Man hospitalized after confrontation with police
Public safety summary A middle-aged man was hospitalized Monday night after a confrontation with police in Pooler.At about 8 p.m., officers responded to calls of an agitated person in a home in the 100...
View ArticleMan killed by Pooler police after raising gun at officers
A middle-aged man was shot and killed by a police officer after a short standoff Monday at a Pooler home, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.A Pooler police officer shot Lance Clay after...
View Article19-year-old killed on Savannah's eastside
A 19-year-old Savannah man was found shot to death early Tuesday morning on Savannah’s eastside.Savannah-Chatham police are investigating after Antwan Rivers, of a Hampstead Avenue address, was found...
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Man arrested in Chatham County with dozens of fake credit cards, documents
A Traffic stop Tuesday evening on Interstate 95 in Chatham County revealed dozens of fraudulent credit cards and other documents and resulted in the arrest of a 24-year-old man.A Chatham County...
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Public safety summary: Man indicted in March slaying
A 22-year-old suspected of killing a man outside a downtown Savannah nightclub over St. Patrick’s Day weekend this year was indicted Wednesday.A grand jury found sufficient evidence to indict Izell...
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UPDATE: PHOTOS & VIDEO: Police, FBI investigate armed robbery at Savannah Bank
Garden City Police, with assistance from the FBI and Savannah-Chatham police, are searching for a gunman who robbed The Savannah Bank on Thursday morning. Around 9:55 a.m., police responded to an armed...
View ArticleSavannah homeless man hospitalized in pedestrian-vehicle crash possibly tied...
Savannah-Chatham police violent crimes detectives are investigating events that led to a homeless man being hospitalized in critical condition.Police officers responding to a reported crash in the 500...
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Public safety summary
A 13-year-old girl was killed and three others were injured Thursday afternoon in a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 16 in Effingham County. Effingham County Sheriff’s Office spokesman David...
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Man sentenced to life in prison in 2012 SCAD student assault
Raynard Lamar Lexie today was sentenced to life in prison with 25 years to serve in the 2012 home invasion and assault on two SCAD students.Chatham County Superior Court Judge Timothy R. Walmsley...
View ArticleCharges added to Savannah men, youths accused in auto theft, burglaries
Savannah-Chatham police investigators have added charges against three adults and two juveniles arrested in an early-morning sweept in a Georgetown neighborhood July 3.Malcolm Davis, 23, Daquan Wilson,...
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Federal Bureau of Investigations agents arrested a 26-year-old man they say is responsible for a bank robbery Thursday in downtown Savannah.Kevin Obiuyi Edosomwan, of Savannah, was charged with bank...
View ArticleFire that hospitalized girls began in dryer
Public safety summary Two girls remained hospitalized in critical condition Monday, a day after being pulled from a burning Kensington Park home by firefighters.Firefighters found the girls, ages 6 and...
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Savannah woman sentenced in traffic death of infant son
A Savannah woman on Monday was sentenced to eight years in prison in the 2012 traffic death of her infant son but will serve the remaining time on probation.Natasha Tanika Thomas, 30, pleaded guilty to...
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Savannah-Chatham police are investigating the shooting of two 55-year-old men in the Tremont Park area Monday night.The two men were transported to Memorial University Medical Center after the 10:13...
View ArticlePolice investigating Tuesday eastside Savannah shooting
A 30-year-old man was critically wounded Tuesday evening after he was shot on Savannah eastside.Savannah-Chatham police are investigating the shooting on Skidaway Road near East 51st Street that...
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Savannah meth suspect hears voices, calls police, gets arrested
A man local drug agents believe was suffering from delusions when he called 911 to report a burglary at his home was arrested Tuesday and faces numerous methamphetamine-related charges.Savannah-Chatham...
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Savannah man hears voices, calls 911 and gets arrested
A man local drug agents believe was suffering from delusions when he called 911 to report a burglary at his home was arrested Tuesday and faces numerous methamphetamine-related charges.Savannah-Chatham...
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Detective: Southside Savannah slaying stemmed from quarrel over woman
A police detective testified Thursday that a southside man was shot and killed during a quarrel over a woman and hurt feelings.Venturino Ruiz-Suchiapa, 45, quarreled with the victim, Marco Cruz,...
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Two girls die after weekend fire
The two young girls pulled by firefighters out of a burning Savannah home over the weekend died Thursday at Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah Fire/EMS officials said.The 13- and 6-year-old...
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A downtown Savannah walk and prayer service sponsored by two churches will close some streets Saturday morning.Savannah-Chatham police will begin moving cars from the area around Wright Square about 8...
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