Four people were arrested Tuesday after a joint operation between local and federal police led to a meth bust in a Savannah hotel room.

Brandon Agner, 36, Morgan Cavallucci, 21, both of Harlem, Ga.; Jessica Stokes of Springfield and Curtis Robinson, 36, of Savannah were arrested during the operation at Days Inn on Gateway Boulevard, said Sgt. Gene Harley, Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team spokesman.

Information obtained during the joint investigation by CNT, Savannah-Chatham police and the ATF led officers to search a room at the inn. There they seized marijuana, methamphetamine and items commonly associated with methamphetamine, Harley said.

CNT agents trained in clandestine laboratories secured the room while wearing protective clothing.

All four people arrested are facing various methamphetamine-related charges and remain in the Chatham County jail following an arraignment hearing Wednesday, Harley said.

A suspect is in custody and being treated for possible injuries after crashing a suspected stolen car into a police car, firing shots and finally surrendering to Savannah-Chatham police.

Police were searching for the vehicle that had been reported stolen and were moving in on it on West 36th Street near Ogeechee Road when the suspect saw police approaching, entered the vehicle and sped into one of the stopped police cars.

The vehicle he was driving flipped on its side and into a parked SUV. The suspect then fired shots before surrendering. No one else was injured, said Julian Miller, police spokesman.

Ogeechee Road between the 37th Street Connector and West 37th Street is closed for the investigation. Traffic is being diverted from the Connector to West 37th Street.

Police are searching the area between Hodgson Memorial Drive at Mall Boulevard and Abercorn Street in Savannah for one or two suspects in a shooting Saturday afternoon.

Officers, including special units that were in training at the time, are searching for a white male believed to be in his mid-20s, wearing a white T-shirt, blue shorts with an orange stripe, a blue ball cap and possibly accompanied by a black male.

Police ask anyone seeing someone matching that description to call 911 immediately and not approach the individuals.

They are being sought after a male was shot near Habersham Street and Stephenson Avenue just after 4 p.m., said Julian Miller, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman.

The shooting victim has been transported to a hospital for treatment of what appears to be a non-life threatening wound, Miller said.

One male is being treated at a hospital for injuries received when he was taken into custody by a K-9 officer shortly after the shooting, Miller said.

No further information was immediately available.

Detectives are investigating the Saturday night shooting of a man Savannah’s Yamacraw Village neighborhood, just west of downtown.

The 25-year-old shooting victim, who does not live in Yamacraw, was transported to Memorial University Medical Center with non-life-threatening wounds after officers responded to a shooting call and found him on the ground about 9 p.m., said Julian Miller, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman.

Police ask anyone with information about the shooting to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward. Investigators can be reached confidentially by calling 912-525-3124.

Police have charged one man and are searching for two other people in connection with a shooting on Savannah’s southside Saturday afternoon that sent one man to a hospital in critical condition.

The 29-year-old shooting victim was taken to Memorial University Medical Cetner, where he was listed in critical condition after the 4 p.m. shooting in a parking lot on the 200 block of Stephenson Avenue, said Julian Miller, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman.

Austin Tyler Todd, 24, was treated for bite injuries received when he was taken into custody by a K-9 during a search nearby, Miller said.

Todd has been charged with aggravated assault and obstruction.

Police responded to the shooting to find the victim in a room at an adjacent motel, Miller said.

Witnesses reported seeing a blue Ford Expedition speed away from the scene. Responding officers quickly found the vehicle abandoned at a restaurant at Hodgson Memorial and Eisenhower drives, and were advised of three males walking away from it, one eastbound on Eisenhower and the two others — a black male and a white male in blue shorts, white T-shirt and blue cap — walking behind a building, Miller said.

A K-9 led police to an air conditioner behind a building, where Todd was found hiding.

When he refused multiple commands to show his hands, the K-9 took him into custody, biting him on his arm and shoulder, Miller said.

A second K-9 found items believed to be connected to the case in a nearby area, Miller said.

Patrol officers, aided by specialized units that were training nearby, saturated the area around Hodgson and Eisenhower in search of the other two suspects and their description was released to the media and through social media. They continue to be sought, Miller said.

Violent crimes detectives continue to investigate the shooting.

Police ask anyone with information about the shooting to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward. Investigators can be reached confidentially by calling 912-525-3124.

Savannah-Chatham police have charged a man who crashed a rental car into a county deputy’s patrol car Sept. 9 with multiple offenses.

Leonardo Divinci “Rock” Larck has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; trafficking heroin; possession with intent to distribute heroin, MDMA, and cocaine; and possession of tools for the commission of a crime, said Julian Miller, metro police spokesman.

The charges are a result of the investigation of the crash conducted by the police department’s Major Accident Investigation Team at the request of the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office and a separate investigation by the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team.

Larck was taken into custody while being treated for injuries received when the rental car he was driving collided with a marked Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Chatham County Sheriff’s Deputy Edward Gray on the 37th Street Connector to Interstate 16.

Both men had been transported for treatment of injuries in the 9:40 a.m. crash when deputies discovered an active probation violation warrant against Larck for a previous aggravated assault.

