Release:

East Dublin, GA (August 19, 2020) – On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Melinda Ricks Swint, 50, of Laurens County and charged her with three counts of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Swint is being housed at the Laurens County Law Enforcement Center.

Earlier on Tuesday, the GBI Eastman Office was requested by the East Dublin Police Department to investigate a shooting. At approximately 2:27 p.m., a Laurens County Sheriff’s Office deputy was in the area of the Laurens County Courthouse when a female driver indicated to the deputy that someone in the vehicle needed medical attention. 

Preliminary information indicates that Prestia Floyd, 18, of Laurens County, and two other females were traveling in the vehicle at the intersection of Attaway Drive and Wrightsville Highway in East Dublin. According to Floyd, she was in the front passenger seat of the vehicle when she was shot by Melinda Ricks Swint. Swint allegedly pulled her vehicle up beside the vehicle at the intersection and fired a firearm out of her vehicle window, striking Floyd. Floyd has been treated and released from Fairview Park Hospital. The uninjured female passenger of the vehicle is currently dating Swint’s ex-boyfriend. 

If anyone has any information, please contact the GBI Eastman Office at 478-374-6988 or the East Dublin Police Department at 478-272-6883.