CSRA crime news

Crime blotter

One-sentence summaries of crime and public-safety reporting from local CSRA outlets. Each entry links to the originating publication.

Showing 61–90 of 265 entries

Mon, Jul 13Monday, July 13, 2026

WRDWJul 13Booking record
A 19-year-old was arrested and charged with murder and weapon possession in the shooting death of a North Augusta man.
WRDWJul 13
A plea deal and sentencing were scheduled for the accused Apalachee High School shooter.
- Augusta Press· Jul 12

Sun, Jul 12Sunday, July 12, 2026

WRDWJul 12
A shooting was under investigation Thursday night on Rawls Drive in Batesburg-Leesville.

Sat, Jul 11Saturday, July 11, 2026

Fri, Jul 10Friday, July 10, 2026

Thu, Jul 9Thursday, July 9, 2026

Wed, Jul 8Wednesday, July 8, 2026

WRDWJul 8
An Aiken man was arrested and charged with murder in a 2023 Lumpkin Road shooting.

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

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Showing 61–90 of 265 entries

Mon, Jul 13Monday, July 13, 2026

Sun, Jul 12Sunday, July 12, 2026

WRDWJul 12
A shooting was under investigation Thursday night on Rawls Drive in Batesburg-Leesville.

Sat, Jul 11Saturday, July 11, 2026

Fri, Jul 10Friday, July 10, 2026

Thu, Jul 9Thursday, July 9, 2026

Wed, Jul 8Wednesday, July 8, 2026

WRDWJul 8
An Aiken man was arrested and charged with murder in a 2023 Lumpkin Road shooting.

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

Jul 10

Booking record

A Hephzibah man was arrested in Aiken County in a decades-old rape case.

WRDWJul 10

A man was sentenced to 21 years after pleading guilty to kidnapping and manslaughter in the 2022 killing of an Aiken County mother.

WRDWJul 10

A Greene County deputy was fired and charged with misusing license plate readers.

WRDWJul 10Booking record

A third inmate died at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center in Augusta in less than four months.

Augusta Press· Jul 10

WRDWJul 10Booking record

A Richmond County deputy was indicted in connection with a January arrest and remained out on bond.

WRDWJul 10

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) — Newly released records show the investigation into former Aiken County Public Schools human resources chief Dr. Sal Minolfo was broader than previously known, involving at least three separate matters and allegations about relationships with district em…

WRDWJul 10

A 71-year-old bicyclist was killed in a crash on the 1100 block of Wrens Highway in Thomson.

WFXG· Jul 9

Augusta PressJul 10

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

Augusta PressJul 10Booking record

Aiken County investigators recovered possible human remains and said efforts were made to conceal 4-year-old Javeayah Harris’s death.

Augusta PressJul 9Booking record

Four people faced felony charges after authorities said they fired multiple gunshots from a moving SUV along Columbia County roadways, damaging an Evans business.

A bicyclist was hit and killed in a crash on Highway 17 near Thomson.

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 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 2Booking record

A Richmond County deputy jailer was arrested after allegedly giving an inmate outside food and lying during the investigation.