VIDEO: Police seek three in car break-in at Savannah church, credit card fraud
Investigators are asking for the public’s help identifying a person they say broke into a car outside of an eastside Savannah church and two other suspects who used credit cards stolen from the...
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Man arrested for pulling fire alarm at Savannah motel
Investigators arrested a man for intentionally pulling a fire alarm at a southside Savannah motel Friday morning.Fire investigators charged 27-year-old Juan Yanes Crisosto with a single count of...
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Drugs, guns seized in multi-agency operation in Savannah
Drug agents say they arrested a man in Savannah Friday morning after they and other police recovered drugs, weapons and various items linked to multiple property crimes.Early Friday, members of the...
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14 arrested in Chatham County warrant sweep
Local, state and federal law enforcement officers arrested 14 people during a warrant sweep Friday morning in Chatham County.Seventeen warrants were executed, said Gena Bilbo, spokeswoman for the...
View ArticleSavannah-Chatham police: Violent crime up 8 percent in 2014
Police on Friday said violent crime rose in Savannah and unincorporated Chatham County in 2014. Year-end statistics indicate shootings and robberies drove the 8.8 percent increase in violent crime from...
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Police seek woman in Savannah bus stop assault
Detectives are asking the public for help locating a woman they’ve charged in a fight at a school bus stop last Monday in Savannah.Savannah-Chatham police have warrants charging Nelaunte Grant, 20,...
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Police: Garden City man had bomb materials
Four days after discovering a fake explosive device in a Savannah probation office, local and federal police arrested a Garden City man and seized materials they said could be used to build a real bomb...
View ArticlePolice probe fatal shooting on Savannah's eastside
Police say a person was shot and killed on Savannah’s eastside Saturday evening.About 6:45 p.m., officers responded to Chisholm Street and Clars Avenue on reports of shots fired, said Julian Miller,...
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Police: 2 arrested in Savannah 'shoplifting ring'
Savannah-Chatham police say they arrested a second person Monday who is a member of a suspected “shoplifting ring” responsible for several thefts from retailers in the city.Bridgett Watts, 21, was...
View Article1 dead, 3 injured in 3 Savannah shootings
Police say three recent shootings in Savannah left one man dead and three people injured. One man died after he was shot in front of an apartment on the 1900 block of East 51st Street about 7 p.m....
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Savannah-Chatham police charge 6 in drug raid
Police arrested six people Tuesday and seized drugs, weapons and cash while searching two houses in Savannah’s Cuyler-Brownville neighborhood.The raid by the Savannah-Chatham police department’s...
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Drug agents arrest Savannah man with $3,500 of marijuana
Local narcotics agents on Tuesday arrested a Savannah man they say had about 10 ounces of marijuana with an estimated street value of up to $3,500. Also seized were items commonly associated with...
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Police charge Pooler couple with cruelty to children, say they kept son...
Police last week charged a Pooler couple with first degree cruelty to children and said they kept one of their sons shackled to a bed when he wasn’t at school.Daniel Bruce Kendzierski Jr., 37, and...
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Police charge third person with murder after North Carolina man found dead...
Police have arrested a third person in the ongoing homicide investigation into the death of a North Carolina man whose body was found near Georgetown late last month.Army Spc. Bradley Bates, 22, turned...
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Police charge man in downtown Savannah robbery
Police have charged a convicted felon with the armed robbery of a man in downtown Savannah on Tuesday night.Dennis Lamar White, 26, was arrested after patrol officers and an off-duty officer working...
View ArticleThree Bluffton High students charged after rumored gun threat
Three Bluffton High School students were charged with disturbing a school Friday over rumored gun threats, according to the Bluffton police department. According to a department news release, police...
View Article3 arrested after shots fired at Hardeeville charter school
A juvenile fired a weapon at Royal Live Oaks Academy in Hardeeville at an after-school event on Thursday and two adults are facing firearms charges, according to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office. The...
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Savannah man, 85, charged in wreck that killed musician from band Black Tusk
Police have charged an 85-year-old local man with vehicular homicide in a November wreck that claimed the life of musician Jonathan Athon, a member of the Savannah metal band Black Tusk.Joseph Lane...
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Shootings increase in Savannah in 2014; seven juveniles killed
As an emergency room nurse, Melisse James is accustomed to seeing gunshot victims.She never imagined one of her four children would be among them.Her second oldest, Craig Corley, 22, was shot to death...
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Domestic violence, rape up in Savannah, Chatham County
2014 was a violent year for women in Chatham County.Three women in Savannah and unincorporated Chatham County were killed in acts of domestic violence. Another, in Port Wentworth, was raped and killed...
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