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Chatham County District Attorney Meg Heap announced Thursday that Wendell Louis Buxton Jr., 23, and Anthony Leonard Stephens, 21, have pleaded guilty to their involvement in the armed robbery of a...
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A 22-year-old Savannah man is in serious condition after the car he was driving crashed into a tree on Waters Avenue on Friday morning, Savannah-Chatham County police reported.Tyrone Griffin was...
View ArticleSavannah teenage girl charged in shooting of teen boy
A 22-year-old woman has been charged with the Jan. 22 shooting death of a teenager on Savannah’s southside.Adrienne Marie Jackson of a Lucian Circle address was arrested at her residence Thursday night...
View ArticleUPDATE & VIDEO: Police searching for suspect in overnight Savannah shooting
Law enforcement in Chatham and Effingham counties are searching for a 27-year-old man suspected of shooting his girlfriend early Saturday morning at a Savannah apartment complex.Cori Rayshan Hines, of...
View ArticleSavannah man sentenced to 15 years in 2011 armed robbery
A Savannah man on Monday was sentenced to 15 years in prison with 11 to serve without parole in a 2011 armed robbery in a Yamacraw Village apartment.Quayshaun Floyd, 21, entered his plea without a...
View ArticleRemains taken from Savannah cemetery, police not releasing details
Savannah-Chatham police were investigating Tuesday after a cemetery on Savannah’s east side was disturbed sometime late Monday night or early Tuesday morning.Police spokesman Julian Miller confirmed...
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The gunman in a 2011 armed robbery at a Yamacraw Village apartment was convicted Tuesday on charges of armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.Daqwan Young, 21, was...
View ArticlePolice investigating Bay Street fatal shooting
Savannah-Chatham police Wednesday were investigating the overnight shooting death of a 33-year-old man on West Bay Street.Downtown Precinct patrol officers found William Bass Jr., of Savannah, shot to...
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The Port Wentworth Police Department on Thursday announced it would enforce a zero-tolerance policy for driving violations within its city limits beginning Thursday afternoon through early Monday...
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Two men were charged Thursday by Savannah-Chatham police with the robbery of a pizza restaurant. Police also recovered a stolen car.Raphael Samuel Smith Jr., 19, and Raphael Jamel Mikell, 23, were both...
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Homicide investigators from the Savannah-Chatham Police Department are investigating the shooting death of a 32-year-old man near a nightclub outside the St. Patrick’s Festival Zone Saturday...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police i.d. man killed at downtown Savannah nightclub
Savannah-Chatham police have identified the victim of a shooting death that took place Saturday morning at a downtown Savannah nightclub.Police say Sidney Grant, 32, was killed at Frozen Paradise...
View ArticleSavannah river boat damage case waived to trial court
Attorneys for a Brunswick man charged with damaging the River Queen on March 11 waived his case to Superior Court on Tuesday.William Tyler Cole, 26, is charged with criminal damage to property for...
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A Garden City man is in stable condition following a shooting Monday night.Garden City police said the 26-year-old shooting victim was taken to Memorial University Medical Center after the incident...
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A 27-year-old Savannah man was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in front of a home in the Edgemere/Sackville neighborhood.Achmed Kiwaan Williams was sitting on the front porch of a house in the 1100...
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William Ellien, 57, of Savannah pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S. District Judge William Moore Jr. for distributing drugs to his customers without a legitimate medical purpose, according to a press...
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Three men were in custody Friday evening after they were found hiding in a Garden City house following a morning bank robbery on West Bay Street.Savannah-Chatham police, Garden City police and FBI...
View ArticleHomicides in Georgia prisons on the rise
ATLANTA — A rise in inmate deaths in Georgia spotlights the use of cell phones by gang members who communicate within and outside of prison walls to plan violent attacks.Of the nine inmates and one...
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Homicide detectives with the Savannah-Chatham police department are investigating the Sunday night fatal shooting of a 35-year-old woman at her residence.Amistica Ganene Grell was declared dead on the...
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Campus police believe young vandals broke into White Bluff Elementary School with an apparent intent to cause damage and destruction. “Nothing was stolen or missing,” said Savannah-Chatham County...
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