Cops Seize $135,000 Cash in Big Drug Sting; 11 Jailed
Authorities throughout the Augusta region used Halloween to break up a multi-county drug trafficking organization, searching 10 locations, arresting 11 people and seizing over $135,000 cash as well as...
View ArticleAugusta Tech Student Brings AR-15 Rifle on Campus
A student at Augusta Technical College was caught with a semi-automatic rifle on campus this week. Adam Reeves, 21, remains in jail today on a felony charge of having a weapon on school property....
View ArticleGRU Athlete Arrested at Frat Party in Augusta
GRU basketball player Devon Wright-Nelson was arrested at a weekend fraternity party on Broad Street in Augusta. Wright-Nelson, 21, is accused of continuing to fight an individual after being told by a...
View ArticleWoman Jailed in Fatal Shooting in North Augusta
Robin Herndon, the probation and parole agent from North Augusta, has been charged with voluntary manslaughter in the death of live-in boyfriend Christopher Rowley on Wednesday afternoon, authorities...
View ArticleSex Offender Leads Chase at 95 mph in 25 mph Zone
A sex offender from Augusta was arrested early Saturday after a car chase, a foot chase and after he punched and hit two Richmond County sheriff’s deputies. Blair Keith Woods, 49, was charged with...
View ArticleHephzibah Teen Shot Dead; No Suspect or Motive Released
The man shot dead Monday night on Andorra Drive has been identified as 18-year-old Delarrion T. Smith of Augusta (pictured) Deputy Coroner Kenneth Boose said the victim was shot one time and pronounced...
View ArticleMan, 19, Charged in Fatal Shooting of Hephzibah Teen
Richmond County authorities have arrested a 19-year-old man in Monday’s shooting death of a younger teenager in Hephzibah. Dominique Shaquille Sullivan, 19, was charged early Tuesday with involuntary...
View ArticleLies by Appling Woman Gets Boyfriend Jailed for 2 Weeks
A Columbia County woman has been charged with falsely accusing a man of a sex crime — not once, but twice! In fact, 32-year-old Mindy Readdy of Appling is charged with accusing two different men of...
View ArticleGun Used in ‘Horseplay Killing’ Was Stolen
Authorities say the gun responsible for a horseplay killing in Hephzibah on Monday was stolen four days before the shooting. The gun that Dominique Sullivan shot his friend with was stolen from a...
View ArticleSalley Couple Caught In the Act of Making Meth
Drug officers busted a Salley couple in the middle of a fresh batch of meth on Wednesday night. Ray Loudermilk, 36, and Debra Conder, 44, brought attention to their meth-making operation when they made...
View ArticleGrovetown Teen Jailed for Sex Crimes Against 2 Girls
A Grovetown teen has been charged as an adult with nine sex crimes against two underage girls, including allegations he forced one to provide him oral sex at his home, according to a Columbia County...
View ArticleAiken Attorney Arrested for Criminal Domestic Violence
Aiken attorney James Nance II was arrested Tuesday night for criminal domestic violence. The 65-year-old attorney is accused of being the primary aggressor in a fight with 48-year-old wife Kawanna...
View ArticleMan Molests His Friend’s 10-Year-Old Daughter
No good deed goes unpunished. An Augusta man was arrested Tuesday in Augusta for molesting his friend’s 10-year-old girl while sleeping off a drunken stupor at the friend’s home in October. Terry...
View ArticleGrovetown Parents Jailed for Bloody Beating of Child
Columbia County authorities charged a 10-year-old boy’s mother and stepfather Wednesday night with child cruelty after the Grovetown boy showed up at school with bloody bruises over his body. Wilford...
View ArticleSuspect’s Mom Speaks Out About Doctor’s Killing
The mother of murder suspect Glenn Riggs II claims her son has mental health issues that should keep him from getting the death penalty if he’s convicted of killing Barnwell physician Charles Mann III...
View ArticleAugusta Woman Forgets Grandkids in Home
A 2-year-old girl and her 4-year-old sister were found wandering an Augusta street Thursday morning in only T-shirts and underwear and their grandmother later confessed that she forgot about them when...
View ArticleRCSO: Driver Fails to Stop for Bus & Critically Injures Child
An 8-year-old Augusta boy remains in critical condition after being hit by a van at a bus stop Monday morning, and authorities have jailed the driver who struck him. Scott William Hancock, 20, is being...
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View ArticleEx-Augusta National Worker Threatens Killing Spree at Club
A former security employee at Augusta National Golf Club remains in jail today on charges that he called the golf club last week and threatened to kill people and “burn the place to the ground.” Stuart...
View ArticleNew Ellenton Man Jailed in Hit & Run Death
Aiken County authorities have confirmed the arrest of 23-year-old Michael Cornelius in the weekend death of Shawnta Smalls along Whiskey Road. The New Ellenton man was arrested Saturday afternoon. Jail...
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