Man Killed on Bicycle in Richmond County Arrested Here Years Ago
Man Charged with Criminal Attempt Child Molestation 5 Years Ago Killed on Bicycle on Mike Padgett Highway
A man who traveled to Augusta from Colorado five years ago, planning to have sex with an underage teenager, was killed while riding a bike Monday night on Mike Padgett Highway.
The Richmond County Coroner’s Office says 54-year-old Richard Mennemeyer was hit near Debra Street and was pronounced dead at 8:54 p.m. No autopsy will be performed.
Mennemeyer was living in Northglenn, Colorado when he thought he had arranged to have sex in Augusta with a 14-year-old girl. Officials say, Mennemeyer had instead been communicating with undercover law enforcement officers the whole time.
He was charged in March of 2017 with Attempt to Commit Child in Richmond County. Court records show he was convicted of Sexual Assault on a Child in Colorado in 1999.
Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.
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