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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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Augusta PressAug 11Booking record
An Augusta mother was charged after her 9-year-old son took her loaded gun from her vehicle and brought it to Richmond Hill Elementary School.
Augusta PressAug 11
A 39-year-old Beech Island man died after being ejected from his car in a crash following a pursuit involving Richmond County and Aiken County deputies.
Augusta PressAug 5Booking record
A South Carolina man was arrested in Augusta after a vehicle pursuit and deputies allegedly found nearly 17 pounds of marijuana in his SUV.
Augusta PressAug 5
A former Glenn Hills Elementary aide was given 10 more years in prison for licking a boy’s feet and molesting girls.
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.
During the week of Aug. 2-9, a total of 65 crimes were tracked by The Augusta Press from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. Violent crimes included two cases of aggravated assault and five cases of simple battery, as well as four cases of criminal trespassing, four cases of i…
Augusta PressAug 11
A 14-year-old boy reported missing was struck and killed by a vehicle on Interstate 20 in Columbia County.
An Aiken mother was charged with five counts of unlawful conduct toward a child after a Sunday arrest in North Augusta.
A Hephzibah man was indicted on eight counts in the trafficking and sexual exploitation of a missing 16-year-old girl.
