Archive By Section - Public Safety
Numbering houses is easy as one, two, three
Can your home or business be found in case of an emergency? That's a question Bryan County Emergency Services is posing to all residents in Bryan County as they spread the word about the necessity of having numbers or letters on homes and businesses denoting their physical address. Fire Chief Freddy Howell said the easier it is to find a home, the quicker emergency personnel can help. "When people call us for an emergency they're ...
Crime reports for Jan. 23
The following reports are from the Bryan County Sheriff's Department: DUI Jan. 1 - Deputies stopped an Allenhurst woman around 1:30 a.m. on Highway 17 in Richmond Hill after she ran off the road twice. The woman smelled of alcohol but told deputies she'd had only one drink but ran off the road because she wasn't wearing her glasses and couldn't see very well at night. She failed field sobriety tests and was arrested. Jan. ...
SSU student killed driving into parking lot
SAVANNAH - Police in Savannah have identified a woman shot to death in her car as a 21-year-old Savannah State University student.
Ellabell stabbing sends one to hospital, another to jail
An Ellabell man is being charged with aggravated assault after reportedly stabbing another man 27 times early Saturday morning.
Icy roads possible in north Georgia
ATLANTA - Forecasters warn that an arctic air mass combined with moisture approaching Georgia could set the stage for freezing rain and sleet for much of the state.
Effingham teen drowns during wreck
RINCON - Authorities in Effingham County say a teen that died in a car accident drowned after being ejected from the vehicle.
Indictments allege area sex trafficking ring
SAVANNAH - Federal authorities said Thursday they have uncovered an illegal sex trafficking network that forced women into prostitution and traded them like slaves between cities in Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas.
Convicted killer says statements coerced
ATHENS - Police in coastal Georgia coerced statements from a man accused in the 2007 rape and slaying of a 6-year-old boy, and the trial court that handed him the death penalty made numerous errors, the man's defense attorney argued Wednesday before the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Man convicted of killing Brunswick boy appeals
ATHENS - A Georgia man is appealing the convictions and death penalty he received for the 2007 rape and murder of a 6-year-old boy.
Video shows men before stabbing, dismemberment
RINCON - Authorities say a Georgia man who was stabbed to death and his body dismembered was seen alive in a video surveillance tape from a South Carolina hotel on New Year's night.
Violence sweeps nets 55 arrests
SAVANNAH - Authorities in Savannah say 55 people have been arrested in an initiative focused on curbing gun violence.
Police: Missing man stabbed, dismembered
RINCON - Police say a man who had been reported missing was fatally stabbed before being dismembered.
Crime reports
The following reports are from the Bryan County Sheriff's Department: Theft by taking, Dec. 23 - Deputies responded to Queens Way in Ellabell around noon after a man reported his 1995 Chevrolet pickup truck stolen. The man said he'd loaned it to a former co-worker, but the man never returned it. The man said he can no longer get in touch with the man who borrowed his truck. The truck is white with two-tone silver and red ...
Body parts of missing man found after standoff
RINCON - Body parts found inside a South Carolina storage unit and a south Georgia home after a deadly police standoff are likely those of a Savannah man missing since New Year's Eve, authorities said Sunday.
Midway man dies after accident gun shot
A Midway man who accidentally shot himself early Wednesday morning died from his wound.
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Midway bank robbed
The Heritage Bank in Midway was robbed during the lunch hour Friday. Midway Police Chief Kelli Morningstar only could confirm the bank was robbed at 12:39 p.m. before deferring all questions to the Liberty County Sheriff's Office.
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