Evans Woman Gives Mother’s Day Beating Over Dishes
Dawne Thompson asked her 15-year-old son to wash the dishes on Mother’s Day. The son, being a teenager, fell asleep. He was rudely awakened by his drunken mother beating him with a cable cord, which...
View ArticleBig Bully: A Shocking Assault at Harlem High School
Austin Keller stopped a classmate in the halls of Harlem High School on Tuesday and told him he wanted to talk to him about a girl. In fact, the 17-year-old put his hand on the classmate’s chest....
View ArticleWho Has Sex With a Middle School Girl? This Guy.
An Augusta man who bragged about having sex with 14-year-old girl was recorded by two men admitting to the sex act, authorities said. Colton Watkins, 22, allegedly asked a Hephzibah Middle School girl...
View ArticleGloverville Robbers: ‘We Are Going to Kill You!’
Who are these robbers? The two men terrorized an Aiken County store owner Thursday morning, putting the victim face down and promising "We are going to kill you! We are going to kill you!" Authorities...
View ArticleHephzibah Man Had 70 Marijuana Plants Growing in House
Here’s the Hephzibah guy caught with 70 marijuana plants and 20 pounds of dried marijuana at his house on Thursday, police say. Someone snitched on 64-year-old Robert Ray Fultz of 3809 Fairington Drive...
View ArticleGrand Jury: Ex-Cop Intended to Kill Boyfriend in N. Augusta
Investigators found new evidence that suggested Robin Herndon intended to kill her live-in boyfriend Nov. 6 at their North Augusta home. Herndon, a former probation officer and SLED agent, is now...
View ArticleAugusta Man Kills Roomie with Bat & Hides Body for 5 Days
An Augusta man is in custody on murder charges after he allegedly beat his roommate to death with a baseball bat and concealed the body for five days, authorities said. Altaye Knight, 21, of North...
View ArticleDrunk Driver Kills Wife in Aiken County Wreck
An Aiken County man was taken from the hospital to jail on Memorial Day and charged with the drunk-driving death of his wife on Saturday, authorities said. Michael Williams Sr., a 49-year-old Windsor...
View ArticleMurder #10: Shooting Victim Found Face Down in Augusta
Richmond County investigators are hunting a killer after finding a shooting victim lying face down just after midnight Wednesday on the 2100 block of 2nd Avenue in Augusta. According to sheriff’s Sgt....
View ArticleMurder Victim was Accused Triggerman in 2010 Homicide
The man found laying face down early Wednesday on 2nd Avenue in Augusta was once accused of being the trigger man in a Cherry Tree Crossing murder, but a jury found him not guilty. Curtis Lemont...
View ArticleGrovetown Mom Beats 2 Sons with Automotive Fan Belt
A Grovetown mom was arrested this week for using an automotive fan belt to beat her two sons, causing serious injuries, authorities said. Felicia Gilmore, 28, of Pauline Street, was charged Wednesday...
View ArticleYou Won’t Believe This Guy’s Scam. Help Catch Him.
This guy had an interesting scam. He took a stolen ATM/debit card and deposited counterfeit checks into the victim’s account before withdrawing real money back out. The victim and bank lost close to...
View ArticleThis Lady Has Some Nerve. Who is She?
This lady used a stolen credit card Wednesday to make a large purchase at the Sonoco Gas Station at 2013 Walton Way in Augusta. Also, she used other stolen credit cards taken from vehicles at Burger...
View ArticleJames Brown’s Daughter Stabbed on Telfair Street
Venisha Brown, the troubled daughter of the late soul singer James Brown, was stabbed on Telfair Street around lunchtime Friday, authorities said. Venisha Brown, of Parkway Drive, told deputies that...
View ArticleGRU Professor Arrested on Friday for Hit & Run
A professor at Georgia Regents University has been arrested for a hit & run that injured a Beasley Broadcasting employee. Edgar Rideout, a GRU communications professor, was charged Friday with hit...
View ArticleEvans Bust: Marijuana & $45,000 Hidden in Walls & Shed
Four people were arrested Wednesday night when Columbia County officers executed a search warrant at 4752 Mahoney Drive in Evans. In one bedroom, they found 28.35 grams of marijuana and schedule 2...
View ArticleWho is He? Thief Steals Tip Jar from Martinez Shop
Want to help cops find a real scumbag? This guy is accused of stealing the tip jar from Mary’s Grooming on May 31. But cops don’t know who he is. A manager of the Martinez business said this man asked...
View ArticleFoot Fetish Guy Approaches Woman in Grovetown
A day after he tried to kiss a woman’s feet outside a Grovetown restaurant, a notorious sex offender with a foot fetish was locked up in Aiken County on unrelated charges. Joey Leaphart, 45, was...
View ArticleA Look at The Jail Report’s New Issue
Here’s the cover image of this week’s Jail Report. Pick up your copy from convenience stores throughout the Augusta-Aiken area.
View ArticlePolice Use Taser on Hahn Village Shooting Suspect
Aiken Public Safety investigators arrested Marion Lonnelle Pope on Thursday in connection with the April 22nd shooting spree at Hahn Village in Aiken. Pope, 30, of Aiken, was charged with three counts...
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