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Human Skull Found Off Gordon Highway in Augusta
Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen joined sheriff’s investigators Friday in a brushy area off Gordon Highway and Highland Avenue following the discovery of a human skull. The investigation began Friday...
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RCSO Investigators Arrested and Fired for 2022 Excessive Force on Inmates
Two Richmond County investigators have been fired and arrested after the discovery of a 2022 excessive force incident in the Charles B. Webster Detention Center. Johnny Atkinson, 45, was charged Friday...
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Grovetown Crime Ring Foiled with Arrest of Foreign-Born Scammers
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office successfully thwarted an organized crime ring’s attempt Friday to cash fraudulent checks at Lewiston Express in Grovetown. Four people were arrested in a scheme...
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Hephzibah High School Students Arrested for Fighting Over Posted Photo
On the same morning that gunfire created chaos at Lucy C. Laney High School, multiple students across town were taking a trip to the Richmond County Jail following a fight. The fight erupted Monday...
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Worker Killed After Entering Industrial Wood Chipper at Pollard Lumber in...
A worker at Pollard Lumber Company was killed Monday after entering an industrial conveyor wood chipper at the Appling business, authorities said. Ralph Pickens, 63, was identified as the employee who...
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Former RCSO Investigator’s Body Found in Hephzibah Woods
The body of former Richmond County Sheriff’s Investigator Kendall Brown was found Tuesday afternoon in a wooded area on Patriot Drive in Hephzibah, authorities said. The Coroner’s Office was notified...
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Two Augusta Girls Die in Overnight Fire; Mom & Sister Escape
Tragedy struck the 1908 Moore Road in Augusta early on Thursday as firefighters battled a house fire that claimed the lives of two young children. The blaze erupted at 1:04 am Thursday, prompting an...
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2 Charged in Death of Warrenville Man Who Was Found on Front Porch
Aiken County investigators have charged two men in last week’s shooting death of a Warrenville man, who was found on his front porch. Austin Blake Satcher, 26, and Zackery Taylor Smith, 28, are both...
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Martinez Motorcyclist Dies After Being Run Over After Accident
A fatal accident on Thursday evening has resulted in the loss of 44-year-old David Brady Jr., a Martinez resident. According to Maj. Steve Morris of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, deputies...
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Aiken Man Found Dead Near Boat Ramp was Dumped There by Couple, Cops Say
A Lexington County couple have been charged with robbing and killing two men, including an Aiken man whose body they dumped at an Edisto River boat landing in November. Allon Triante Adams, 22, of...
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Sixth RCSO Deputy Arrested in Probe of 2022 Inmate Assault
A sixth officer was arrested Tuesday as the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office continues investigating 2022 video from an excessive-force incident in the jail. Deputy Melissa Morello, 27, was charged...
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Office Manager Sent to Prison for Embezzling $900K from Augusta OBGYN
A judge has sentenced a former office manager at Women’s Health of Augusta to prison for embezzling nearly $900,000. Susan Thigpen, 63, was sentenced Monday to 17 years in prison for doubling her own...
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Human Skull Found Off Gordon Highway in Augusta
Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen joined sheriff’s investigators Friday in a brushy area off Gordon Highway and Highland Avenue following the discovery of a human skull. The investigation began Friday...
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RCSO Investigators Arrested and Fired for 2022 Excessive Force on Inmates
Updated Feb. 12, 2024: On Monday, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division has charged Corporal Daniel D’Aversa and Deputy Dantavion Jones with one count of Battery...
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Grovetown Crime Ring Foiled with Arrest of Foreign-Born Scammers
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office successfully thwarted an organized crime ring’s attempt Friday to cash fraudulent checks at Lewiston Express in Grovetown. Four people were arrested in a scheme...
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Human Skull Found Off Gordon Highway in Augusta
Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen joined sheriff’s investigators Friday in a brushy area off Gordon Highway and Highland Avenue following the discovery of a human skull. The investigation began Friday...
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RCSO Investigators Arrested and Fired for 2022 Excessive Force on Inmates
Updated Feb. 12, 2024: On Monday, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division has charged Corporal Daniel D’Aversa and Deputy Dantavion Jones with one count of Battery...
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Grovetown Crime Ring Foiled with Arrest of Foreign-Born Scammers
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office successfully thwarted an organized crime ring’s attempt Friday to cash fraudulent checks at Lewiston Express in Grovetown. Four people were arrested in a scheme...
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Augusta Suspect Sought for Killing Pregnant Woman & Her Unborn Baby
With the absence of any wanted flyer for the suspect in the killing of a pregnant Augusta woman and her unborn baby, her family has taken matters into their own hands. In a week-old Facebook post, Bray...
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Body of Demon Parrish Found in Aiken County; Police Still Searching for Suspect
The desperate search for Augusta hairstylist Demon Parrish has ended in Aiken County, but the hunt for a potential suspect in his disappearance has not. Richmond County authorities announced early...
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