Wilkinson County Teacher Arrested for Holding Scissors to Student’s Throat

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has arrested and charged Jamel Mikal Ashley, 46, of Danville, Wilkinson County, GA, with Aggravated Assault and Cruelty to Children. Ashley is a teacher at Wilkinson County Middle School.  

On Monday, May 12, 2025, the Wilkinson County Sheriff’s Office requested the GBI to investigate allegations of aggravated assault involving a teacher and a student at the middle school in Irwinton, GA.  

The GBI investigation revealed that while in a classroom at Wilkinson County Middle School, Ashley approached a student and held a pair of scissors to the student’s throat.  

Ashley was arrested and has been booked into the Wilkinson County Sheriff’s Office Jail.  

The GBI has stated that this investigation remains active and ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Wilkinson County Sheriff’s Office at 478-946-2411 or the GBI regional investigative office in Milledgeville at 478-445-4173. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

Once the investigation is complete, the case file will be given to the Ocmulgee District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.