UPDATE: Hospital kidnapping, rape suspect captured
A 38-year-old man wanted for kidnapping a woman from a Savannah hospital and raping her was captured early Friday afternoon, said police spokesman Julian MillerMembers of the U.S .Marshal's Southeast...
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With the long weekend in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day underway in Savannah, police are out in force across Chatham County to crack down on drunken driving.While there is surely a visibly heavy law...
View ArticlePolice arrest nine in first night of Savannah St. Patrick's Day festival
Police reported a relatively mild first night of the four-day celebration of St. Patrick's Day in downtown Savannah, making only nine arrests in the festival area.SEARCH: 24-hour jail bookings for...
View ArticlePolice investigate Monday night Savannah homicide
One man is injured and another dead after a shooting on Savannah’s eastside Monday night.Police found two men lying on the ground on the 2000 block of Mississippi Avenue suffering from gunshot wounds...
View ArticlePolice investigate Monday afternoon Savannah shooting
A man is in serious condition at a local hospital after being shot Monday afternoon in Savannah’s Dixon Park neighborhood.Just after 4:30 p.m., officers responding to reports of shots being fired near...
View ArticleState troopers arrest 75 for DUI during Savannah St. Patrick's Day festival
Troopers with the Georgia State Patrol say they arrested 75 people for drunken driving during the Savannah St. Patrick’s Day festival.The arrests, which were made throughout the long festival weekend,...
View ArticleHilton Head Island, S.C., man sentenced to 25 years in prison for child...
A 19-year-old Hilton Head Island, S.C., man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday for molesting a 4-year-old girl last year.Just before a jury was to be pickedk for his trial, Tyriek Person of...
View ArticlePolice seek killer in 2009 slaying
Five years after a Savannah man was found mortally wounded by multiple gunshots in a Sandfly field just off Billingsly Road, Larry Donnell Wingster Jr.’s killer has not been found.Savannah-Chatham...
View ArticleGBI expects to charge Savannah rape suspect in college sex assault cases
A man arrested and charged last week with the February kidnapping and rape of a woman abducted from a Savannah hospital parking lot has been connected to sexual assaults on two women on a local college...
View ArticleDrug agents make cocaine bust in Effingham, Bryan counties
Three people are in custody after police in a multi-agency partnership seized more than a kilogram of cocaine Thursday in two separate counties.Antonio Garcia, 35, and Humberto Santana-Mantano, 27,...
View ArticleChatham County Sheriff's Office seeks two in inmate funding credit card scam
Law enforcement officials are asking for the public’s help in locating two suspects accused of committing almost $35,000 in credit card fraud through a website that provides inmates with funds.The...
View ArticlePolice charge six teens in Savannah robbery
Six juvenile teenagers were arrested Monday afternoon on Savannah’s southside after another youth was beaten and robbed, police said.The six are charged with beating and robbing a 14-year-old boy who...
View ArticleMan charged in March 17 Savannah shooting
A Savannah man who police say told them he had shot another man who was trying to rob him on St. Patrick’s Day has been arrested and charged with the shooting as well as lying to authorities.Darrell...
View ArticleSavannah homicide suspect arrested in South Carolina
A Savannah man charged with a March 17 homicide and shooting in the city was arrested in South Carolina on Tuesday by local and federal police.Detectives here are awaiting extradition of James Harris...
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Six teenagers were arrested Monday afternoon on Savannah’s southside after another youth was beaten and robbed, police said.The six are charged with beating and robbing a 14-year-old boy who was...
View ArticlePolice seek man for questioning in shooting case
Police a seeking a local man for questioning in reference to two March 17 shootings.Derrick Gatch, 24, is not considered a suspect in the case, said Eunicia Baker, Savannah-Chatham police spokeswoman....
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The victim of a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 16 near the U.S. 280 exit in Bryan County was flown to Memorial University Medical Center on Wednesday morning. According to Bryan County Sheriff’s...
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Local police officers were awarded by Mothers Against Drunk Driving on Thursday at a ceremony in Atlanta, one of them for being the top drugged-driving-recognition expert in the state for 2014.Garden...
View ArticlePUBLIC SAFETY SUMMARY: Effingham Sheriff's Office searching for hit-and-run...
The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office and Georgia State Patrol are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a hit and run driver. At approximately 8 p.m. Friday night a female pedestrian was...
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The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office and Georgia State Patrol are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a hit-and-run driver.About 8 p.m. Friday, Barbara Jean Fail, 67, of Bloomingdale was...
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