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Sheriff hires consultants to review Chatham County jail procedures
The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office will bring in consultants to review procedures at the Chatham County jail following the January death of a Savannah man while in custody.Longtime Chatham County...
View ArticleAugusta man pleads guilty to supporting ISIS
Federal prosecutors say an Augusta man has pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group.Leon Nathan Davis, 37, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court before...
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Police search for wannabe bank robbers in Savannah, Garden City
The FBI and two local police departments are searching for the people they say tried to rob banks in Savannah and Garden City on Wednesday.At 1:55 p.m. the FBI and Savannah-Chatham police responded to...
View ArticleUPDATE: Savannah-Chatham police ask for witnesses in double-shooting...
Police are asking witnesses to come forward as they continue to investigate a Friday afternoon double shooting on Savannah’s east side.Officers arrived on the 1100 block of East 59th Street to find one...
View ArticleMetro police, ATF partner to curb Savannah violence, illegal guns
It’s been nearly two months since police found three men shot to death in a Live Oak home. Since then, four others have lost their lives to gun violence in Savannah. With nearly 100 shootings since...
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Operation seeks to make Savannah criminals 'uncomfortable in their own...
Savannah-Chatham police know where most of the city’s violence occurs.Using statistics from last year, the department has generated maps showing where the highest concentrations of shootings and...
View ArticleTeens to be tried as adults in Sunday homicide
Savannah-Chatham police have identified the two 15-year-olds who have been charged in the shooting death of another teen in the Victory Manor area Sunday afternoon and authorities said they will be...
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Three injured, 17 displaced in 'suspicious' Savannah apartment fire
A four-unit apartment building in Savannah was destroyed and three children were injured in a Wednesday morning in a blaze firefighters say is suspicious.Firefighters were called to Ocho Rios Villas...
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Police seek Savannah man charged with aggravated assault
Savannah-Chatham police have secured warrants for the arrest of a local man on multiple charges stemming from a domestic incident on Tuesday near 32nd and Paulsen streets.Timothy Letbetter, 37, of...
View ArticleSavannah-Chatham police: Wednesday apartment fire possibly linked to...
A Savannah-Chatham police investigation into a fire that destroyed a west Chatham County apartment building Wednesday morning indicates it may have been intentionally set following a childhood...
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Coroner: In-custody death of Savannah man Matthew Ajibade a homicide
The New Year’s death of Matthew Ajibade at the Chatham County jail has been ruled a homicide. In a death certificate provided to the Savannah Morning News by an attorney for Ajibade’s family, the...
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Drug agents find crack, gun during probation check in Pooler
Narcotics agents say two people are in jail after they seized drugs and a guns following a probation check Thursday at a home in Pooler. Additionally, a third person was arrested Friday after a raid on...
View ArticlePolice: Fort Stewart soldier returns home, fatal shooting follows
HINESVILLE — Police say a soldier from Fort Stewart returned home from Texas and fought with a male friend who was fatally shot.Hinesville Police Lt. Susy Jackson told WJCL-TV that the soldier drove...
View ArticlePolice: Man, child hurt after Savannah drug deal turns into shooting
Police say a man and a 3-year-old child were taken to a hospital in Savannah on Saturday evening after a botched drug deal turned into a shooting. Just after 7 p.m., officers were called to an...
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REVIEW: Tasers used 195 times at Chatham County jail in 2014
Tasers were used on inmates at the Chatham County jail more than 190 times in 2014, according to records produced by the sheriff’s office at the request of the Savannah Morning News.The newspaper asked...
View ArticlePolice seek witnesses of Monday afternoon Savannah shooting
Police say the Monday afternoon shooting of a man in a Savannah apartment containing a quantity of drugs and items commonly used in their distribution has detectives looking for witnesses.Officers...
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Police looking for Savannah dollar-store robber
Police are asking for the public’s help finding and identifying a man they say robbed a Savannah dollar store last week.Just after 11 a.m. June 2, officers responding to Family Dollar in the 6600 block...
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Police step up foot patrols
Three police officers walked up to Robert Coleman as he stood in front of a friend’s house in Cann Park on a recent Tuesday afternoon. Then they began to ask the Savannah man some questions — but not...
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Murder charge added against 68-year-old Savannah woman after shooting victim...
Savannah-Chatham police have added murder charges against a 68-year-old Savannah woman after the death Wednesday of a woman who was shot in an incident earlier this month.Lorraine Manuel, 27, of...
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Police ask for help in Savannah arson probe
Police are asking the public to help identify anyone seen leaving an eight-apartment building in west Chatham County that was destroyed by a deliberately set fire June 4.The section of Ocho Rios Villa...
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