Larck was previously sought by the metro homicide unit as a person who may have had information regarding the July 18 slaying of Arkeen Abron on the 1200 block of Seiler Avenue, Miller said.

Larck remains incarcerated.

Investigations continue into the crash, the drug charges and the homicide by MAIT, CNT and metro’s violent crimes division are ongoing, Miller said.

Police are seeking new information on the 2011 slaying of a man on Savannah’s westside.

On the night of January 20, 2011, Curtis Hall was shot and killed. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots at approximately 9 p.m., and Hall was found shortly after in the lane at the intersection of Newcastle and Portland streets, said Catherine Neal, CrimeStoppers spokeswoman.

A potential cash reward of as much as $2,500 is available for new information that leads to the arrest of the person responsible for Hall’s death.

Call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020 with information. Tipsters remain anonymous.

One man has died after a Friday afternoon wreck involving a motorcycle and an SUV on Hodgeville Road in Effingham County.

The driver of the motorcycle, Mark Bromund Jr., 33, of Rincon, died Saturday morning at Memorial University, Sheriff's Office spokesman David Ehsanipoor said.

Shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Friday, deputies responded to a wreck with injuries on Hodgeville near Kolic Helmey Road.

“Initial reports indicate that the driver of a motorcycle was traveling southbound on Hodgeville Road passing vehicles when he struck an SUV which was turning north onto Hodgeville Road from Kolic Helmey Road,” Ehsanipoor said.

This crash remains under investigation by the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Unit.

Metro police and U.S. marshals in Savannah on Tuesday arrested a couple wanted in connection with a burglary in Putnam County.

Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Taskforce located Brittany Shae Sauls, 27, and her boyfriend Jacob Lee Wilson, 31, and stopped them in a parking lot at 5520 White Bluff Road, said Michelle Gavin, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman.

Metro police officers and K-9s also responded.

The dogs alerted on the car, and officers seized cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, hypodermic needles, approximately $55,000 in cash, and ammunition, Gavin said.

Sauls and Wilson are wanted for breaking into Sauls’ grandparents’ home in Putnam County on Sept. 24, Gavin said.

They will be transported back to Putnam County, where they are charged with burglary in the first degree. Local drug charges are pending.

Federal and local police are searching for the man they say robbed a credit union Tuesday on Savannah’s southside.

The robbery occurred just before 4 p.m. at Georgia’s Own Credit Union on the 400 block of Mall Boulevard, said Julian Miller, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman. An armed man entered the credit union and demanded cash from employees, who complied.

The suspect then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, Miller said.

The FBI continues to investigate the robbery.

Police described the suspect as a clean-shaven black male who stands about 6 feet tall and weighs about 220 pounds. He wore a black skull cap, black sunglasses, a black long-sleeve shirt and black pants.

Police ask anyone with information on the suspect’s identity to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.

Metro police say the Wells Fargo bank in McAlpin Square off Victory Drive on Savannah’s eastside was robbed Wednesday morning.

Authorities had not released details about suspects as of early Wednesday afternoon.

The FBI said more information about the robbery would be released through Savannah-Chatham police later Wednesday.

Savannah-Chatham police are searching a person they say broke into at least eight cars within one week in the Bradley Point South community.

Just after 3 a.m. Sept. 19, a residential surveillance camera recorded footage of an individual attempting to break in to a car, said Eunica Baker, metro police spokeswoman. Investigators eventually received seven entering-auto reports from residents throughout the Bradley Point South neighborhood. Detectives also are investigating an entering-auto that occurred in the same neighborhood on Sept. 26.

All of the incidents happened overnight, and items were stolen during each incident, Baker said.

The person sought for questioning is fair skinned with thick shoulder-length dreadlocks and stands 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, police said.

Police ask anyone with information on the case to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.

Police made a second arrest Monday in connection with a shooting late last month at a hotel on Savannah’s southside.

Matthew Armstrong, 29, of Springfield was arrested Monday by Statesboro police, said Eunicia Baker, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman. Torrence Veal, 25, of Milledgeville is sought by metro police. Investigators have linked both Armstrong and Veal to the Sept. 20 shooting of a 29-year-old man in a hotel parking lot on Stephenson Avenue, Baker said. The shooting left the victim in critical condition.

Armstrong and Veal are charged with aggravated assault. Veal also will be charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Baker said.

Police described as a black male with a low haircut who stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs roughly 135 pounds. He is believed to have ties to both Pooler and Ellabell.

After the shooting, witnesses reported a blue Ford Expedition speeding from the scene before being abandoned by three men at a restaurant at Hodgson Memorial and Eisenhower drives. Police quickly located the SUV, along with Austin Tyler Todd, 24, who fit one of the suspect’s descriptions.

Todd, who was found hiding behind a nearby building, received treatment for a bite from a police K-9. A second K-9 found items believed connected to the case nearby. Todd is charged with aggravated assault and obstruction.

Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.

Investigators can be reached confidentially at 912-525-3124.

