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SLED Investigating Death of Aiken County Inmate
SLED has been asked to investigate a death of an inmate from the Aiken County Jail that occurred about 6 p.m. Thursday. The male inmate was not identified as authorities work to notify his family. A...
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Inmate Died of Natural Causes at Aiken County Jail, Coroner Says
An inmate found unresponsive in a shower Thursday at the Aiken County Jail died of natural causes, according to the coroner. Jimmy L. Keenan, 58, of Aiken, was pronounced dead after being rushed to...
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Grovetown Father Kills Teen Who Snuck In House To See Daughter
A Grovetown man fatally shot a 17-year-old teenager who snuck into his home early Saturday to see the man’s 14-year-old daughter, authorities said. Derrick Fulton has not been charged in the shooting...
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The Facebook Post That Got This Woman Arrested: ‘I Will Murder You!!!’
Threatening to kill someone can get you arrested. But Crystal Flucas made it easy on police. She posted her deadly threat on Facebook. According to a sheriff’s report, the 35-year-old suspect was...
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Wanted: Evans Thief Who Likes the Broncos & Patriots!
Columbia County authorities need your help identifying this thief. The suspect allegedly went into The Fan Zone on Feb. 1 and shoplifted several items, including a Broncos jersey, a Patriots jersey...
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Sgt. Greg Meagher’s Cause of Death: Environmental Suffocation
The Coroner’s Office has received the results from Richmond County Sheriff’s Sgt. Greg Meagher’s autopsy. “The cause of death will be listed as: Environmental Suffocation. The cause of death was due...
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Who Killed James Smiley III? January Homicide Remains Unsolved…
Richmond County authorities are making a public plea for help in finding the killer of James Bartell Smily III. On the afternoon of Jan. 12, Smiley was shot to death on Carrie Street in Augusta. He is...
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Illegal Immigrant Without License Kills Fort Gordon Airman in Wreck
An illegal alien has been charged with homicide by vehicle in Monday’s deadly interstate crash that killed a young Augusta man stationed at Fort Gordon. Juan Jesus Castillo-Reyes, 30, from Mexico...
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Arson? North Augusta Fire Claims Life of Beloved Mother
A beloved mother was killed Wednesday morning in a fire at her North Augusta home, where authorities have called in state arson investigators to determine a cause. According to friends and family,...
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RCSO Deputies Suspended for Mishandling Drunk Man & Losing His Bike
Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree has suspended two deputies who decided not to arrest a repeat offender because he was “too drunk to take to jail,” according to the sheriff. The deputies were...
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No Joke: Greenbrier High Student Threatens the Next Columbine & Gets Arrested
A Greenbrier High School student was arrested Wednesday for threatening to shoot up the school despite claims that his “Columbine” comments were a joke. Jeremiah Robison, 17, of Evans, was charged...
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NAMED: 2 DOT Workers Who Were Killed in Hit & Run are Identified
Anthony J. Redmond 54, of Warrenville, and Robert Clark, 64, of Aiken, have been identified as the S.C. Department of Transportation workers killed Monday morning. Both men were pronounced dead on the...
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Colorado Sex Offender Tries to Have Sex with 14-Year-Old Augusta Girl…
A convicted sex offender from Colorado drove over 22 hours to Georgia over the weekend to have sex with a 14-year-old Augusta girl, authorities said. But the girl was actually a GBI agent who’s been...
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Augusta Man Arrested in 2 DOT Hit & Run Deaths; Long History of Bad Driving!
An Augusta man was charged Monday afternoon in the hit & run deaths of two workers with the S.C. Department of Transportation. Lonnie Dean Miller, 29, was charged with two counts of leaving the...
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Woman Uses Stolen Gift Cards at Grovetown Walmart & Leaves with Man in Kia Soul
This woman used two stolen gift cards at the Grovetown Walmart on March 2 and left with this man in a dark Kia Soul, authorities say. Can you identify them? The gift cards were stolen two weeks ago...
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The Greenbrier Grinches… They Skipped School to Break Into Homes
Two Greenbrier High students were skipping school to break into affluent homes in Riverwood and Windmill plantations, stealing guns, jewelry and money, authorities said. Lindon Oliver Leseburg, 17...
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Local Woman Raped in Augusta by Man She Met on Dating App!
A local woman was raped in Augusta by a man she met through a dating app, authorities said. The 24-year-old Waynesboro woman told authorities that she met Gikarre Rollins on a dating app called...
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Warrenville Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
A Warrenville man was arrested this week after an investigation into child pornography, authorities said. Martin Duncan Sr., 62, was charged Monday with 12 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor....
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Augusta Real Estate Agent Jailed on Rare Bail-Bonding Offense; Jailers...
An Augusta real estate agent and bail bondsman was arrested twice this week – once for illegally bonding people out of jail in Columbia County and another time for possessing meth and cocaine in...
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Arson Shock in New Ellenton – Young Couple Arrested for Murder in Fire Death
A young couple is accused of killing an elderly New Ellenton man over the weekend, setting his house on fire and fleeing to Georgia in the victim’s vehicle, authorities said. Jayson Antonio Miles, 17,...
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