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Suspect ID’d in murder of former Fayette commissioner

A murder warrant has been issued for a Jonesboro man who sheriff’s detectives think killed former Fayette County Commissioner Charles H. Mask, who was found dead Thursday night in a trailer behind a home he rented.

Thomas Allen Richie, 33, of 254 Concord Lane, Jonesboro, is accused of killing Mask at his McBride Road residence by striking him in the head with a cement block, the warrant said. It is not clear if Richie has been taken into custody yet, but further details should be available after a press conference this afternoon at the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department.
Richie, who has another address listed in Atlanta, is also charged with stealing Mask’s Ford Ranger pickup after the killing, according to another warrant for his arrest filed by sheriff’s detectives.

It is not immediately known if Richie was an acquaintance of Mask’s or not.

Mask, 74, served as a county commissioner from 1986-1987, filling the unexpired term of Tom Harris, who resigned to run for a state Senate seat.