FBI, police investigate Savannah bank robbery
FBI agents Savannah-Chatham police are investigating the robbery of a Heritage Bank branch in a supermarket Thursday afternoon.The suspect approached the bank counter in the Kroger on the 14000 block...
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UPDATE: Savannah teen dies after being shot Thursday night
Savannah-Chatham police released this information late Friday:Today, Violent Crimes detectives of Savannah-Chatham police department are investigating a Thursday night shooting that claimed the life of...
View ArticleOfficials: Savannah's new anti-crime plan imminent
As police try to keep crime in check in Savannah amid recent waves of shootings, city officials have agreed to pay a high-profile criminologist and his consulting firm about $240,000 to help with the...
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Police seek Savannah cemetery burglary, check-fraud suspects
Savannah-Chatham police detectives are using surveillance camera footage to help identify suspects who, in August, burglarized the office of an east Savannah cemetery, stealing several checks and...
View ArticleUPDATE: Investigation into Thursday shooting at Savannah home expands
Police say an investigation into the shooting of three men on Thursday has expanded due to drugs and weapons found in the house where the incident took place.None of the injuries were determined to be...
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UPDATE: Drug agents arrest 9 in crackdown on Savannah meth
Drug agents arrested eight people Wednesday morning in an operation targeting an alleged methamphetamine ring in the Savannah area. A ninth suspect was arrested Thursday. Agents from the...
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One arrested in Savannah drug bust
A Savannah man was arrested Thursday after drug agents conducted a search warrant and seized guns, money, cocaine and pot.The Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team along with Savannah-Chatham police...
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UPDATE: Tip leads to arrest of alleged Savannah hair store bandit
Police say a tip to the anonymous CrimeStoppers service led to the arrest of a woman suspected of stealing several hundred dollars worth of goods from a Savannah beauty supply store last month.Summer...
View ArticlePolice: No indication of foul play in death of woman found in car in Savannah
Police on Friday were called to Seiler Avenue and Reynolds Street, where a woman had been found dead in a car.Officers responded shortly after 12:30 p.m. Detectives and forensics officers were called...
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Police charge Savannah man in overnight shooting
Police charged a Savannah man with aggravated assault and criminal attempt at murder after he allegedly shot another man during a domestic dispute early Saturday morning.Jeremy Dennis Scott, 27, turned...
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District attorney reviewing GBI report on fatal shooting of Charles Smith by...
Chatham County District Attorney Meg Heap is reviewing a state investigation into the Sept. 18 fatal shooting of a 29-year-old Savannah man by a local police officer.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation...
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Police look for three suspects in Savannah shootings
Police are still seeking the public’s help finding three suspects in two recent Savannah shootings.Warrants for murder, aggravated assault and armed robbery have been filed against Trinika Latrell...
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Chatham County Sheriff's Office: Runaway sex offender arrested
Chatham County deputies say a runaway sex offender was arrested last week. Rodney Velasquez was arrested Dec. 23 on the 200 block of Hampstead Avenue by the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender...
View ArticleDeputies: Be alert for phone scams in Chatham County
The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office has again received reports of phone scams being conducted locally. The fraudulent caller identifies himself as Lt. James Hall and states a fine must be paid because...
View ArticlePolice: 1 dead, 4 injured in overnight Savannah shooting
Police say an overnight shooting in Savannah left one man dead and sent four other people to a hospital early Friday. Two of the shooting victims are children.Later in the afternoon, police said, a...
View ArticleMan in custody dies, deputies injured at Chatham County jail
A man who was in custody at the Chatham County jail died after a confrontation with deputies when he was being booked, according to the sheriff’s office.While being restrained, 22-year-old Matthew...
View ArticlePort Wentworth police bust more than 25 underage drinkers, charge homeowners...
Police in Port Wentworth say they busted a large New Year’s party early Jan. 1, charging more than 25 people with underage drinking. Additionally, the homeowners of the Osteen Street house where the...
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Family offers $10,000 reward for arrest in Savannah hit-and-run death
The family of a traveling man killed in a hit-and-run wreck on Savannah’s southside over the weekend is offering $10,000 for information leading to an arrest for his death.Peter J. Meyer, 72, died...
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Deputies on leave for 'inappropriate actions' in jail death of Savannah man
Two deputies have been placed on paid administrative leave while the death of a Savannah man held at the Chatham County jail last week is investigated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. A Chatham...
View ArticleVIDEO: Savannah-Chatham police seek suspects who used credit cards stolen...
Police are asking the public to help identify and find two suspects who used credit cards belonging to a 65-year-old woman who was robbed in Savannah.The suspects, a male and a female, were seen on a...
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