A thirty-one-year-old Floyd County man, who is said to be a gang member, is facing multiple charges in connection with robberies and assaults that occurred two years ago. Joshua Nathaniel Danforth of Shannon shot a 73-year-old woman in the shoulder and took her purse containing $1,200.

The incident occurred on July 28, 2022, at a location at 1944 Shorter Avenue. The victim was also pistol-whipped and she fell to the ground, hitting her face and sustaining an orbital fracture. Also in July of 2022, Danford held a man against his will at a location on Woods Road, while another suspect struck the victim with a metal object about the head and body.

Danford, a purported member of the Ghost Face Gangsters criminal street gang also used a recorded phone line for a drug deal in October of 2022. He is charged with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, exploitation of the elderly, participation in a criminal street gang, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, robbery, false imprisonment, battery, conspiracy to violate Georgia’s Controlled Substances Act.

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