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Evans Mom Leaves Kids Alone to Drink on New Year’s Eve
An Evans woman was arrested on New Year’s Eve for leaving her children at home alone to go drinking, authorities said. Tina Ann Simoneau, 33, was arrested at 4 a.m. Thursday when she returned home...
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Man Videos Customers Outside Fitting Rooms at Evans Walmart
An Aiken County man was arrested after customers complained he was videotaping customers last week at the Evans Walmart, according to a sheriff’s report. (This is one of many stories in this week’s...
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Graniteville Woman Slices Boyfriend After Her Cheating Accusation
A woman who had apparently tired of arguing with her boyfriend early last Tuesday night pulled a knife from her shirt and sliced him on his left side and his palm. (This is one of many stories in this...
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Road Rage? Driver Shot in Head & Shoulder in Augusta
Road rage is suspected in a shooting that left one man in critical condition Thursday night in Augusta. Just after 11 p.m. Thursday, deputies responded to Gordon Highway and Old Savannah Road....
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No Charges in Road Rage Shooting; N.A. Man Fired in Self Defense
A North Augusta man who shot six times at a pick-up truck in Augusta Thursday night and critically injured the driver will not be charged, authorities said. Austin Dean Burch, 27, of North Augusta, was...
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RCSO Lieutenant Running for Marshal
Lt. Ramone Lamkin, head of the RCSO traffic division, announced his campaign for Richmond County Marshal. Lt. Lamkin, who has almost 20 years in law enforcement, currently serves as the head of the...
View ArticleTold to Move, a Homeless Man Threatens Deputy with Media Attention
A homeless man threatened a sheriff’s deputy with media attention after the officer ordered him to stop soliciting for work at Market View Parkway in Evans. A Columbia County deputy was called last...
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Liquor Store Shooting is Year’s 1st Murder in Augusta
An Augusta man was fatally shot outside a liquor store on Monday, marking the year’s first homicide. No arrests have been made in the slaying of 34-year-old James J. Sims III of Augusta (pictured). He...
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Columbia County: Father Gives Son Black Eye for Not Sleeping
A local father is accused of bruising both of his child’s eyes at a Harlem residence after the child refused to go to sleep, authorities said. (This is one of many stories in this week’s new issue of...
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Planet Fitness Customer Suffers Car Break-in at Martinez Gym
These thieves used a woman’s credit card that was stolen from her car while she exercised at Planet Fitness in Martinez. Can you identify them? According to the victim, she started out New Year’s Day...
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Body Found by Walker in Aiken Woods
Investigators with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a dead body that was located Thursday in a wooded area off of the 4200 block of Trolley Line Road, Aiken. A person contacted the...
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Augusta Child Molester Escapes with 5-Year Sentence
A local judge has sentenced an Augusta child molester to just five years in prison for molesting two neighborhood girls and providing them with alcohol and pornographic videos. Michael S. Story, 57,...
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D.A. Ashley Wright Defends Probation in Martinez Case
District Attorney Ashley Wright has released a defense of this week’s probationary sentence for a couple connected to the death of Martinez infant Bentley Reeves. Last summer, authorities said they...
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Beech Island Man Arrested in Teen’s Hit & Run Death
A Beech Island man has been arrested in Thursday night’s hit & run death of a 15-year-old boy. Isaac Kelly, 33, is being held in connection with the death of teen Errik B. Giles (pictured at...
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Coroner: Man Found Dead in Aiken Woods Had Hung Himself
The body found in an Aiken wooded area Thursday was an Edgefield man who hung himself, the coroner says. The body of Drayton Mims, 21 (pictured) was discovered in a wooded area near Trolley Line Road...
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Hephzibah Murder Victim is Identified
Authorities have identified the man fatally shot in Hephzibah on Friday. Zachary T. Nutter, 26 (pictured), was shot once in the head on the 5000 block of Fulcher Road and was rushed to GRU, where he...
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Teen Makes Up Rape Claim Against Aiken Man
A Warrenville teen was jailed in Aiken County this week on a warrant for filing a false report of a rape. (This is one of this week’s stories in The Jail Report. Pick up your copy in local stores.)...
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Evans High Student Brings Loaded BB Gun & Meth to School
A student at Evans High School brought a loaded BB gun and drugs to school last Thursday, authorities say. While he was being arrested, 17-year-old Dennis Atchley resisted arrest and fought with...
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Augusta Lotto Store Employees Busted for Commercial Gambling
Four employees from two different Augusta stores have been arrested for commercial gambling after an undercover sting showed they were engaged in illegal cash payouts, according to a press release. The...
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GBI to Investigate Domestic Homicide by RCSO Cop
The GBI has been called into investigate a domestic slaying in which an off-duty deputy shot another man in south Augusta, authorities said. (UPDATED STORY HERE: http://bit.ly/1K22b0b) Deputy Allen...
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