CSRA crime news

Crime blotter

One-sentence summaries of crime and public-safety reporting from local CSRA outlets. Each entry links to the originating publication.

Showing 1–30 of 89 entries

Tue, Jul 28Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Augusta Press2h agoBooking record
Animals were removed from a Beech Island home after an arrest for ill treatment during an animal welfare investigation.
Augusta Press2h ago
Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams publicly declared for the first time Sunday night that he is innocent of all federal charges against him, describing the case as politically motivated, fueled by jealousy and racism, and saying he expects to be exonerated in court. Williams…
- WFXG· 4h ago
- WRDW· 10h ago
Augusta Press2h ago
A 58-year-old Appling man died after his motorcycle collided with a car at a Columbia County intersection.
- WRDW· 4h ago

Mon, Jul 27Monday, July 27, 2026

Augusta PressYesterday
Two Augusta brothers were wanted after investigators said they fired a dozen rounds into a home and struck an adult six times.

Sun, Jul 26Sunday, July 26, 2026

Sat, Jul 25Saturday, July 25, 2026

Fri, Jul 24Friday, July 24, 2026

Tue, Jul 21Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Augusta PressJul 21Booking record
Three Richmond County Sheriff’s officers were terminated and charged in an expanding investigation into alleged misuse of the Flock license plate reader system.

Sun, Jul 19Sunday, July 19, 2026

Augusta PressJul 19
A Harlem man on probation for a violent hammer attack was arrested in Columbia County on rape warrants from Hall County.
- WRDW· Jul 20

Sat, Jul 18Saturday, July 18, 2026

Fri, Jul 17Friday, July 17, 2026

Augusta PressJul 17
The Richmond County School System is one of 20 school districts nationwide to be singled out this week in a Trump administration “crackdown” on sexual predators in schools. Why the system was selected is not clear. Superintendent Malinda Cobb said the U.S. Department of Educatio…

Wed, Jul 15Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Augusta PressJul 15
Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams was indicted on five counts of Hobbs Act extortion and gun charges for allegedly taking money to dismiss DUI citations.

Tue, Jul 14Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Augusta PressJul 14Booking record
A teenage girl was shot during a fight in Augusta around 1 a.m. despite the overnight juvenile curfew.
- WRDW· Jul 14

Sun, Jul 12Sunday, July 12, 2026

Fri, Jul 10Friday, July 10, 2026

Thu, Jul 9Thursday, July 9, 2026

Augusta PressJul 9
The murder trial of a teen accused in the Apalachee High School shooting was moved to Columbia County.
- WJBF· Jul 8
- WRDW· Jul 8

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Showing 1–30 of 89 entries

Tue, Jul 28Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Mon, Jul 27Monday, July 27, 2026

Augusta PressYesterday
Two Augusta brothers were wanted after investigators said they fired a dozen rounds into a home and struck an adult six times.

Sun, Jul 26Sunday, July 26, 2026

Sat, Jul 25Saturday, July 25, 2026

Fri, Jul 24Friday, July 24, 2026

Tue, Jul 21Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Augusta PressJul 21Booking record
Three Richmond County Sheriff’s officers were terminated and charged in an expanding investigation into alleged misuse of the Flock license plate reader system.

Sun, Jul 19Sunday, July 19, 2026

Augusta PressJul 19
A Harlem man on probation for a violent hammer attack was arrested in Columbia County on rape warrants from Hall County.
- WRDW· Jul 20

Sat, Jul 18Saturday, July 18, 2026

Fri, Jul 17Friday, July 17, 2026

Augusta PressJul 17
The Richmond County School System is one of 20 school districts nationwide to be singled out this week in a Trump administration “crackdown” on sexual predators in schools. Why the system was selected is not clear. Superintendent Malinda Cobb said the U.S. Department of Educatio…

Wed, Jul 15Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Augusta PressJul 15
Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams was indicted on five counts of Hobbs Act extortion and gun charges for allegedly taking money to dismiss DUI citations.

Tue, Jul 14Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Augusta PressJul 14Booking record
A teenage girl was shot during a fight in Augusta around 1 a.m. despite the overnight juvenile curfew.
- WRDW· Jul 14

Sun, Jul 12Sunday, July 12, 2026

Fri, Jul 10Friday, July 10, 2026

Thu, Jul 9Thursday, July 9, 2026

Augusta PressJul 9
The murder trial of a teen accused in the Apalachee High School shooting was moved to Columbia County.
- WJBF· Jul 8
- WRDW· Jul 8

4d ago

An attorney retained by the family of 13-year-old Daryl Martinez Lowry was investigating the circumstances of his death at a Clarks Hill Lake boat dock in McCormick County.

Augusta Press4d agoBooking record

A 21-year-old man was charged in connection with a Fourth of July crash in Augusta that killed an 86-year-old woman.

Aiken Standard· 3d ago

Augusta PressJul 21Booking record

A Richmond County mother was accused of stabbing her 2-year-old son, leaving him critically injured.

Augusta Press

Jul 17

Booking record

An Augusta man on probation after a felony gun conviction was arrested after a vehicle pursuit ended in a rollover crash.

Augusta PressJul 17

Three Augusta men were indicted on gun charges, and six Mexican nationals were charged with illegal reentry into the U.S.

Jul 10

Booking record

A Hephzibah man was arrested in Aiken County in a decades-old rape case.

Augusta PressJul 10

A man pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and kidnapping in the 2022 killing of his longtime girlfriend in Aiken County.

Augusta PressJul 10Booking record

Aiken County investigators recovered possible human remains and said efforts were made to conceal 4-year-old Javeayah Harris’s death.

Augusta PressJul 10Booking record

A Richmond County sheriff’s deputy received a $25,000 bond while the district attorney took over prosecution of four felony charges.

Augusta PressJul 10Booking record

An Aiken County inmate died after suffering a medical emergency while in custody.

WRDW· Jul 10