Posted on 03/05/2015 10:05:54 PM PST by diverteach
AMERICUS, GA (WALB) - Investigators arrested a 5th person Wednesday in the double-murder of a Sumter County mother and son.
Officers arrested Demetrious Hubbard and charged him with murder in the case.
Hubbard's arrest comes after four other suspects were denied bond in a first appearance Wednesday afternoon.
Ruhemmeion King is also charged murder.
Investigators said he shot Dallas and Bonnie Freeman several times, before setting their house on fire Friday.
The three other men arrested, Reginald Mathis, Brandon Prince, and Qwinterrious Dodson were charged with theft by receiving stolen property.
Mathis and Dodson were also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Investigators said they had been out searching for other persons of interest all afternoon Wednesday.
The bodies of Bonnie Freeman, 54, and Dallas Freeman, 33, were found at the scene February 27.
Dallas Freeman's truck was found abandoned in Joyce Myers Park the next morning.
Sumter County Sheriff Pete Smith said as many as 10 arrests could be made in the case. He also said a safe with guns inside was stolen from the house. Crews were able to recover a lot of the stolen property Monday.
The safe and guns inside were what investigators say led Ruhemmeion King to Dallas Freeman's home.
Investigators believe the men are connected through a gang.
"Unfortunately this organized group of people is something real that is actually evident in Sumter County," said Col. Eric Bryant with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office. "We do have individuals that we have identified that may participate in some different organizations."
For that reason, Colonel Bryant wants people to be careful about what they post on social media. He reminds everyone that gang members have Facebook accounts as well, and can see posts about guns and other weapons.
"Be mindful of you putting your personal inventory on there. Most importantly [with] some of the comments that are being made or have been made, you have to be mindful of that because people sometimes interpret those things and take them the wrong way," Bryant warned.
Dallas Freeman was a known gun enthusiast, and authorities say he was targeted because of his guns.
It's a sad reminder of the lengths that criminals will take to get weapons.
But investigators note that the case is very complicated, because it involves an arson, double homicide, and a home burglary.
Hundreds gathered Wednesday for the Freeman's funeral. Bonnie was 54 and Dallas was 33.
Dallas was Marine later employed with Blackwater. At the time of his death was manager at Southwest Georgia Gunworks. To say the least he was very much into and had many firearms. It appears these animals that killed him and his mother knew what they were after in his house. As the article does mention, the police ask that you are carefull what kind of information is put online.
Details of the burglary. Dallas was shot once outside his house then dragged inside where he was tied up. Perps then tried to coerce the combination to his large gun safe from him, beating him badly. His mother eventually arrived home where she to was shot outside then dragged inside. The perps then beat Dallas in front of her trying to get the combo from her. When that failed they shot Dallas' mother multiple times in front of him. When Dallas still didn't give up the combo they shot him multiple times. Ended up taking the gun safe along with other items, then set the house on fire leaving in his truck.
I've been digging around on Facebook and the black community in Americus is absolutely sickening in thier reaction. Yep, you guesed it, crying racism.
BTTT
At first I saw Sumter. The locals call that the armpit of South Carolina.
But, I see Georgia.
Keep me posted.
No jail, no trial just bullets pointedly placed
Sounds like something you'd need antibiotics for..
How horrible, I am so very sorry for your losses.
The tiresome cry of racism has surely got to be nearly it`s expiration date!
Demetrious Hubbard ... Ruhemmeion King ... Qwinterrious Dodson ...
The names. Always with the weird, made up names.
Websites, social media as many as 10 could be arrested?
Targeted by their own website?
Brutal. Extremely violent people here...
Ruhemmeion?
Lived there for three years. Obama and Holders people kept trying to steal my stuff. Beautiful place, lots of history, all the way back to pre Revolutionary War, bad people
Horrific. Sorry for your loss.
I could post his pic but it’s a bit large.
I’m so sorry for your loss.
Words fail me at times like this, but I’ll try. I feel bad for you to have gone through this nightmare.
My prays are for the family and friends of the victims.
Stay strong and God bless....
Qwinterrious Dodson, you can’t make this stuff up.
Not sure where racism is involved. However, there seems to be a coming civil/race war. There is a large contingent of blacks that have come to conclusion that what others have is theirs for the taking. No amount of prayer is going to change that. No votes are going to change that.
I didn’t see any pictures of your friends. Can you post some, or links to them, they should be remembered
The height will be automatically adjusted to keep the image proportionate.
I am so so sorry that this horrible tragedy happened to your friends. The story is shocking and all I can say further is prayers for the family/loved ones/and friends.
The article mentions gang connections but is absolutely unclear about whether or not that includes the victim. Can you clarify?
Its is the possessive. It’s is the contraction for ‘it is.’
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