Marcus Lequin Payne

Marcus Lequin Payne, 23, of 101-313 S. Seventh St. was arrested Monday and charged with one count each of aggravated assault and felony theft by receiving stolen property.
The arrest came as the result of an investigation in the Friday night assault of a 28-year-old man who originally told police that he was beaten unconscious while he walked home through the alley near Second Street. Investigation by Col. Lewis Green revealed, however, that the assault took place inside the suspect’s apartment.
Payne is accused of physically assaulting the victim by striking him in the head with a loaded .357 magnum revolver. The blow caused the victim to require several stitches and hospitalization.
Green recovered the weapon used in the assault and a computer check revealed that it had been stolen in a burglary on Dec. 17, 2007 at Evans Outdoors.
Payne was processed at the police department and later transported to the Crisp County Detention Center.