Individual wanted for Armed Robbery at Aiken Walmart
The Aiken Department Public Safety has identified Cortavious Darshun Johnson (23) of Augusta, GA as the individual wanted for Armed Robbery of an individual at Walmart on Aug. 1. On Aug. 1, the victim...
View ArticleYour First Look at Charles Walker After Prison
Charles Walker was spotted today at Cafe 209 on Broad Street in Augusta, where he was kind enough to pose for a picture with Jail Report fan Gina Telfair. Telfair passed on the images to us. We believe...
View ArticleWaynesboro Cop Wrecked 2 Hours Before DUI Accident
An Waynesboro officer who was charged with DUI last month after hitting a stop sign in Hephzibah had been in a wreck just two hours before and was not arrested, according to documents obtained by The...
View ArticleACSO Deputy Fired Over Jail Incident; SLED Investigating
A criminal investigation is underway by SLED into the actions of a jailer at the Aiken County Detention Center, The Jail Report has learned. Aiken County authorities have asked the State Law...
View ArticleSLED Investigating Death at Aiken County Jail
SLED has been called in to investigate a death at the Aiken County Jail. Deputies found inmate Derek Simpkins unresponsive in his cell about 11:35 a.m. Friday when meals were being served, the...
View ArticleSuspect Wanted in Robbery at Augusta Metro Clinic
David Dempsey is wanted for Armed Robbery that occurred at the Augusta Metro Clinic, 525 Ellis Street on, April 25. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS Please call the Richmond County...
View ArticleGraniteville Mans Breaks Into Woman’s Home & Rapes Her
A Graniteville man accused of breaking into an Aiken woman’s home and raping her two weeks ago was captured Tuesday night. James Dyches Sr., 33, of Shotgun Lane, was placed on the sheriff’s office...
View ArticleSteroids Suspect Claims He Sold to RCSO Cops
UPDATE BELOW! WGAC’s Austin Rhodes is reporting that Sheriff Richard Roundtree has started a major internal investigation concerning reports of steroid abuse among a number of his officers. But Sheriff...
View ArticleMartinez Woman Hit with Axe & Drowned in Tub
In an Augusta homicide with more questions than answers, authorities say Emily Newbegin died from multiple blunt force trauma and drowning due to assault. Authorities have charged 47-year-old Kenneth...
View ArticleBrothers Busted: 1 for Steroids & 1 for Threats
The Paquette brothers have both been arrested overnight in the Augusta area, one for possession of steroids and weapons and the other for allegedly making threats to a Richmond County narcotics agent...
View ArticleSheriff Roundtree Denies Purging Personnel Files
Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree is denying claims on local radio that he is purging personnel files of negative information for some employees. WGAC’s Austin Rhodes said on his show Thursday...
View ArticleSuspicious Death of Elderly Woman in Augusta
An elderly woman’s death in Augusta has been called “suspicious,” authorities said. About 4:30 p.m. Thursday, deputies responded to the 2000 block of Powell Avenue, near Wrightsboro Road, in reference...
View ArticleHalloween Mask Ties Robbers to N. Augusta Hold-Up
A Halloween mask found in the car of two men during a traffic stop tied them to Thursday morning’s robbery of the Greg’s Gas Plus on Jefferson Davis Highway, authorities said. Ronald Reco Ashley, 26,...
View ArticleSteroids Suspect Names Cops Who Used! Polygraph is Next
Steroids suspect Brandon Paquette has handed over a list of Richmond County deputies he claims have used steroids, and the sheriff’s office is preparing to give him a lie detector test, authorities...
View ArticleSteroid Investigation Turned Over to GBI After Polygraph
Drug suspect Brandon Paquette has taken his polygraph examination regarding steroid use by Richmond County deputies, and the results led Sheriff Richard Roundtree to forward the case to the GBI. In a...
View ArticleAugusta Kids Found in Roach-Filled Home; Parents Jailed
Two young children have been removed from an Augusta home after deputies found the residence infested with roaches and signs of drug use and knives lying all around, authorities said. Tiffany Lee, 26,...
View Article5 Questions with Sheriff Roundtree on Roid-Gate
Q: Why won’t Sheriff Richard Roundtree agree to test those on the list of alleged steroid users? A: Sheriff Roundtree says there are a few reasons. If he did it, he would have to go through the...
View ArticleAugusta Woman Caught with Loaded Gun at Airport
An Augusta woman was arrested Thursday morning for bringing a loaded gun in her bag at the Augusta Regional Airport. Cheryl Arrington, 53, is being held without bond in the Richmond County Jail on a...
View ArticleA Boy’s Nightmare: Man Demands Sex at Ga. Welcome Center
A registered sex offender tried Monday to have sex with a 14-year-old boy who was using the bathroom at the Georgia Welcome Center in Augusta, authorities said. But the boy forcefully told the man to...
View ArticleAiken County Inmate Found Dead in Cell; SLED Called
State agents have been called in to investigate an inmate’s death in the Aiken County Detention Center after a guard found the man dead with a bedsheet around his neck in his cell at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday....
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