richa came over frantically asking her to call 911. [WITNESS #2] stated that is when she called 911. I asked [WITNESS #2] when Richa came to her house if Richa had any dirt in her mouth or on her face and [WITNESS #2] stated that she did not.

I then returned to the incident location and that is when the neighbor of [VICTIM #1] and Richa with an adjoining duplex, returned home with Richa’s kids from the pool party. The neighbor, [WITNESS #3] stated that she did not want Deputies speaking with any of the children but agreed to speak to us herself. I asked [WITNESS #3] while at the pool party if Richa and [VICTIM #1] had been fighting and arguing. [WITNESS #3] stated that she did not see any physical dispute but that an argument that was not loud and boisterous had occurred and noted that [VICTIM #1] had left the party. I then asked if she knew anything about the incident that had taken place at the incident location and [WITNESS #3] stated that she did not see anything but would check her camera that is mounted in the adjoining front porch of both Richa and her home.

While checking the camera footage, Richa is seen standing in the doorway of the incident location and did not appear to be “dragged in by her hair”. It is also heard for several minutes, of Richa loudly yelling for help and to call 911 and [VICTIM #1] also yelling the same thing. Richa is seen walking in and out of the incident location yelling for help multiple times for an extended period of time. Richa is also seen on the camera walking onto the front porch, screaming for help, while holding the pair of channel locks then walks back inside the incident location. Richa is then seen leaving the incident location with either a small blanket or towel and no other clothing until she returns home with a neighbor’s clothing while Deputies are on scene.

After speaking to all parties, seeing the wounds from both parties, and viewing video evidence from [WITNESS #3], Richa was deemed the predominant aggressor and was placed under arrest for Aggravated Asault With a Deadly Weapon. I placed Richa into 2 pairs of handcuffs behind her back and checked for fit and double-locked the cuffs. Richa was patted down for weapons and contraband which none were found and placed into the back of my car. Richa agreed to leave her kids in the custody of [WITNESS #3] until her sister could arrive the following morning to pick Richa’s kids up. Richa was then taken out of my patrol car and signed a Temporary Custody Placement form. I then placed Richa back into one pair of handcuffs in the front due to Richa being compliant and checked the cuffs for fit and double-locked the cuffs. Richa was then placed into the back of my patrol car.

I then spoke to [VICTIM #1] again and [VICTIM #1] stated multiple times that he did not want Richa to go to jail and said he would leave but understood that due to the incident being family violence, the state takes charges. [VICTIM #1] also requested deputies while on scene take his firearm and allow [WITNESS #3] to have the Firearm until the following morning when [VICTIM #1] is not under the influence, which [WITNESS #3] agreed to and took possession of the Firearm, a Smith and Wesson SD9. The firearm was not involved in the dispute and was never alleged to be.

Richa when then taken to the Paulding County Jail and turned over to jail staff. Richa wanted me to take pictures of injuries that she stated she sustained from [VICTIM #1] in the dispute which are attached to this report.

Both Richa and [VICTIM #1] declined medical treatment on scene.

I will have charges sought on Richa for Aggravated Asault With a Deadly Weapon.

[End of Narrative]