CSRA crime news

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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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WRDWJul 8
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Child abuse cases are on the rise in South Carolina, and local advocates say it is up to the community to recognize the signs and report concerns.Fatima Thompson, a family advocate with the Child Advocacy Center of Aiken County, said children who are no…
WRDWJul 8
An Aiken man was arrested and charged with murder in a 2023 Lumpkin Road shooting.

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WRDWJul 3
A man was shot and killed by a Dorchester County deputy after pointing a glass bottle shaped like a gun at the deputy.

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Showing 91–120 of 301 entries

Wed, Jul 8Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Tue, Jul 7Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Mon, Jul 6Monday, July 6, 2026

Fri, Jul 3Friday, July 3, 2026

WRDWJul 3
A man was shot and killed by a Dorchester County deputy after pointing a glass bottle shaped like a gun at the deputy.

Thu, Jul 2Thursday, July 2, 2026

Wed, Jul 1Wednesday, July 1, 2026

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Augusta PressJul 7

An Augusta inmate critically injured in a hit-and-run crash while working along a roadside sidewalk died from his injuries.

WRDW· Jul 6

Augusta PressJul 7

During the week of June 24-30, a total of 274 crimes were tracked by The Augusta Press from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. Violent crimes included 11 cases of aggravated assault and 75 cases of simple assault, in addition to four cases of criminal trespassing and 105 case…

Augusta PressJul 6Booking record

An Augusta inmate died after being found unresponsive in his cell at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center.

Augusta Press· Jul 7

Booking record

A man was arrested in Richmond County in an arson and aggravated assault case.

WFXG· Jul 2

WRDWJul 2

A man was taken into custody after a SWAT response to a barricaded suspect and possible hostage situation at a Richmond County hotel.

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…

Augusta PressJul 1

The Georgia Supreme Court upheld two Richmond County murder convictions, leaving the defendants in prison.

WRDW· Jun 30

Augusta PressJul 1Booking record

A 3-year-old Augusta boy died after being rushed to the hospital with signs of severe abuse and malnutrition, and his mother and her boyfriend were arrested.

WJBFJun 30Booking record

A Warrenton man was arrested on child molestation charges.

WRDW· Jun 30

WJBFJun 30

A young Marine, his wife, and a third person were killed when their car hit a tree on I-20 in Greene County.

WFXGJun 30

A 16-year-old was wanted in connection with an aggravated assault in Richmond County.

WFXG· Jun 29

WJBFJun 30

A man was wanted for questioning in a Waynesboro aggravated assault that left one victim shot and hospitalized.

Augusta PressJun 29

Authorities sought an Augusta teen on aggravated assault warrants after a predawn shooting sent bullets into an occupied home.

WRDWJun 29

A replacement was named for a Lincoln County commissioner who resigned after pleading guilty to child cruelty and receiving 10 years of probation.

WRDWJun 29Booking record

A Thomson man was arrested in connection with a 2024 rape case.

WRDWJun 29

Richmond County deputies were looking for Abe Joseph Faust, 35, who was wanted for aggravated assault in Augusta.

WJBF· Jun 29