An Effingham County woman was killed early Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle wreck in Port Wentworth.
Patricia Weaver, 57, of a Bloomingdale address, was driving a sedan southbound on Ga. 21 when it struck a tractor-trailer in the highway’s intersection with Jimmy Deloach Parkway about 12:20 p.m., said Georgia State Patrol Trooper 1st Class David Laff. The driver of the truck was not injured.
Traffic was stalled in the area for more than an hour as Port Wentworth police and GSP responded to the wreck.
Laff said the investigation into the incident was continuing late Thursday afternoon.
Police seek accused Parker’s thief
Savannah-Chahtam police are asking the public’s help in identifying a man caught on surveillance video stealing cash from a Savannah convenience store in early December.
The cameras recorded the suspect, a dark-skinned male between 5-foot-11 and 6-foot-1 who weighed about 180 to 200 pounds, walking into the Parker’s in the 5300 block of Skidaway Road at DeRenne Avenue about 12:30 p.m. Dec. 7, said Eunicia Baker, police spokeswoman.
The man entered the store’s back office, located and then stole an undisclosed amount of cash, Baker said. He was encountered by an employee as he attempted to leave the restricted area. He then asked directions to the rest room that he entered before leaving the store.
Baker said employees attempted to approach him, but he fled the parking lot in a silver, older model Buick.
Investigators do not believe the suspect is tied to recent Parker’s robberies at other Chatham County locations.
Baker described him as bald with a muscular build.
Anyone with information on this suspect’s identity or location is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637). Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.
Woman wanted on drug charges
Local drug agents are asking the public’s help in locating a person wanted in connection to a cocaine distribution investigation.
Khadija Nicol Brown, 39, of Savannah, is wanted by the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team following a two-month investigation during which agents have accused her of selling cocaine from her eastside Savannah house, said CNT Sgt. Mark Lupus, the agency’s spokesman.
Brown is described as a 5-foot-2, 130 pound black female with black hair and brown eyes. She has a distincitive horiztonal scar at the base of her neck, Lupus said. Her last known addresses were in the 1100 block of East 53rd Street and the 1100 block of East 54th Street.
Anyone with information concerning Brown’s whereabouts is asked to call CNT at 912-652-3900 or CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 where callers can remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.
Compiled by Corey Dickstein