Joshua Ramsey

Introduction

Joshua Ramsey is a 19-year-old from Evans, Georgia, the son of Community Christian Academy’s Head of Schools Ike Ramsey, who worked as a volunteer football coach at the school before his arrest on a child molestation charge. Deputies were called to the Columbia Road school on a Tuesday in October 2026 in reference to a possible sexual assault, and the resulting investigation produced a warrant accusing Ramsey of molesting a 14-year-old female student who attends the school. He was employed with the Columbia County Water Department at the time of his arrest, and remained in the Columbia County Detention Center the following morning on a $25,100 bond. The charge is an accusation, and Ramsey is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Background Information

Ramsey graduated from Community Christian Academy in 2025, according to Facebook posts reported by The Augusta Press. His father, Pastor Ike Ramsey, had been announced the year before as the school’s Head of School and Athletic Director; his mother works at the school as a teacher, according to the school’s Facebook page. The academy is closely tied to Trinity Baptist Ministries: Community Christian Academy became a ministry of the church in 2016, and the two share a focus on Christian education and faith-based student development. The academy’s post announcing his father’s role praised him as “an integral part of CCA since it began, serving with dedication and vision.” At the time of his arrest, Joshua Ramsey was employed with the Columbia County Water Department, authorities said, and coached youth football at the academy as a volunteer.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Charged, not convicted. Ramsey faces a child molestation charge in a warrant accusing him of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student — an accusation that has not been tested in court, and on which he is presumed innocent.

Deputies responded to the Columbia Road school on a Tuesday after a report of a possible sexual assault. Trinity Baptist Ministries Pastor Matthew Moore, who also serves as the school board chairman, reported the incident after discovering it from a congregation member. “Investigation revealed a 19-year-old volunteer football coach, Joshua Ramsey, had an inappropriate physical relationship with a 14-year-old female student,” sheriff’s Maj. Andy Shedd said in a press release. Investigators obtained a warrant for child molestation accusing Ramsey, an Evans teen, of digitally penetrating the girl in an Evans subdivision that was off-campus. His bond was set at $25,100, and he remained in the Columbia County Detention Center Wednesday morning, Maj. Shedd said.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The allegations landed hard in a small religious school community. The report did not come from the student’s family or the school directly, but from the pastor who chairs the school board, after a congregation member brought the matter to him — and it reached into the school’s own leadership, because the accused volunteer coach’s father heads the academy. The Augusta Press noted that authorities have not alleged that Ike Ramsey was involved in the alleged offense. The school’s Facebook posts celebrating the father’s service — including praise for his “heart for students” and his “passion for Christian education” — now sit alongside coverage of his son’s arrest at the school where the family has built its public ministry.

Current Status

Ramsey remained in the Columbia County Detention Center as of Wednesday morning after his Tuesday night arrest, held on a $25,100 bond on the child molestation warrant. The warrant’s allegation — that he digitally penetrated the 14-year-old student at an off-campus Evans subdivision — has not been tested in court, and he is presumed innocent of it unless and until proven guilty; no trial date or additional charges had been reported. Authorities said he was employed with the Columbia County Water Department at the time of his arrest; his employment status there, and his standing with the academy’s football program, were not addressed in the initial reports.

Impact on Their Career/Life

At 19, Ramsey went from volunteer coach at the school he graduated from the year before — and a county water department job — to a named defendant in a child molestation case reported across the Augusta area. The accusation touches nearly every institution in his life at once: the school where his father is Head of Schools and his mother teaches, the church whose pastor chairs the school board and reported him, and the county government that employed him. Because the warrant and arrest are public record under his name, and because the alleged offense involves a student at the school where he volunteered, the case now attaches itself to the Ramsey family’s public profile in the community regardless of how the criminal process resolves.

Sources

• The Augusta Press, “Principal’s son accused of molesting underage student while volunteering for academy’s football team”, 2026 — source