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A family dog in Thunderbolt that was not up to date on its rabies vaccination is now in quarantine at the Savannah-Chatham police department’s Animal Control facility after being exposed to a raccoon...

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Two arrested after fleeing police, crashing SUV in Savannah

Two men were arrested and three hospitalized Thursday morning after an SUV fleeing a police car that wasn’t chasing it crashed into a second SUV, sending it into a third. Two men in the first SUV, a...

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Ex-Savannah-Chatham cop Mayes in jail after felony indictment

Indicted former Savannah-Chatham police detective Trina Katrice Mayes turned herself in to authorities Friday morning, two days after being indicted on seven counts of making false statements to...

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Major Accident Investigation Team officers of the Savannah-Chatham police department are investigating a five-vehicle pile-up that killed a Savannah man late Thursday night.Jose E. Cuervo III, 26, was...

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Officials: CrimeStoppers critical to solving crimes in Savannah area

Nearly a year after a popular local firefighter was fatally shot inside a Sandfly bar, Savannah-Chatham police investigators tracked the alleged shooter to a small Texas town just outside...

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Water line work to affect traffic in Thunderbolt

Water line maintenance will affect traffic in Thunderbolt starting Tuesday and continuing through Friday.The road closure will be at Bonaventure Road, Downing Avenue and Fennel Street. Large trucks...

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Savannah man charged with impersonating officer

A 41-year-old Savannah man has been accused of impersonating a police officer to a woman he picked up at the Silver Dollar, a Charleston, S.C., area nightclub, on Feb. 27.Mark Christopher DeWitt turned...

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Police seek man suspected of entering Savannah cars

Detectives are searching for a man and vehicle they say are linked to multiple entering-auto incidents on Savannah’s eastside and southside.Warrants have been filed against Kenneth Mack, 23, of the...

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Police: Homeless man shot during Savannah dominoes game

Detectives have launched an investigation into the shooting of a homeless man during a late-night game of dominoes in Savannah’s Live Oak neighborhood.The 61-year-old man was at a house on the 1300...

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Alleged repeat meth cook arrested in Coastal Empire

An alleged repeat methamphetamine cook was arrested Thursday afternoon during a joint operation by sheriff’s deputies from Effingham and Screven counties.James Joyner, 37, of Screven County was...

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An alleged repeat methamphetamine cook was arrested Thursday afternoon during a joint operation by sheriff’s deputies from Effingham and Screven counties.James Joyner, 37, of Screven County, was...

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VIDEO: Police hunt car that damaged Savannah's Battlefield Park

Detectives are asking the public for help identifying a car that heavily damaged a historical park in downtown Savannah on Sunday morning.The purple or dark blue Ford Mustang fastback drove onto...

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Police seek car in Battlefield Park vandalism

Detectives are asking the public for help identifying a car that heavily damaged a historical park in downtown Savannah on Sunday morning.The purple or dark blue Ford Mustang fastback was driven onto...

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Police investigating fatal shootingHomicide detectives from the Savannah-Chatham police department are investigating a fatal Sunday night shooting.Michael Bruce Hall, 52, of the first block of West...

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Tybee police, expert to hold child-safety meeting for parents Wednesday

An expert with decades of work in child safety will join Tybee Island police Wednesday evening for an open meeting with parents and other members of the community.John Rabun Jr., former executive vice...

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UPDATE: Police find kidnapped Savannah child, take father into custody

Police found a young child Tuesday afternoon about three hours after they reported her father took her from a Savannah day care without permission.Malaysia Robertson was found by officers in good...

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VIDEO: Police release footage of suspects in vandalism of Savannah's...

Police are releasing additional videos of subjects wanted for questioning in the damaging of Savannah’s Battlefield Park on March 2.Three males are shown in videos exiting a blue Ford Mustang and...

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UPDATE: Wilmington Island man connected to fatal wreck arrested on drugs,...

A police investigation into suspected drug dealing intensified in the aftermath of a fatal wreck last month, and the Wilmington Island man at the center of it surrendered to authorities Wednesday...

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Third person arrested in February shootings on Savannah's Broughton Street

Police made a third arrest related to the downtown Savannah shootings that occurred just after 1 a.m. Feb. 25.Shavatica Morris, 21, was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshal’s Southeast Regional...

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Savannah-Chatham police are seeking the public’s help in locating a man reported to have sexually assaulted an underage girl Feb. 27.The teenager and a friend were walking through a wooded area near...

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