The Catoosa County Courthouse opens its door for session Monday morning. Davida Caylor was scheduled to appear in court on charges of making false statements to the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office on March 17, 2014.RINGGOLD, Ga. – A jury agreed with prosecutors Wednesday evening: A falsified Facebook photo is the same as lying to the cops.
After three days of trial, the jury in Catoosa County Superior Court found Davida Kaye Caylor, 33, guilty of making false statements as the result of a picture her son uploaded online last year. The jury also found her guilty of two crimes in connection with the events of her arrest: tampering with evidence and obstructing an officer.
In February 2013, Caylor told the Sheriff’s Office that Heritage High School Assistant Principal Eric Beagles slammed her son’s right hand on a desk, causing a bruise. The day of the incident, 15-year-old Gregory Aaron Black posted a photo on Facebook that he said was his hand.
The picture showed a deep bruise. Part of his hand was blue, the knuckles swollen and red. Black tagged Caylor in the picture online. Later, Caylor also posted the photo with the comment: “What happened to my child, no kid deserves.”
But, after Caylor filed a complaint against Beagles, investigators determined that the picture was not actually Black’s hand — it was either Photoshopped, or it was a photo of someone else’s hand. At the same time, Detective Freddie Roden testified that Caylor did not actually give him that photo, nor did she tell him the photo was real, nor did Roden ever question her about the photo.