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.

Showing 1–30 of 84 entries

Tue, Jul 28Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Augusta Press2h agoBooking record
Animals were removed from a Beech Island home after an arrest for ill treatment during an animal welfare investigation.

Sun, Jul 26Sunday, July 26, 2026

Augusta Press2d ago
The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services says it is conducting a comprehensive review of its Richmond County office following a series of child deaths and severe abuse cases that have shaken the Augusta area over the past several months. The agency confirmed the revi…

Sat, Jul 25Saturday, July 25, 2026

Fri, Jul 24Friday, July 24, 2026

Thu, Jul 23Thursday, July 23, 2026

Augusta Press5d ago
An Augusta man was killed in an overnight pedestrian crash on Mike Padgett Highway.

Wed, Jul 22Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Augusta Press6d ago
A woman was found dead behind a church near downtown Augusta and was identified as Asia Smalls.

Tue, Jul 21Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Augusta PressJul 21Booking record
Three Richmond County Sheriff’s officers were terminated and charged in an expanding investigation into alleged misuse of the Flock license plate reader system.

Sun, Jul 19Sunday, July 19, 2026

Sat, Jul 18Saturday, July 18, 2026

Fri, Jul 17Friday, July 17, 2026

Augusta PressJul 17
The Richmond County School System is one of 20 school districts nationwide to be singled out this week in a Trump administration “crackdown” on sexual predators in schools. Why the system was selected is not clear. Superintendent Malinda Cobb said the U.S. Department of Educatio…

Tue, Jul 14Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Augusta PressJul 14Booking record
A teenage girl was shot during a fight in Augusta around 1 a.m. despite the overnight juvenile curfew.
- WRDW· Jul 14

Sun, Jul 12Sunday, July 12, 2026

Augusta PressJul 12Booking record
A North Augusta teenager was arrested in connection with the April shooting death of a 61-year-old man.

Fri, Jul 10Friday, July 10, 2026

Thu, Jul 9Thursday, July 9, 2026

Tue, Jul 7Tuesday, July 7, 2026

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

Mon, Jul 6Monday, July 6, 2026

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

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Showing 1–30 of 84 entries

Tue, Jul 28Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Augusta Press2h agoBooking record
Animals were removed from a Beech Island home after an arrest for ill treatment during an animal welfare investigation.

Sun, Jul 26Sunday, July 26, 2026

Augusta Press2d ago
The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services says it is conducting a comprehensive review of its Richmond County office following a series of child deaths and severe abuse cases that have shaken the Augusta area over the past several months. The agency confirmed the revi…

Sat, Jul 25Saturday, July 25, 2026

Fri, Jul 24Friday, July 24, 2026

Thu, Jul 23Thursday, July 23, 2026

Augusta Press5d ago
An Augusta man was killed in an overnight pedestrian crash on Mike Padgett Highway.

Wed, Jul 22Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Augusta Press6d ago
A woman was found dead behind a church near downtown Augusta and was identified as Asia Smalls.

Tue, Jul 21Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Augusta PressJul 21Booking record
Three Richmond County Sheriff’s officers were terminated and charged in an expanding investigation into alleged misuse of the Flock license plate reader system.

Sun, Jul 19Sunday, July 19, 2026

Sat, Jul 18Saturday, July 18, 2026

Fri, Jul 17Friday, July 17, 2026

Augusta PressJul 17
The Richmond County School System is one of 20 school districts nationwide to be singled out this week in a Trump administration “crackdown” on sexual predators in schools. Why the system was selected is not clear. Superintendent Malinda Cobb said the U.S. Department of Educatio…

Tue, Jul 14Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Augusta PressJul 14Booking record
A teenage girl was shot during a fight in Augusta around 1 a.m. despite the overnight juvenile curfew.
- WRDW· Jul 14

Sun, Jul 12Sunday, July 12, 2026

Augusta PressJul 12Booking record
A North Augusta teenager was arrested in connection with the April shooting death of a 61-year-old man.

Fri, Jul 10Friday, July 10, 2026

Thu, Jul 9Thursday, July 9, 2026

Tue, Jul 7Tuesday, July 7, 2026

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

Mon, Jul 6Monday, July 6, 2026

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

Augusta PressJul 21Booking record

A Richmond County mother was accused of stabbing her 2-year-old son, leaving him critically injured.

Augusta PressJul 19

A Harlem man on probation for a violent hammer attack was arrested in Columbia County on rape warrants from Hall County.

WRDW· Jul 20

Augusta Press

Jul 17

Booking record

An Augusta man on probation after a felony gun conviction was arrested after a vehicle pursuit ended in a rollover crash.

Jul 10

Booking record

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

Augusta PressJul 10

A man pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and kidnapping in the 2022 killing of his longtime girlfriend in Aiken County.

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 10Booking record

A Richmond County sheriff’s deputy received a $25,000 bond while the district attorney took over prosecution of four felony charges.

Augusta PressJul 10Booking record

An Aiken County inmate died after suffering a medical emergency while in custody.

WRDW· Jul 10