After unsuccessful attempts in locating Jayquwan Lamar Newmones Sheriff’s Investigators enlisted the help of the Greenville Police Department’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team and the NC SBI Fugitive and Missing Person Task Force. On Sunday, February 11, 2018 Members of the SBI Task Force, the FBI and the Richmond County Georgia Sheriff’s Office located and arrested Khalif Muhammed Newmones, age 25 of 252 Duke Street, Belhaven NC and Alicia Hassona Polen, age 27 of 1903 Cooney Cir., Augusta, Georgia. Both have been charged with Accessory after the Fact to Murder. Both are being held in the Charles B. Webster Detention Center without bond and are awaiting extradition back to Beaufort County.
On Thursday, February 15, 2018, Members of the Greenville Police Department’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team, the NC SBI Fugitive and Missing Person Task Force, the FBI, Augusta Police Department, and the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office located and arrested Jayquwan Lamar Newmones without incident at a residence in Augusta, Georgia. He is currently being held in the Charles B. Webster Detention Center without bond and is awaiting extradition back to Beaufort County.
Newmones had drastically altered his appearance and been dressing as a girl for over a week, portraying himself as a 9th grade high school student. A local family there in Augusta had taken in Newmones after he came to their residence asking for help. The investigation is ongoing with further charges possible.
Sheriff Ernie Coleman states, “Countless hours were put into this investigation by my deputies, along with assistance from deputies, officers, and agents from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies from both North Carolina and Georgia. Over 35 court orders were drafted and executed to aid in developing evidence in this case. Newmones was taken into custody without incident because of tireless effort and determination by a lot of good law enforcement officers. I know that arrests made in this case will not make the situation better but I do hope that it brings the Moore family comfort and consolation in this time of sadness.”
