A Superior Court judge refused to grant bond Friday for a
former Richmond County sheriff’s investigator accused of stalking his ex-wife.
Timothy Allen Tobias, 45, of Augusta, was arrested Feb. 27
and charged with aggravated stalking, according to jail records.
His 37-year-old ex-wife told deputies that Tobias, who had
been charged before with stalking her, went to her Evans home Feb. 27. She said
that after she pulled into her driveway and entered, she heard a knock and saw
Tobias outside, according to a Co¬lum¬bia County sheriff’s report.
A deputy found Tobias walking toward the back of the
townhouse. When the deputy spoke to him, Tobias walked toward the deputy with a
cup in his right hand and his left hand in his pocket, according to the report.
The deputy told Tobias to take his hand out of his pocket, and Tobias switched
the cup to his left hand and stuck his right hand into his pocket. Tobias
didn’t follow the deputy’s instructions to remove his hands from his pockets
and to get to the ground.
The deputy put him on the ground and handcuffed him, according
to the report. The deputy wrote that Tobias appeared to be extremely
intoxicated and smelled like alcohol.
The resident said a restraining order against him was a
stipulation of their divorce, according to the report. She said Tobias was on
probation for stalking her in the past. He was charged in January 2011 with
stalking and again in April 2011 with aggravated stalking, according to
sheriff’s Capt. Steve Morris.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of stalking and one count of
aggravated stalking in August 2011 under the First Offender Act.
Tobias was a Richmond County sheriff’s investigator until he
resigned in October 2010, according to sheriff’s Lt. Calvin Chew. He had been
hired in November 1987.