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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 119 entries

Mon, Jul 27Monday, July 27, 2026

Augusta Press4h ago
A 58-year-old Appling man died after his motorcycle collided with a car at a Columbia County intersection.
- WRDW· 4h ago
Augusta Press10h agoBooking record
Animals were removed from a Beech Island home after an arrest for ill treatment during an animal welfare investigation.
Augusta Press13h ago
Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams publicly declared for the first time Sunday night that he is innocent of all federal charges against him, describing the case as politically motivated, fueled by jealousy and racism, and saying he expects to be exonerated in court. Williams…
- WFXG· 3h ago
- WRDW· 10h ago
Augusta PressYesterday
Two Augusta brothers were wanted after investigators said they fired a dozen rounds into a home and struck an adult six times.

Sun, Jul 26Sunday, July 26, 2026

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…

Wed, Jul 15Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Augusta PressJul 15
Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams was indicted on five counts of Hobbs Act extortion and gun charges for allegedly taking money to dismiss DUI citations.

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

Mon, Jul 13Monday, July 13, 2026

Augusta PressJul 13
During the week of July 1-7, a total of 268 crimes were tracked by The Augusta Press from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. Violent crimes included six cases of aggravated assault and 85 cases of simple assault, in addition to eight cases of criminal trespassing and 82 cases…

Sun, Jul 12Sunday, July 12, 2026

Augusta PressJul 12
Colt Gray was scheduled for a non-negotiated plea and sentencing hearing that could eliminate his Columbia County murder trial.
- WRDW· Jul 13
- WRDW· Jul 11

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Showing 1–30 of 119 entries

Mon, Jul 27Monday, July 27, 2026

Sun, Jul 26Sunday, July 26, 2026

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…

Wed, Jul 15Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Augusta PressJul 15
Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams was indicted on five counts of Hobbs Act extortion and gun charges for allegedly taking money to dismiss DUI citations.

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

Mon, Jul 13Monday, July 13, 2026

Augusta PressJul 13
During the week of July 1-7, a total of 268 crimes were tracked by The Augusta Press from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. Violent crimes included six cases of aggravated assault and 85 cases of simple assault, in addition to eight cases of criminal trespassing and 82 cases…

Sun, Jul 12Sunday, July 12, 2026

Augusta PressJul 12
Colt Gray was scheduled for a non-negotiated plea and sentencing hearing that could eliminate his Columbia County murder trial.
- WRDW· Jul 13
- WRDW· Jul 11

Augusta Press3d ago

Richmond County deputies searched for a Hephzibah man wanted in connection with an alleged home invasion, kidnapping, and aggravated assault.

Augusta Press4d ago

An attorney retained by the family of 13-year-old Daryl Martinez Lowry was investigating the circumstances of his death at a Clarks Hill Lake boat dock in McCormick County.

Augusta Press4d agoBooking record

A 21-year-old man was charged in connection with a Fourth of July crash in Augusta that killed an 86-year-old woman.

Aiken Standard· 3d ago

Augusta PressJul 21Booking record

An Augusta man was sentenced to 151 months in prison for possessing child pornography.

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.

Augusta PressJul 17

Three Augusta men were indicted on gun charges, and six Mexican nationals were charged with illegal reentry into the U.S.