A magistrate judge dismissed all charges against the defendants in the Pawleys Island Community Church case Friday after a preliminary hearing in Georgetown County.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division charged a Beaufort County man with 14 counts of forgery, the agency said Friday. Warrants allege James Patrick Thomas Jr., 19, obtained forged driver’s licenses to give to underage people.
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about scams that demand payment. The office said criminals are using phone calls, text messages, emails and social media to get people to send money or share personal information.
The Savannah Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place early Friday at Whitaker Street and St. Julian Street that left two adult men with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
“Let me be perfectly clear: The Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office will not tolerate sex offenders who knowingly disregard the laws and special conditions placed upon them,” said Sheriff Noel Brown.
Travis Washington, 20, was sentenced Friday to life in prison with the possibility of parole, plus 5 years, for the 2023 murder of Rashad Gooddine. A jury found Washington guilty last week.
The Vidalia Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating a shooting that occurred on E. Jenkins Street near the intersection pf Epstein Street on November 4.
Three people have been indicted in the case of a newborn found in a trash can at a Savannah motel. Prosecutors said the baby’s mother tried to kill the newborn.
An Effingham County jury on Tuesday convicted Jacob Edgar Knowlton of rape, aggravated sodomy and child molestation in connection with crimes against an 11-year-old girl between January and November 2023, according to the district attorney’s office.
The Thunderbolt Police Department is asking the public for help locating Ephraim Joel Gilford, 34, of Thunderbolt, who is wanted on multiple felony charges in connection with a shooting Friday evening, police said.
Two Jesup women were arrested for allegedly making false statements that a Wayne County deputy sexually assaulted them while on-duty, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
Former Savannah police officer Ernest Ferguson took the witness stand Monday to argue that he acted in self-defense during the fatal 2022 shooting of Saudi Lee.
A jury found Isaiah Goodman guilty of one count of aggravated assault Friday afternoon in his retrial on charges in the 2020 killing of Michael Peguese in Garden City. A mistrial was declared on the other counts.
A Bulloch County jury on Friday found Lucas Lopez Fields guilty of malice murder and several other charges in the Aug. 20, 2023, shooting that killed 17-year-old Jabari Nasir Walker, according to District Attorney Catherine A. Sumner’s office.
A man has been arrested in the 2015 homicide of Betty Jean King, the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office said. Perry Edwards was booked into the Bulloch County Jail on Oct. 29 and is being held awaiting arraignment.
Garden City Police confirmed they were requested by Savannah Police Department to help them in stopping a fleeing vehicle involved in a child abduction out of Liberty County.
A judge sentenced George Humphreys to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 10 years to run consecutively, Thursday for the killing of Tony Ferguson. A McIntosh County jury found Humphreys guilty on all five counts Wednesday.
Around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening, the jury in the McIntosh County murder trial of George Humphreys for the killing of Tony Ferguson, found him guilty on all 5 charges against him.
Day 3 of the trial starts Wednesday at 9 a.m. Cross-examination of the lead detective will take place, and potentially the defense’s witnesses will be called to the stand.
One person is in the hospital in critical condition following a stabbing near a market in Garden City on Monday morning, according to the Garden City Police Chief.
Brayden Heath, 19, of Centerville, Fairfax County, Virginia, was arrested and charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of children, among other charges.
A jury will decide the fate of George Humphreys, who is accused of killing his friend, Tony Ferguson. Opening statements began this week in McIntosh County, about two years after Ferguson’s death.
A man was arrested Monday, days after a traffic stop led to an hourslong standoff with law enforcement, according to the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office.