Police say a teenager was shot on Savannah’s eastside Wednesday night.

A male in his mid-teens was taken to Memorial University Medical Center with potentially serious injuries after the shooting in the 2200 block of Alabama Avenue just before 9 p.m., said Julian Miller, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman.

The investigation by violent crimes detectives was underway late Wednesday night. Alabama was blocked off between Georgia and Connecticut avenues while police worked.

No further information was immediately available. Miller said there was heavy foot presence in the area, and that investigators would like people who may have witnessed the shooting or anything that could have been related to call police.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.

Investigators can be reached confidentially at 912-525-3124.

Metro police and CrimeStoppers are looking for a suspect charged in the August slaying of a teenager on Savannah’s westside.

Savannah-Chatham police have charged JoAndre Robbins, 18, with murder in the Aug. 16 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Wayne Edwards in Carver Village.

Edwards was found shot while sitting in a parked car on the 1200 block of Elliot Avenue that evening, and he later died at Memorial University Medical Center.

Police describe Robbins as a black male who stands 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 173 pounds and has medium-length dreadlocks. He is known to frequent Savannah’s westside.

A cash reward of as much as $2,500 is available anonymously for information that leads to Robbins’ arrest.

All information provided to CrimeStoppers is anonymous and can be reported 24/7. Tipsters can call 234-2020, send an e-tip through www.savannahchathamcrimestoppers.org or text CSTOP2020 plus a tip to CRIMES (274637).

Investigators from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office say a man they suspect of bilking nearly $10,000 from people in more than a dozen states via what they call a “jury duty scam” is in custody.

Ivan Cain Hamilton, 28, was transported from a state facility to the Chatham County jail Tuesday afternoon, said Gena Bilbo, sheriff’s office spokeswoman.

The agency’s criminal investigations division has linked Hamilton to numerous victims and suspects him of duping people out of nearly $10,000, Bilbo said.

Chatham County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Allen O’Berry has been working on the case for five months and is still working to identify several other suspects, Bilbo said.

The investigator discovered Hamilton was conducting the scam from inside a state prison, Bilbo said. The ongoing investigation revealed there are possibly more victims. Bilbo said details of how Hamilton conducted the scam and moved money will not be released until after he is adjudicated.

He was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on charges of theft by deception and impersonating a public official.

People who suspect they’ve been a victim of the scam are asked to call the sheriff’s office at 912-652-7750. Considering investigators believe there are more suspects in the case, deputies want to remind the public that the sheriff’s office will never call and ask for money.

Savannah-Chatham police say the sole remaining suspect of three charged in a shooting last month on the city’s southside turned himself in to authorities late Wednesday night.

Torrence Veal, 25, was arrested at 10 p.m. Wednesday and booked in the Chatham County jail. He is charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Metro police on Wednesday afternoon said they were looking for him.

Veal along with 29-year-old Matthew Armstrong and 24-year-old Austin Tyler Todd had been charged with the Sept. 20 shooting of a 29-year-old man in a hotel parking lot on Stephenson Avenue, said Eunica Baker, metro police spokeswoman. The shooting left the victim in critical condition.

Armstrong was arrested Monday by Statesboro police. Todd was arrested the day of the shooting after police found him hiding behind a building and saw he matched descriptions given by witnesses. He was bitten by a K-9 during the arrest and treated at a local hospital.

Armstrong and Todd were also both charged with aggravated assault in the case, and Todd was also charged with obstruction.

About two hours after a teenager was shot in Pine Gardens Thursday afternoon, police responded to a second shooting in another eastside neighborhood.

A 30-year-old man was transported by private vehicle to Memorial University Medical Center after being shot in Live Oak just before 6 p.m., said Julian Miller, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman. Police said the man’s injuries did not appear to be life threatening.

The investigation into the shooting, which occurred near Live Oak Street and Seiler Avenue, was underway Thursday afternoon.

No further information was immediately available.

Police ask anyone with information on the shooting to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.
Investigators can be reached confidentially at 912-525-3124.

The investigation into the shooting of a 30-year-old man Thursday in Savannah’s Live Oak neighborhood is ongoing.

Officers responded to Seiler Avenue at Live Oak Street at 5:47 p.m. Thursday after they were told a shooting victim had been taken from that area by private vehicle to Memorial University Medical Center, said Julian Miller, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman.

The victim, who lives on West 55th Street, was being treated for multiple wounds that were not considered life threatening, Miller said.

Police ask anyone with information on the shooting to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.

Investigators can be reached confidentially at 912-525-3124.

Police say a man was shot to death in Savannah early Saturday.

Officers responded to a shots-fired call about 5:30 a.m. to an apartment complex in the 8500 block of Waters Avenue, where they found a man dead outside, said Julian Miller, Savannah-Chatham police spokesman.

The man’s identity was not released early Saturday, but Miller said he was in his early 20s.

The investigation by the police department’s violent crimes detectives is underway. No further information about the shooting or any suspects was immediately available.

Police ask anyone with information on the shooting to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.

Investigators can be reached confidentially at 912-525-3124.