Headless animals found on Tybee Island beach
Police on Tybee Island are investigating after several headless animals were found lying on a beach early last week.City police were called to the area of north beach where the beach curves sharply...
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A 52-year old Savannah man has been charged with murder in the death of a another man found dead on Dec. 7. Savannah-Chatham police detectives have charged John Cope of the 800 block of East Anderson...
View ArticleThree men found guilty of Forsyth Park armed robberies
A Chatham County jury on Wednesday found three men guilty of two armed robberies that took place in and around Forsyth Park last May.Devante Tyrell Bynes, 21, was found guilty of two counts of armed...
View ArticleSavanah scam artist gets 10 year sentence, five to serve
Daniel Emanuel Alvin on Friday was sentenced to 10 years in prison with five to serve for guilty pleas in a series of crimes committed last summer in a fake charity he created called “Making a Real...
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Two anonymous phone calls, one the Bryan County 911 dispatch and one to Richmond Hill High School, prompted school officials and law enforcement personnel to put the school on lockdown Friday...
View ArticleSpringfield fire chief charged with DUI
Public safety summarySpringfield Fire Chief Travis Craig Zittrouer was arrested by the Georgia State Patrol on Saturday morning and charged with driving under the influence and speeding.Zittrouer, 29,...
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Downtown traffic will be rerouted for several hours today for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade.The parade starts at 10 a.m., but police will start closing roads earlier, and traffic is expected to...
View ArticlePolice look for Sam's Club phone thief
Savannah-Chatham police are seeking the public’s help identifying a man who stole cellphones from a Sam’s Club on the city’s southside.Furthermore, police believe him responsible for smartphone thefts...
View ArticleSaturday death in Port Wentworth ruled homicide
A Port Wentworth woman’s death Saturday morning at her Lake Shore Subdivision home was ruled a homicide Tuesday after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation performed an autopsy.Port Wentworth Police...
View ArticlePolice probe two Savannah slayings
Victims of two recent Savannah shootings have succumbed to their injuries, and police are investigating their deaths has homicides.Randy Brown, 39, who was shot Jan. 15, and Marvin Hills, 24, who was...
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Victims of two recent Savannah shootings have succumbed to their injuries, and police are investigating their deaths has homicides.Randy Brown, 39, who was shot Jan. 15, and Marvin Hills, 24, who was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Arbor Cottages' owner arrested after police raid in Savannah
Acting on tips received Tuesday night, police early Wednesday afternoon raided the Arbor Cottages on Ogeechee Road and subsequently charged the property’s owner/operator with several offenses.Russell...
View ArticleUPDATE: Arbor Cottages owner denied bond
Russell Steven Varnadoe on Thursday was denied bond on drug and weapons-possession charges stemming from a Wednesday afternoon raid on the Arbor Cottages on Ogeechee Road.Chatham County Recorder’s...
View ArticlePolice: Savannah man robs health food store during SWAT training, gets arrested
Police are deliberating charges against a Savannah man they say robbed a health food store Thursday afternoon in an area SWAT and K-9 units were conducting a training exercise.The 20-year-old man was...
View ArticleMan found shot Thursday night in Savannah
A middle-aged man was found shot Thursday evening in Savannah’s Midtown neighborhood.Shortly after 7:30 p.m., a 40-year-old man walked up to a house on the 1,000 block of East 33rd Street and told the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police charge Savannah man with robbing store during SWAT, K-9 training
Police on Friday charged a Savannah man they say robbed a health food store the day before in the same area SWAT and K-9 units were conducting a training exercise.Detectives charged Aceen D. Grant, 20,...
View ArticleMan shot in Savannah's Cuyler-Brownville neighborhood Saturday
A man was taken to Memorial University Medical Center on Saturday afternoon after being shot on a street in Savannah’s Cuyler-Brownville neighborhood.The man, whose age was not available, was shot...
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A 52-year old Savannah man has been charged with murder in the death of a another man found dead on Dec. 7. Savannah-Chatham police detectives have charged John Cope of the 800 block of East Anderson...
View ArticleMan shot Saturday said to be in critical condition
A Savannah man was in critical condition on Sunday after he was shot on West 42nd Street on Saturday.The 22-year-old man was found in the 800 block of West 42nd Street about 3:30 p.m. by Central...
View ArticlePolice seek man for questioning in Dec. shooting death
Savannah-Chatham police are looking for a man wanted for questioning in the Dec. 7 shooting death of a 36-year-old man on Savannah’s eastside.Police are asking the public to help them locate...
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