Drug agents bust crack outfit in Savannah's Metropolitan neighborhood
County drug agents on Friday arrested five people they say were selling crack cocaine and marijuana out in the open in Savannah’s Metropolitan neighborhood.Several months of undercover investigation...
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Savannah-Chatham police working to rebuild trust, stop attrition
Public safety in Savannah isn’t easy.When Joseph Lumpkin was sworn in as chief of the combined city-county police force Nov. 10, he inherited a department that was hemorrhaging officers and under...
View ArticleSavannah-Chatham police: Sexual assault on 14-year-old girl reported in...
Police are investigating a report of a sexual assault of a teenage girl in the Cuyler-Brownville area early Sunday morning.The 14-year-old reported she let her dog out in the yard near Hopkins Street...
View ArticlePolice investigte shooting on Savannah's eastside
Police are investigating after a man was shot on Savannah’s eastside Wednesday afternoon.The man, in his early 20s, was walking on East 31st Street at Cabell Street when he was shot, said Julian...
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Savannah State University police investigate armed robbery in student housing
Police at Savannah State University are investigating reports of an armed robbery in Building No. 9 of University Commons, which is student housing at the school.The robbery reportedly took place...
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Police: Sex offender charged in Savannah assault on teen
Police say they have charged a convicted sex offender with aggravated assault after he lied about his age to a 17-year-old female and then attacked her when she refused his advances.Special Victims...
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Police: Third suspect in Savannah homicide arrested
Police say the third suspect in a November slaying on Savannah’s westside has been arrested.Trinika Latrell Beamon surrendered to deputies at the Chatham County jail on Monday afternoon to face charges...
View ArticlePolice say Savannah man shot at twice in one month
Police say a Savannah man has been shot at twice in the last month. Despite the fact that officers believe the 24-year-old man has been targeted, they say he’s not giving them much information that can...
View ArticlePolice say man in van tried to kidnap teen on Wilmington Island
Savannah-Chatham police are asking the public’s help identifying a male they say attempted to kidnap a 15-year-old girl Tuesday afternoon on Wilmington Island.The teenager was on her way home from...
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UPDATE: Savannah-Chatham police chief to terminate officer for conduct...
A 19-year veteran of the Savannah-Chatham police force has been removed from the department amid accusations he stole cash and other items while assigned to a federal task force.Police Chief Joseph...
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District attorney reviewing investigations of Savannah man's death at jail
As Chatham County’s chief prosecutor and her staff pore over two investigations into the death of 22-year-old Matthew Ajibade at the Chatham County jail, a group that includes civic leaders and members...
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Palmetto Pipeline surveyors booked, released on trespassing charges
Pipeline surveyors who were ordered off a Screven County farm over the weekend turned themselves in to the sheriff’s office in Sylvania on Wednesday afternoon.The three men each posted bond on the...
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Nine deputies fired amid investigation of Savannah man's death at jail
Nine deputies were fired from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office on Friday in the course of an investigation into the January death of a Savannah man who was in custody at the jail.Cpl. Maxine Evans,...
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'Zero tolerance' for litter on Tybee Island beaches this summer
A six pack of Corona and some smokes probably don’t add up to $15.But busting out a bottle of cold beer or flicking a cigarette butt into the sand on Tybee Island this summer is likely to send...
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Police, family ask for help with unsolved 2009 Savannah homicide
Police and family members are asking for the public’s help solving a more than 5-year-old Savannah homicide.Brandon Tyree McCullough, 25, was shot and killed outside his apartment on Dec. 27, 2009....
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Two men, one teen charged in Savannah pizza-delivery carjacking
Police in Savannah say they’ve charged two men and a teenager in the robbery and carjacking of a pizza delivery person after a vehicle pursuit and two foot chases.Marquel Williams, 19, Marion Savar...
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UPDATE: Man sought for dragging police officer in Savannah arrested
Police say the man suspected of dragging one of their officers in his car over the weekend turned himself in Thursday morning.Brandon Christopher Adams, 23, was arrested at Savannah-Chatham police...
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Savannah-Chatham police recover 30 animals from hoarding situation
Police say they removed more than 30 animals from a west Chatham County home Wednesday after reports of hoarding. Officers responding to the residence on Ben Butler Road Wednesday morning seized four...
View ArticlePolice: Drunken Wilmington Island man runs over Tybee officer's foot,...
State troopers say a drunken Wilmington Island man ran over a Tybee Island police officer’s foot early Saturday morning then led them on a chase during which he reached speeds of nearly 100 mph in a...
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Police: Man wanted in 2014 Savannah aggravated assault arrested
Police say a suspect in the Sept. 24, 2014, shooting of a man in the Cuyler-Brownville area has turned himself in after officers with a officers of a task force began visiting locations he frequents...
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