Augusta Parolee Killed Homeless Man on Halloween for 2 Candy Bars
Richmond County authorities have locked up a parolee for the Oct. 31 brutal beating death of a homeless man in Elliott Park. DeMarcus Deion Thomas is accused of the gruesome killing on Halloween...
View ArticleEvans Grandfather Wanted After Infant Grandson Ingests Meth During Visit
Columbia County authorities are searching for an Evans man on child cruelty charges after his 1-year-old grandson ingested meth while visiting him, officials said. Cleveland Everette Hair Jr. is wanted...
View ArticleTeen Charged with Killing Roommate Inside Their Hephzibah Home
A local teen has been charged in Tuesday’s shooting death of a man at the home they share on Hephzibah-McBean Road in Hephzibah. Jordan Walden, 17, was arrested Tuesday for murder and weapon possession...
View ArticleHomeless Man Wanted for Questioning in Elliot Park Homicide
Richmond County authorities are looking for a homeless man for questioning in a brutal Halloween homicide at Elliott Park. Alvarez Bernard Anderson, 43, is wanted for questioning in the beating death...
View ArticleMurder at Oak Pointe Apartments in Augusta Leads to Threats of Retaliation
A deadly shooting at Oak Pointe Apartments in Augusta on Thursday evening has left one man dead and triggered online threats of retaliation. The victim was identified Friday as Zaytreonta Boyd, 27,...
View ArticleHephzibah Father Arrested for Murder After Death of 4-Month-Old Son
A 21-year-old father from Hephzibah has been charged with murder following the death of his 4-month-old son, who succumbed to injuries sustained a week earlier. Daveon Jonquavious Wood is now facing...
View ArticleLarge Reward Offered for Suspects Who Robbed Augusta Mailman at Gunpoint
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the two suspects who robbed an Augusta postal carrier on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleAugusta Man Arrested for Wrong-Way Collision That Badly Injured Trooper
Richmond County authorities have arrested the man accused in the wrong-way collision on Riverwatch Parkway in May that critically injured Georgia State Patrol Trooper Zach Walker. The crash occurred...
View ArticlePedestrian Killed in Hit & Run in Downtown Augusta, Marking 8th Such Death...
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit and run driver Friday night in downtown Augusta, making at least eight people killed this year while crossing roads in Richmond County. The male adult was...
View ArticleAiken County Grieves as Two Children are Shot in Separate Shootings, One Fatally
A 10-year-old girl was fatally shot in what authorities are describing as an accidental discharge of a firearm Monday night in Windsor, just hours after a separate shooting incident left a 3-year-old...
View ArticleAiken County Mother Faces Meth Charges After Daughter’s Fatal Shooting
The mother of a 10-year-old girl killed in an accidental shooting on Monday has been arrested on meth trafficking charges after authorities found drugs in her possession, Aiken County officials said....
View ArticleAugusta Man, 50, Found Shot & Killed Inside His Home
Authorities are investigating the shooting death of 50-year-old Chavious Kimmerlin, found dead Thursday morning inside his home on the 500 block of Highland Avenue in Augusta. At approximately 7:13...
View ArticleMurder-Suicide on C Street in Augusta Leaves Two Dead, One Injured
Richmond County authorities are still investigating the circumstances of Thursday night’s gun violence at Olmstead Homes that are being called a murder-suicide that also left a woman injured....
View ArticleAugusta Man Kills Himself as Investigators Knock with Search Warrant
An Augusta man killed himself late Sunday just moments after three sheriff’s investigators knocked on his door to serve a search warrant, according to an incident report. The man was identified in the...
View ArticleAugusta Man Arrested in Double Murder of Man & Woman
An Augusta man has been charged with killing his brother and sister-in-law on Mystic Lane in Augusta. Deputies responded at 2:37 p.m. Wednesday to the 3000 block of Mystic Lane in reference to a...
View Article$150,000 Reward Awaits Tipster Who Helps Catch Augusta Postal Robbers
This holiday season, one lucky person could claim a $150,000 Christmas bounty—but only if they have the right tip to help authorities catch two armed robbers who targeted a U.S. Postal Service carrier...
View ArticleThanksgiving Day Collision in Hephzibah Leaves Two Drivers Dead
A multi-car collision on Windsor Spring Road near Willis Foreman Road left two people dead on Thanksgiving Day. The first driver was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 4:08 p.m. Thursday,...
View ArticleHoliday Homicides Continue with Double Shooting in Augusta
Richmond County officers are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and another injured Friday evening in Augusta. At approximately 6:55 p.m. Friday, deputies responded to a call about a...
View ArticleFamilies Mourn Loss of Two in Fatal Thanksgiving Collision in Hephzibah
The identities of two drivers killed in a Thanksgiving Day crash on Windsor Spring Road have been released. Nichlos “Nick” Warren, 76, and Kourtney Cain, 34, both from Hephzibah, died in a multi-car...
View ArticleRCSO Seeks Man Wanted for Aggravated Assault
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is actively searching for 48-year-old Walter Anthony Tarver in connection with an aggravated assault that occurred early Sunday on the 200 block of Warren Road in...
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