District Attorney Keith Higgins announces that Jeffrey Scott Davis, 28, of Brunswick, pled guilty to Criminal Attempt to Commit Kidnapping (2 counts) and Felony Theft by Taking, pursuant to a negotiated guilty plea entered in Glynn County Superior Court on February 13, 2023.
The charges stem from an incident that occurred on August 27, 2022, when the victim, who was picking up a DoorDash order from Chick-Fil-A at Golden Isles Plaza, parked her vehicle, and ran inside to pick up an order. The victim left her car running with two children inside, ages 6 and 7. When the victim walked into the restaurant, the defendant, Jeffery Davis, approached the vehicle, entered without permission and drove off with the two children in the back seat. As Davis drove toward Cypress Mill Road with the children, who began to cry and call out, he slowed the vehicle down and the two children exited the vehicle while it was still in the Home Depot parking lot. While that was occurring, the victim had exited Chick-Fil-A, saw that her vehicle was missing and began screaming. The victim heard her daughter yelling “Mommy”, and she ran towards the children who were being assisted by a witness in the Home Depot parking lot.
The Glynn County Police Department arrived on scene and immediately sent out a “Be on the Lookout” (BOLO) for the vehicle, utilizing information obtained from the vehicles internal tracking system. As the vehicle tracking had the vehicle heading towards Camden, the Georgia State Patrol (GSP) and the Camden County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) were also notified. Shortly thereafter, CCSO deputies advised they located the vehicle and had detained Davis in Woodbine, GA.
On February 13, 2023, Davis pled guilty to Criminal Attempt to Commit kidnapping (2 counts) and Felony Theft by Taking. Glynn County Superior Court Judge Stephen G. Scarlett, Sr., sentenced Davis to 20 years serve 10 years for the Criminal Attempt to Commit Kidnapping charges, and 10 years to serve for the Theft charge, to run concurrent with the Kidnapping sentence. Davis was sentenced as a recidivist, which means that he will serve each day of his 10 year sentence before he is allowed out on probation for the remaining 10 years.
Members of the media with further questions may contact the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office at 912-554-7200.
