Archive By Section - Public Safety
State bars sex offenders from Halloween activities
ATLANTA - State officials say sex offenders on parole in Georgia face several restrictions aimed at keeping them from using Halloween to commit crimes.
Kids learn firefighters are friendly
Members of the Bryan County and Pembroke fire departments visited children in the Head Start program Oct. 12 to talk to them about fire safety and teach them that firefighters are friendly.
Plane lands on I-95; no injuries reported
ATLANTA - Authorities say an Alabama man made an emergency landing on Interstate 95 in southeast Georgia.
Rain, gusty wind expected here
ATLANTA - Forecasters say gusty winds and locally heavy rain will be the main threats to the Georgia coast as Sandy surges toward the north.
Panel of teens studying safe driving
ATLANTA - Georgia's governor has appointed 22 teenagers to a committee to provide advice on how to communicate a safe driving message to teen drivers.
Arrests made in RH meth lab bust
Two Richmond Hill residents were arrested last week after a meth lab was discovered in a home on Reese Drive in Sterling Creek Plantation subdivision.
Man pleads to Cay Creek stabbing death
Kenneth Allan Turner was sentenced to 12 years confinement and eight years probation after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault in the stabbing death of Benjamin O'Neal.
New traffic signal activated in Richmnd Hill
A new traffic signal at the intersection of Highway 17 and Sommers Boulevard in Richmond Hill is set to become operational this week.
Another militia member pleads
A former Army medic has pleaded guilty to destroying evidence in a double slaying to protect what prosecutors say was a militia group operating within the military at Fort Stewart.
Morning fire destroys home
An early morning fire Friday destroyed a home on Daniel Siding Loop Road, according to Chief Otis Willis with the Bryan County Fire Department.
Crime reports
The following reports are from the Richmond Hill Police Department: DUI, Sept. 27 - Officers stopped a Savannah man just after 4 a.m. on Highway 144 after he was seen speeding and before entering Love's gas station at an "unsafe speed." The man smelled of alcohol and told officers he wasn't driving the vehicle. A breath test proved he had been drinking and he was arrested.
Crime reports
The following reports are from the Bryan County Sheriff's Department. DUI-drugs: Sept. 15 - Deputies stopped a Fleming man just before 2 a.m. on Highway 17 after he was seen traveling in both southbound lanes of traffic. The man handed deputies a Mexican driver's license and said he didn't have an American driver's license. Deputies smelled alcohol on the man, who also had bloodshot and glassy eyes. He was arrested for DUI and driving without a license. ...
Fire Prevention Week is soon
ATLANTA - Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens and the National Fire Protection Association are reminding Georgians that Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 7-13, with the theme of, "Have Two Ways Out!"
Alleged bank robber caught in Hinesville
A North Carolina man working on a Fort Stewart contract was arrested Tuesday for bank robbery.
Savannah teen found dead in burned car
SAVANNAH - Savannah police have identified a body discovered inside a burning vehicle. Savannah-Chatham County police said an autopsy was done and the woman was identified as 18-year-old Amber Deloach of Savannah, a former St. Vincent's Academy and Islands High School student. Police tell The Savannah Morning News (http://bit.ly/O2kggB) that her death is being investigated as a homicide. Deloach's body was found early Sunday after firefighters responded to a vehicle fire in the Yamacraw ...
Articles by Section - Public Safety
Church bus hit, passengers OK
An accident late Wednesday night sent a Hinesville man to the hospital and shook up several bus passengers and their driver.
Statesboro man charged with bootlegging
STATESBORO - A suspected bootlegger had more than 70 bottles of liquor, some beer and some cash in his possession when Statesboro police searched his West Main Street home Monday, police said.
Shooter to be charged with murder
Bryan County Sheriff Clyde Smith said the suspect in Tuesday's shooting south of Richmond Hill will be charged with murder.
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