An Augusta man has been arrested after his mother’s caretaker found feces in the woman’s mouth, according to a media report.

Quami Dewayne Kelly, 20, visited his mother, who has dementia, on Tuesday, The Augusta Chronicle reported. She was laying on a couch at home when Kelly leaned down, kissed her goodbye and put something in her mouth before he left, the caretaker told Richmond County sheriff’s deputies.

The caretaker said she thought it was chocolate until she smelled something foul.

About the Author

Keep Reading

A bus waits to move over 20 unhoused persons from the Old Wheat Street encampment to the Welcome House, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)

Credit: Ben Hendren

Featured

Rebecca Ramage-Tuttle, assistant director of the Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, says the the DOE rule change is “a slippery slope” for civil rights. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC