Paulding Man Accused Of Beating Blind Woman Arrested

DALLAS, GA — A Paulding County man accused of severely beating a blind woman was arrested Saturday, according to the sheriff's office.

Charles Brandon Ayers, 37, was taken into custody Saturday afternoon by deputies with the Paulding County Sheriff's Office without incident. He was arrested in western Paulding County and gave up peacefully, deputies say.

Ayers, who had last been seen on April 29, was wanted in connection to the beating of Tammy Usher. Usher, who is blind, was hospitalized in Cartersville with facial fractures, lacerations, contusions and severe bruising.

Usher and Ayers had been lifelong acquaintances up until the time the beating took place, the sheriff's office said. The two left her Paulding County home on April 26 in a truck owned by her family.

They were gone for three days before Ayers finally dropped Usher off at the Loves Truck Stop in Emerson and asked a friend to take her to the hospital, authorities said.

Ayers was wanted on charges of aggravated battery and theft by conversion in Paulding County. He was also wanted in Douglas County on aggravated assault charges for allegedly beating another woman.

Photo courtesy Paulding County Sheriff's Office