Crime blotter

WJBF·3d ago

One person was injured in an officer-involved shooting on Edgar Street in Augusta.

WJBF·3d ago·Booking record

Two teens were arrested in connection with an alleged February 2026 kidnapping case in Richmond County.

WJBF·3d ago

Richmond County deputies wanted to question a man in an armed robbery at the ET Food Store on East Boundary.

WJBF·6d ago·Booking record

An Aiken County man was arrested for impersonating a law enforcement officer and kidnapping a woman.

WJBF·May 31·Booking record

Richmond County sheriff’s deputies sought Keon Deshez Leverett for questioning in a robbery at C&M Curb Market on East Boundary.

WJBF·May 29

A wrong-way driver was killed in a crash on Sand Bar Ferry Road at the Savannah River Bridge in Augusta.

WJBF·May 28·Booking record

An arrest was made in an Aiken County murder investigation, and Dashawn Trevalla Hankinson was charged in Reginald Young III's shooting death.

WJBF·May 26·Booking record

An Augusta woman was wanted on child cruelty charges after a child under age 1 tested positive for drugs.

WJBF·May 25

A man was injured in a shooting on the 2800 block of Washington Road in Augusta.

WJBF·May 25

A man wanted for questioning in a Richmond County homicide was located in Florida and arrested on an unrelated warrant.

WJBF·May 24

Two Swainsboro High graduates were killed in Burke County when a tree fell across Highway 56 South and caused two crashes.

WJBF·May 22·Booking record

Four people were arrested after a shooting in Girard, Georgia.

WJBF·May 20

Barnwell County deputies arrested Chemar Treyvon Black during a narcotics investigation that uncovered evidence of an alleged dog-fighting ring.

WJBF·May 18

Dozens were arrested in Richmond County during Operation Red Recoil, a gang enforcement initiative targeting gang activity and violent crime.

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