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One-sentence summaries of crime and public-safety reporting from local CSRA outlets. Each entry links to the originating publication.
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WRDW3d ago
A federal grand jury indicted defendants from Augusta, Hephzibah, and Rayle on kidnapping, firearms, drug, and immigration charges.
WRDW3d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Authorities are asking for the public’s help as they look for missing people across the CSRA. Deshawn Brawner Deshawn Brawner, 16, was last seen on Sept. 12 in the area of Congressional Court in Martinez. He was last seen wearing a long sleeve black sh…
WRDW5d ago
POTOSI, Mo. (First Alert 4/Gray News) - A Missouri man will spend a total of 17 years in prison after his malnourished older son, who had autism, choked to death while eating his own feces because of starvation, according to authorities. The Washington County Prosecutor’s Office…
WRDW5d ago
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Two Georgia men have been sentenced to federal prison following guilty pleas in separate firearms cases, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Margaret E. “Meg” Heap, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, announced the sentences handed down in U.…
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A former Evans High School football coach was sentenced to three years in prison followed by five years of probation for sexual contact with a 17-year-old student.
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AXSON, Ga. — A south Georgia boy was mauled by three dogs in an attack that’s reminiscent of one that happened in the CSRA a few years ago. Like the local case of Justin Gilstrap, the south Georgia boy was an 11-year-old who’d been riding a vehicle and who was attacked by three…
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CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) — A father charged with murdering his newborn daughter appears to have set up a GoFundMe page to pay for her funeral. Christopher Evans, 34, was charged with murder, felonious assault and endangering children, police announced Thursday. His daughter,…
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An undocumented Mexican national living in Graniteville was sentenced to federal prison for using a stolen identity to work at Savannah River Site.
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A Savannah married couple avoided a potential life sentence after pleading guilty in their 1-year-old daughter's 2021 fentanyl death.
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AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A newborn has been safely given up at Aiken Regional Medical Center under a state law that lets parents hand over a baby they can’t care for — without facing charges. The boy was born Sept. 3, weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces and measuring 21 inches long. H…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - A woman in Alabama is accused of “snapping” and killing her boyfriend after he ended their relationship following a sexual meetup at the park. A grand jury indicted Bonita Yvette Brown, 64, on a murder charge in the shooting death of 64-year-o…
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A former Richmond County major was arrested last week and had key certifications suspended.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is holding a news conference at the end of a tumultuous week for the agency. Sheriff Eugene Brantley started speaking around 10:30 a.m. Friday at the agency’s headquarters. This week has brought the arrests of a she…
