One-sentence summaries of crime and public-safety reporting from local CSRA outlets. Each entry links to the originating publication.
Showing 1–30 of 173 entries

Augusta Press20h ago
Six Richmond County Sheriff's deputies were fired and arrested for allegedly misusing automated license plate recognition cameras.

Augusta Press21h ago
An Augusta man was charged with possession of hallucinogens after a traffic stop during Richmond County’s Operation Wildfire crackdown.

Augusta Press21h agoBooking record
A Richmond County arrest ended with Emily Rollins restrained in a chair.

Augusta PressSep 12Booking record
A former Evans High School coach was sentenced to three years in prison and five years of probation for sexual contact with a 17-year-old student.

Augusta PressSep 12Booking record
A 23-year-old Martinez man faced misdemeanor traffic charges after authorities said he caused a crash while driving someone else’s van.

Augusta PressSep 6Booking record
An Augusta man was charged with second-degree criminal damage to property for damaging two Flock cameras in south Augusta.

Augusta PressSep 6Booking record
An Augusta man was held without bond on charges of raping, aggravated sodomy, and false imprisonment of his ex-girlfriend.

Augusta PressSep 4
The Planning Commission recommended approving a special exception to convert the former Craig Houghton Elementary School into a juvenile justice center.

Augusta PressSep 4
A Richmond County sheriff’s deputy was arrested and fired after an investigation into allegations he was paid for time he did not actually work on an off-duty assignment.

Augusta Press6d agoBooking record
Three men from Goldsboro, N.C., were arrested after deputies found 9,589 Ecstasy pills during a traffic stop in Aiken County.

Augusta PressSep 6Booking record
John Lee Scarboro was fatally shot Friday night on Amsterdam Drive in Augusta.