Ministers plan antiviolence walk in Savannah
Ministers from more than 20 local congregations gathered Tuesday to announce they’ve had enough of Savannah’s street violence. On Saturday evening, they plan to hit Savannah’s east side with more than...
View ArticleSavannah man indicted on murder charges in 2012 slaying
A Chatham County grand jury on Wednesday indicted a local man on murder and related charges in the September 2012 slaying of 24-year-old Gregory Bivin in east Savannah.Jurors charged Tarus Malike...
View ArticleSavannah man indicted for dragging police officer with car
A Savannah man was indicted on assault charges after he allegedly dragged a local police officer with his car at a southside gas station in May.A Chatham County grand jury on Wednesday charged...
View ArticleWoman indicted in Tybee Island hit-and-run
In an 11-count indictment Wednesday, a Chatham County grand jury charged a local woman with a slew of traffic offenses in a May 15 hit-and-run wreck that hospitalized a Tybee Island jogger.Holly...
View ArticlePolice investigate shooting of toddler on Savannah's westside
Police say a toddler was grazed by a bullet after a gun was discharged inside an apartment on Savannah’s west side Thursday night. Officers were called to 401 Carolan St., near West Bay Street, about...
View ArticleFour busted in Savannah prostitution sting
Four prostitution-related arrests were made late Wednesday night in a joint operation by Savannah-Chatham police and the Department of Homeland Security.The undercover operation took place at a hotel...
View ArticleAbout 100 turn out for antiviolence rally in Savannah's Metropolitan...
Linda Bryan’s son was shot to death Aug. 7.She’s had enough of the senseless violence plaguing Savannah’s residents. Speaking before a crowd of about 100 people Thursday evening at West 42nd and...
View ArticleSavannah's residents call for end to violence
There was, somewhat fittingly, a rainbow over east Savannah on Saturday evening as about 200 people wearing “We Must Do Something” T-shirts prayed for the city’s violence to stop.They marched north...
View ArticleSavannah working to fix surveillance cameras; police say footage lacking in...
About a day after five people were shot early Aug. 2 near City Market, police released a photo of a suspected gunman. The man is shown running through Ellis Square, where police say the victims were...
View ArticleGarden City man killed in Monday I-516 wreck identified
State troopers say the Savannah man who allegedly drove headfirst into a van Tuesday, killing its passenger, in Garden City is still hospitalized.Leroy Roberts, 36, faces multiple charges in the...
View ArticlePort Wentworth man, 60, jailed on child sex-assault charges
A Port Wentworth man was arrested Saturday on multiple child-sex related charges.William Lysander Kelly, 60, was charged with aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated sodomy,...
View ArticlePolice: Savannah man beats, threatens, shoots at girlfriend
Police say they arrested a Savannah man Tuesday morning for beating, threatening and shooting at his girlfriend.Eric Keywon Davis, 23, was charged with aggravated assault for the domestic altercation...
View ArticlePolice looking for suspect in Savannah cutting
Detectives are looking for a 30-year-old Savannah woman they’ve charged in a cutting.Shawnta Robinson has been charged with aggravated assault and aggravated battery in the Aug. 9 cutting at Windsor...
View ArticlePolice investigate two Thursday morning shootings in Savannah
Police say three people were shot in two incidents Thursday morning in Savannah.The first shooting, just after 2:45 a.m. in the 700 block of East 39th Street, sent a 26-year-old man to Memorial...
View ArticleFired Savannah-Chatham police officer charged with theft in federal court
A former Savannah-Chatham police officer who was fired in May for “conduct unbecoming” has been charged in federal court with stealing nearly $20,000 in U.S. government money by faking overtime....
View ArticleUndercover agents bust Savannah-area meth ring
County drug agents say they busted a Savannah-area methamphetamine ring during a warrant sweep operation that led to a brief standoff. On Tuesday, Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team agents...
View ArticleDetectives trying to track down guns stolen in Savannah burglary
Detectives are trying to identify the people they say made off with more than a dozen guns in a Monday burglary in Savannah.A home in the 2300 block of Walz Drive was hit while the residents were at...
View ArticleSavannah-Chatham police arrest teenager, recover stolen guns
Detectives have arrested a Savannah teenager and recovered more than a dozen guns that were stolen from a Forest Hill home Monday.John Bailey, 17, was taken into custody at his home in the 5300 block...
View ArticlePolice look for West Chatham burglary suspects
Police are asking the public for help identifying the men they say were involved in the burglary of a west Chatham County home. On Aug. 27, a resident returned to his home on Enclave Circle to find the...
View ArticlePolice arrest Savannah man for shooting girlfriend
Savannah-Chatham police say they arrested a local man Saturday after he shot his girlfriend in the city's Cuyler-Brownville neighborhood. Officers were called to the 2200 block of East 39th Street...
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