Augusta Drug Dealer Hits Concrete Face-First After Getting Tased
An Augusta drug dealer was seriously injured after running from cops and getting tased, leading him to hit the concrete face-first in a bloody fall. “I’m only taking care of my family by selling weed,”...
View ArticleSuicide by Cop: Deputy Kills Augusta Man
An Augusta man was shot dead by a Richmond County deputy late Monday after he refused to drop his assault rifle, authorities said. Deputies were called to Blueberry Circle for a subject with a gun,...
View ArticleAiken County Theft Ring Tied to Nearly 100 Cases
Aiken County authorities have tied a theft ring to nearly 100 cases of car break-ins and residential burglaries over the last year. Seven people (pictured) have been arrested in the theft ring, and...
View ArticleFort Gordon Worker Demands Lamborghini Driver Get Ticket for Parking in...
A military man was furious Saturday when cops didn’t give a citation to the owner of a Lamborghini who parked illegally in the handicapped spot at the Evans I-HOP restaurant. “He’s disrespecting war...
View ArticleTeen Gets Oral Sex in Aisle of Evans Liquor Store
A local man and woman were charged with public indecency Wednesday night after the woman was caught giving the man oral sex in the aisle of an Evans liquor store. Kevin Marshall, 19, of Martinez, and...
View ArticleAugusta Man Jailed for DUI in Fatal Motorcycle Crash
Charges of DUI and homicide by vehicle have been filed against an Augusta man who crashed into a motorcycle and killed a man and injured a passenger, authorities said. Peter McNally, 30, of Alexander...
View ArticleBlack Church Burns in Warrenville; FBI, SLED to Help Investigation
A predominantly black church in Warrenville was damaged by fire overnight and the FBI and SLED are helping Aiken County authorities investigate the cause. A fully-engulfed fire at Glover Grove Baptist...
View ArticleAugusta Baby Boy Violently Shaken by Caretaker
An Augusta woman has been charged with first-degree child cruelty after shaking a baby, causing the 6-month-old boy severe head trauma and bleeding to the brain, authorities said. (For more crime...
View ArticleRCSO Cracks Down on Drunk Drivers Over Holiday
Press release from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office: “The Fourth of July is one of America’s favorite holidays. Families and friends gather to celebrate our country with food, parades, parties,...
View ArticleAugusta Woman Attacks Boyfriend for Refusing Sex
An Augusta woman went crazy late last Wednesday night, attacking her live-in boyfriend and her 66-year-old mother after she didn’t get sex. (This is one of many stories features in this week’s issue of...
View ArticleAiken Mom Slaps Little Girl Who Slapped Her Daughter
An Aiken woman slapped a 5-year-old girl in the face outside an Augusta home Saturday and told deputies that the girl had done the same to her daughter. “Nobody is going hit my child, not even a 5...
View ArticleDrunk Columbia County Teen Ends up at Wrong Home
A Harlem teen was charged Sunday with public drunkenness after he knocked on the front door of a woman’s home at 1:30 in the morning, according to a sheriff’s report. “I’m home!” Christopher Pendrey...
View ArticleGrovetown Man Charged with Murder in Wife’s Death
Murder charges were filed Wednesday against a Grovetown man in the bizarre butcher-knife stabbing of his wife on June 14, authorities said. “Philip West was released from GRU this afternoon and...
View ArticleGeorgia Woman Drinks Air Freshener; Thought It Was Moonshine
A Columbia County woman was hospitalized this week after drinking air freshener that she mistook for moonshine in her estranged husband’s cabinet, according to a sheriff’s report. Sandra Berry was...
View ArticleAiken Man Who Slapped Baby is Arrested Again for Naked Beating of 12-Year-Old...
An Aiken man punished his girlfriend’s 12-year-old cousin by making him strip naked prior to a violent beating, authorities said. Suspect Travis Whitten is the same man who slapped a baby girl in 2007...
View ArticleAugusta Couple Caught in Purse Theft at McDonalds
Two people were captured Saturday in the theft of a woman’s purse from the McDonalds on Peach Orchard Road in Augusta. Shirley Elaine Tindell, 59, and Michael Ray Honer, 59, both of Redd Drive,...
View ArticleNorth Augusta Man Jailed for Uploading Child Porn
A North Augusta man was arrested Friday after government officials traced a photo of child pornography to his computer, according to a sheriff’s report. Aaron Jacob Heffner, 38, of Big Cone Drive,...
View ArticleReport: Wanted Man Attacks Again & Rapes Ex While Recording It on Cell Phone
An Augusta man with an outstanding warrant for attacking his ex-girlfriend was never served the warrant before he allegedly broke into her house and again assaulted her, this time raping her while...
View Article‘Jesus Christ’ Steals Red Mustang from Fairway Ford
A man claiming to be “Jesus Christ” stole a shiny-new Mustang from Fairway Ford in Evans this week. The man – identified NOT as the Son of God, but as Eric Gene Martin of Augusta – led officers on a...
View ArticleArmy Veteran, 82, Caught with Underage Girl in Hephzibah, Begs for a Break
An elderly Army veteran was caught with his pants down Saturday performing oral sex on a naked 14-year-old girl in a vacant lot in Hephzibah, authorities said. Wearing only underwear and black loafers,...
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