One-sentence summaries of crime and public-safety reporting from local CSRA outlets. Each entry links to the originating publication.
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WRDWJul 10Booking record
A Richmond County deputy was indicted in connection with a January arrest and remained out on bond.

Aiken StandardJul 10
Tony Lee Berry was sentenced to 21 years after pleading guilty to manslaughter and kidnapping in the 2022 death of Krystal Anderson.

Augusta PressJul 10
Eight Richmond County school police officers lost their state law enforcement certifications in a cheating scandal.

WRDWJul 1
A mother and father were charged after three children were left alone in a cockroach-infested Columbia home during a fire.

Augusta PressJul 1
Men took their honor seriously in the eighteenth century. A slight didn’t just risk a fist fight. It risked death at dawn on a lonely field. Button Gwinnett would have known that when, just days after the 1777 gubernatorial election in Georgia, a contest Gwinnett lost, he sent a…

WRDWJun 25
A Williston man was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for illegally possessing multiple firearms after prior felony convictions.

WRDWJun 25
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Court documents obtained by 12 On Your Side Investigates are raising questions about whether a Burke County party tied to a deadly shooting was part of a larger pattern. The gatherings allegedly involved minors, alcohol and a 36-year-old woman who is n…

WRDWJun 24
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Burke County business owner Daniel Blount Cates has been released from federal prison, where he was supposed to spend more than three years. He was discharged Tuesday under a “good conduct” release, according to officials. He spent about a year in p…

WRDWJun 24
A former Washington city councilman faced charges for allegedly sending sexually explicit messages while in office.

Augusta PressJul 1
An Augusta man was arrested and charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a worker in critical condition with a severe brain injury.

WFXGJun 25
A Williston man was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms.