Judge grants state motion to revoke Gabriel Shealy's bond after no-contact-order violations alleged

Judge Tammy Long Hayward granted the state's motion to revoke the bond of Gabriel Shealy at a hearing on April 15, 2025, after prosecutors presented a magistrate bond order and two Clayton County officers testified.

Officer Devin Gosston and Officer Shavanna Lamar testified for the state. Gosston testified he responded to the Pine Glen Drive address and that the alleged victim, identified as Geneva Jackson in the record, had a no-contact order and documentation indicating Shealy should not return to that address. Officer Lamar also testified about prior calls and said the defendant had been observed intoxicated and disruptive and had run from officers during initial contact on one occasion. Prosecutors pointed to a bond condition entered in April 2023 that included a stay-away requirement and a condition that the defendant not violate the law while on bond.

Defense counsel argued mitigation but did not present witnesses. After hearing argument the court found the record sufficient to revoke bond. The judge admonished the defendant that continuing to return to protected locations and to be involved in violent or intoxication-related incidents in the presence of family members would lead to detention. The motion to revoke was granted and the court ordered the defendant detained pending further proceedings.

The court also noted the bond order (filed May 2023 and signed by the magistrate) expressly prohibited return to the Pine Glen Drive premises and required the defendant not to violate laws while on bond. The state requested and the court took judicial notice of the magistrate bond order in the file.