UPDATE: Savannah-Chatham police arrest six in raids
Six people were arrested and investigations are ongoing after two warrant sweeps in Savannah’s Live Oak neighborhood Thursday.The sweeps followed an eight-month investigation by the Tactical...
View ArticleGarden City police: Three face charges in elder abuse investigation
Police say three people face criminal charges after officers found an 82-year-old woman with body sores and open wounds inside a Garden City home on Friday.The woman, said Garden City police officer...
View ArticleMan shot at Savannah gas station Friday night
Savannah-Chatham police say one man was taken to a hospital Friday night after being shot at a gas station on Savannah’s westside. Just after 8 p.m., the man was walking out of the Quik Stop at 1450...
View ArticleSavannah-Chatham police investigate four shootings Saturday
Police say four people were shot in separate incidents Saturday in Savannah, one of them fatally.A 22-year-old male, whose identity was not released Saturday pending notification of next of kin, was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police say woman hospitalized in Garden City elder abuse case is on...
Police say an 82-year-old woman who was hospitalized Friday afternoon after they initiated an investigation into alleged elder abuse was on life support Saturday.Garden City police officer Barbara...
View ArticlePolice: Man shot in Chatham County mobile home park
Police say a man was shot at a mobile home park in unincorporated Chatham County Saturday evening.One man was taken to a hospital for treatment after being shot in the arm about 7:30 p.m. at Riverview...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2-year-old shot, killed at Savannah apartment
The fatal shooting of a 2-year-old girl in her family’s apartment Tuesday night along with other recent violence led Savannah’s new police chief on Wednesday to ask state and federal police for more...
View ArticleDrug agents searching for woman wanted in connection with drug, prostitution...
Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team agents are searching for a woman wanted in connection with a drug and prostitution bust last week at a southside Savannah hotel.Jessica Nicole Lane of Savannah,...
View ArticleFormer Savannah-Chatham police detective Mayes found guilty of making false...
A Chatham County Superior Court jury on Wednesday found former Savannah-Chatham police detective Trina Mayes guilty of seven counts of making false statements.Mayes was on trial for making false...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police hunting Savannah man involved in shooting of 6-year-old
Police are looking for a 20-year-old man after a 6-year-old girl was injured in a shooting Thursday morning just east of downtown Savannah.The child was taken to a hospital for treatment after the...
View ArticleTwo men charged in Savannah pizza robbery
Two Savannah-area men were arrested on felony charges Wednesday night after a police K-9 tracked them from the site of where a pizza delivery driver was robbed to their home.Rodney Hubert Glover, 26,...
View ArticleTeenager charged in Savannah burglary
Police in Savannah say they arrested a 14-year-old after tracing an item taken in a burglary then posted on a website back to him. Detectives charged the youth with burglary, theft by deception and two...
View ArticleSavannah-Chatham police task force makes 35 arrests, recovers weapons
The Savannah-Chatham police department says a task force created to address violent crime made 35 arrests and recovered nine weapons over the weekend. The violent crime task force conducted 15 felony...
View ArticlePolice task force responds to violent crimes in Savannah
Police say a task force created to combat recent violence in Savannah is composed of veteran former detectives, SWAT officers and others who have working knowledge of criminals.“These guys are highly...
View ArticleMother of girl shot in Savannah domestic dispute charged; police still hunt...
Police have charged the mother of a 6-year-old girl who was shot during a domestic dispute just east of downtown Savannah last week with cruelty to children. The same charge has been added to two other...
View ArticleTybee Island police laud larger evidence room
The Tybee Island police department’s new property room isn’t exactly cavernous, but officers say it’s a notable improvement over the old one.Neatly packaged on shelves in the larger room are a variety...
View ArticleDrug agents make $150,000 heroin bust in Savannah
Narcotics agents say they arrested a Savannah man Tuesday after seizing about $150,000 worth of heroin.Calvin Phillips, 50, was arrested after the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team, assisted by...
View ArticleUPDATE: One dead, two injured in shootings at Georgetown apartment complex...
Police say three people were shot at a Georgetown apartment complex Tuesday night. The man who shot two women and then himself, police said, has died. John Richard “Rick” Morris, 41, died at Memorial...
View ArticlePolice charge Savannah man in July shooting
A man police arrested Oct. 30 in a series of shootings, armed robberies, auto thefts and gun discharges has now been charged in another shooting in which he was sought for questioning.Geovanni Fredrick...
View ArticlePolice: Three shot in Savannah on Thursday evening
Police say three people were hospitalized after being shot in Savannah on Thursday evening. Officers were called to East Bolton and Ash streets about 6:45 p.m., where found two males suffering from...
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