AUGUSTA — A man accused of killing an Augusta code enforcement officer has been brought back to Georgia and charged with murder after being arrested last week in South Carolina.
Smitty OIiver Melton, 65, was extradited from Aiken County, South Carolina, to nearby Richmond County, where he was booked into a detention center Monday afternoon, according to The Augusta Chronicle. Melton is charged with murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime in relation to the shooting death of Charles Case.
Case was an Augusta code enforcement officer found shot multiple times in the middle of a residential street Thursday morning. He died before he could be taken to a hospital.
Case was sent to Melton’s residence that morning to post a “condemned” sign on the home, the newspaper reported.
It’s unclear if Melton has a lawyer to speak for him.
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