A car, a utility vehicle, a firearm and more than $7,000 worth of horse show equipment was stolen from a business in Blythe, Ga., Thursday, authorities said.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Six men will compete to be the next Richmond County sheriff. It will be the most contested of all the local races.
By Steve Crawford | Friday, May 25, 2012
The Richmond County Sheriff's Office is searching for a sex offender who did not register with the sex offender registry, authorities said.
Friday, May 25, 2012
An Augusta man was shot in the leg while stopped at a red light on Central Avenue on Thursday evening.
By Bianca Cain Johnson | Friday, May 25, 2012
The 23-year-old driver in a Tuesday fatal traffic collision on Mike Padgett Highway has been booked on vehicular homicide charges.
By Bianca Cain Johnson | Thursday, May 24, 2012
With Richmond County having its own collision reconstruction team, calls for assistance from crash investigators at the Georgia State Patrol have been few and far between.
By Bianca Cain Johnson | Wednesday, May 23, 2012
An Augusta man was charged with felony possession of marijuana Tuesday after a deputy smelled the drug while both were stopped for a train.
By Bianca Cain Johnson | Wednesday, May 23, 2012
An armed robbery suspect was arrested Wednesday after locking investigators out of his home for approximately 30 minutes.
By Bianca Cain Johnson | Wednesday, May 23, 2012
A Baptist preacher told deputies he was threatened with death after he pulled a gun on a Hephzibah man Sunday.
By Bianca Cain Johnson | Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Items of record occurring in Richmond County courts.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Four months after a teen was shot outside an illegally operating club, authorities are still seeking leads in the only unsolved homicide case of 2012.
By Bianca Cain Johnson | Monday, May 21, 2012
An Augusta man was charged with drug and weapon possession after exposing himself on a city bus.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Authorities say the rise in scrap metal prices is helping drive a trend of stolen cars that get taken directly to area junk and scrap yards.
By Steve Crawford | Saturday, May 19, 2012
Alvin Mason's lawyer says the Augusta Commission member needs more time and "breathing room," so the trial was moved to June at the earliest.
By Susan McCord | Friday, May 18, 2012
Jordash Tanksley, convicted in 2008 of burglary, armed robbery, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, was denied a new trial Friday.
By Kyle Martin | Friday, May 18, 2012
Two men pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to the homicide of an 81-year-old man who was shot while watching TV in March 2011.
By Kyle Martin | Thursday, May 17, 2012
An Evans man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide for a 2010 wreck that killed a Grovetown woman.
By Valerie Rowell | Thursday, May 17, 2012
According to an incident report, John W. Buchwitz, 20, sold 10.3 grams of powder cocaine for $650 to a police informant Monday in the parking lot of Walmart at 3209 Deans Bridge Road.
By Susan McCord | Thursday, May 17, 2012
An Augusta man, 31, was jailed on battery charges after he assaulted officers during a traffic stop Friday, authorities said.
By Bianca Cain Johnson | Thursday, May 17, 2012
The GBI is putting together a case file to present to the district attorney in the May 5 Richmond County officer-involved shooting.
By Bianca Cain Johnson | Wednesday, May 16, 2012
