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Judge delays bond decision in beating death
South grad killed at bar near university
By Holli Deal Saxon
FCN regional staff
STATESBORO — After a
bond hearing lasting nearly
three hours earlier this month,
Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Chief
Judge William E. Woodrum Jr.
said he would review the testi
mony before deciding whether
to grant bond for a bouncer
accused of beating a South
Forsyth High graduate to death
in August.
Grant James Spencer, 20, of
Olympic Boulevard, bowed his
head as the father of the victim
spoke during the hearing Oct. 15
in Bulloch County Superior
Court.
Spencer is charged with
aggravated battery and felony
murder in connection with the
death of Michael Gatto, an
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-18-year-old Georgia Southern
University freshman from
Forsyth County, after an inci
dent Aug. 28 at Rude Rudy’s.
Spencer allegedly physically
attacked Gatto at the bar, where
Spencer was a bouncer.
According to a post on the Rude
Rudy’s Facebook page that was
removed shortly after it
appeared, Spencer was not on
duty at the time.
The bar has since closed after
owner Jonathan Starkey surren
dered his alcohol license prior to
a scheduled hearing in
September regarding the inci
dent and alleged alcohol viola
tions.
The victim’s father, also
named Michael Gatto, was emo
tional as he spoke to the court,
citing the reasons he feels
Spencer should be denied bond.
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Spencer beat to
death [the vic
tim] with fear
ful blows to the
head,” he said.
“My son’s head
injuries were
massive ..
Grant Spencer
is missing a quality that sepa
rates human beings from wild
animals.” :
Gatto was graphic in his
description of his son’s injuries,
including skull fractures sus
tained during the attack.
Statesboro Police Detective
Sgt. James Winskey also testi
fied, telling the court that while
there were allegations that the
younger Gatto was trying to
steal — or stole —.money from
a tip jar, no theft occurred.
Gatto “did nothing wrong”
that would have warranted the
attack, and the incident was cap-
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tured on video, Winskey said.
When Assistant District
Attorney Daphne Totten asked
whether Spencer’s actions dur
ing the incident would have
been warranted had there actual
ly been a theft, Winskey said,
“No.”
Several people who said they
have known Spencer for years
testified that he is a good
natured person with no history
of violence, that he mentored
younger teens and had compas
sion for others.
One of Spencer’s attorneys,
David Wolfe of Atlanta, asked
Woodrum to consider a $35,000
bond with conditions that
Spencer be confined to his par
ents’ home in Johns Creek, near
Forsyth County, and be moni
tored by GPS with an ankle
attachment.
But Totten told the court
Spencer had two other alcohol
related charges within less than
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a year’s time before the Aug. 28
incident.
Spencer was cited for under
age possession of alcohol in
2013 and a DUI case stemming
from an April incident is still
pending, she said.
Spencer was charged with
DUI and possession of a false
ID, as well as giving false infor
mation to officers, and was out
on a SIO,OOO bond for that case
when the incident at Rude
Ru&y’s occurred, Totten said.
Because Spencer showed dis
regard for probation mandates
from that case by consuming
alcohol at Rude Rudy’s the
night of the beating, he poses a
risk and shows he may not fol
low conditions of a bond for this
case, she said.
Wolfe said Spencer pleaded
not guilty to the DUI charge,
and the case is still pending. He
said Spencer would seek treat
ment for alcohol issues.
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