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Bicyclist hit by car still critical

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A 63-year-old bicyclist who became lodged in a car's windshield after being hit in a Martinez neighborhood Monday was still in critical condition at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Harendra Sinha, of the 100 block of Springlakes Drive, was airlifted to MCG on Monday after police found him on the ground next to a Honda Accord behind Martinez Elementary School.

Police say Richard Kyle Post, 25, of the 4200 block of Green Ivy Circle in Springlakes subdivision, was intoxicated and drove into Mr. Sinha with the Honda while Mr. Sinha rode a bicycle in Springlakes.

Police say Mr. Kyle then drove behind Martinez Elementary with Mr. Sinha lodged in the vehicle's windshield and went to a nearby gas station to falsely report a carjacking.

Mr. Post was arrested on several charges, including hit-and-run, leaving the scene of an accident with injuries and serious injury by a motor vehicle. He was being held at the Columbia County Detention Center on Wednesday on a $13,100 bond, jail personnel said.

Deputies seek man on theft charges

Richmond and Columbia county sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who they said obtained large amounts of money by depositing fictitious and closed account checks in his own account, officials said Wednesday.

Joseph Paul Sydow, 25, is wanted on charges of theft by deception, Richmond County sheriff's Investigator Anita Hopson said.

She said Mr. Sydow obtained more than $10,000 by depositing the checks into his Georgia Bank and Trust account, then withdrawing the funds at ATMs and bank branches in metro Augusta.

Anyone with information on Mr. Sydow's whereabouts is asked to call the Richmond County Sheriff's Office at 821-1020 or 821-1080, or the Columbia County Sheriff's Office at 541-1044 or 541-2800.

18-year-old charged in shooting of teen

Richmond County sheriff's deputies charged an Augusta 18-year-old on Wednesday morning who they said shot a teenager in the thigh after a fight, officials said.

Daniel Edward Outlaw, of the 3500 block of Monte Carlo Drive, was charged with aggravated assault, simple battery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, jail records state.

Lt. James Young said the incident happened after 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 2100 block of Oak Leaf Way, when Mr. Outlaw and another male got into a fight with Jaquel Quantez Tallington, 16.

The teen chased the two to their vehicle and threw a pot at it, and Mr. Outlaw fired at the teen. The teenager was taken to Medical College of Georgia Hospital, Lt. Young said.

Five are arrested in home invasion burglary

Five men have been arrested for burglarizing a North Augusta home during a home invasion Tuesday night.

Willie D. Smith, 31, of the 100 block of Abbeville Avenue in Aiken, has been charged with burglary in the first degree, assault with intent to kill and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.

Bernard T. Tobias, 31, of the 7500 block of Millbrook Drive in Columbia, was charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol and burglary in the first degree.

Three of the men were charged with burglary in the first degree:

- Timothy R. Houston, 36, of the 1900 block of Seaborn Drive in North Augusta;

- James A. Smith, 29, of the 300 block of York Street in Aiken;

- And Donavan A. Ryans, 31, of the 1100 block of Roselle Drive in Columbia.

Sheriff's investigators recovered three handguns used in the burglary at the home in the 1000 block of Todd Avenue.

Police are searching for missing woman

Authorities are looking for an Atlanta-area woman who has been missing since Monday.

The woman's father said he believes Sue Ann Ray, 26, of Woodstock, was en route to the Augusta area before she went missing.

Danny Jenkins, 50, of Lincolnton, Ga., said he told police he believes his daughter was coming to visit him after she left her job in Cherokee County.

Mr. Jenkins said police found his daughter's 1998 red Ford Windstar on Monday at a Wal-Mart parking lot in Canton, north of Atlanta.

Mr. Jenkins said the woman's daughter, Charity Ray, 6, is with her mother.

Police said Mrs. Ray's estranged husband, Quinton Ray, 27, was the last person who saw her. Although Mr. Ray was arrested Monday, police said his arrest had no connection with Mrs. Ray's disappearance.

Anyone with information should contact the Woodstock Police Department at (770) 294-7231 or (770) 592-6010.

Reward offered for suspects in shootings

A $500 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of two men accused of shooting and killing a newspaper carrier last weekend.

Two men already have been arrested in connection with the slaying of Debra Dorch, who was delivering copies of the Aiken Standard early Saturday morning when she and another employee were attacked.

But authorities are still looking for Cornell D. Tyler, 22, and Tremaine M. Tyler, 25, brothers who lived on the 300 block of Union Academy Road in Springfield.

Sheriff's investigators say the Tylers and the other two men - Willie L. Ware and Edward N. Walker - mistook Ms. Dorch and Joe Brewer for rival drug dealers intent on robbing them.

Mr. Brewer was shot in the right arm but will recover. Ms. Dorch died from a gunshot wound to the back.

Anyone with information on the location of the Tyler brothers is asked to contact the Aiken County Sheriff's Office at (800) 922-9709.

Traveler cited for weapon at airport

Richmond County deputy marshals cited a Martinez man Wednesday after they said he accidentally brought a gun into Augusta Regional Airport.

Robert Kimble Miller was cited for the city ordinance against carrying a deadly weapon into an airport, marshal's Sgt. Bryan Patterson said.

He said the incident happened at about 10 a.m., when Mr. Miller was going through a security screening and officials found a .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol, unloaded, along with ammunition, in his bag.

Other federal authorities were notified, and Mr. Miller was questioned, Sgt. Patterson said. The weapon was confiscated, but Mr. Miller received the citation and was released without being jailed.

- From staff reports