One-sentence summaries of crime and public-safety reporting from local CSRA outlets. Each entry links to the originating publication.
Showing 31–60 of 173 entries

Augusta PressAug 27
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) has recently completed the addition of a new section of its detention center. Ground broke last May on the new section of the jail, a SPLOST-funded project costing more than $4.2 million, the second phase of an expansion that began 15…

Augusta PressAug 27Booking record
An Evans teen was arrested after license plate reader equipment was damaged and stolen in the Appling area of Columbia County.

Augusta PressAug 26
Former Georgia Senate Majority Leader Charles Walker was remembered as a political force who delivered for Augusta as well as a friend and loved one to many at his funeral services Tuesday. Hundreds gathered at Tabernacle Baptist Church to pay their respects to Walker, who died…

Augusta PressAug 26Booking record
A suspect was detained after reported gunfire at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

Augusta PressAug 25
A South Carolina man was linked by Flock cameras to the murder of a woman in Augusta after picking her up as a prostitute and giving investigators changing stories.

Augusta PressAug 25Booking record
An Augusta man was indicted on charges of health care fraud and theft of government money for allegedly posing as a veteran to get VA medical care.

Augusta PressAug 21Booking record
Four men were transported to state prison in connection with the killing of John Thomas Belote in Aiken County.

Augusta PressAug 21Booking record
Two more suspects were indicted in a human trafficking investigation involving a 17-year-old girl who was reported missing and later recovered by law enforcement.

Augusta PressAug 20
Former Georgia Senate Majority Leader Charles W. Walker Sr. is being remembered by Augusta leaders as a mentor, friend and political force whose influence extended well beyond his years in elected office. Walker, 78, died Tuesday morning at his home surrounded by family and love…

Augusta PressAug 20
A Greenbrier Elementary paraprofessional resigned amid allegations involving an inappropriate photo of a former student.
Four people were killed in a Burke County shooting spree that investigators said was sparked by a physical altercation two days earlier.
Augusta PressAug 14Booking record
A suspended Burke County sheriff was arrested on four felony charges from a state grand jury indictment.