Savannah- Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Robbery Unit is investigating three downtown robberies that occurred between Feb 19. and Feb. 24. At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 19, a couple was […]
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Coffee shops targeted in overnight burglaries
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating three overnight burglaries at Starbucks locations throughout Savannah. Just before 5 a.m. Starbucks employees reported burglaries at locations on the 7800 block of Abercorn Street, […]
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Police make arrest in failed drug transaction
Detectives from the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department investigated a failed drug transaction turned robbery at approximately 9 p.m., Feb. 16, near a restaurant in the 2700 block of Montgomery Street. […]
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Police arrest teen in pizza delivery shooting
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s robbery detectives arrested a 13-year-old black female Feb. 15, in regard to the shooting and robbery of a pizza delivery driver that occurred at approximately midnight, […]
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SCMPD investigates suspicious death
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s violent crimes detectives are investigating a suspicious death that occurred at approximately 9:45 p.m., Feb. 15. Ronald Forcier, 67, was found deceased with a gunshot wound […]
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Metro investigates shooting in Frazier Homes
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police violent crimes detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m., Feb. 14, near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and West Anderson Street. Vencen Bentley, […]
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UNIT arrests 3, seizes drugs, cash
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police conducted several operations overnight Feb. 9-10 which led to the arrest of three suspects and the seizure of a substantial amount of drugs. The Undercover Narcotics Investigation […]
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Fatal Yamacraw Village shooting suspect charged
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes detectives have charged Travarius Gray, 21, with one count of felony murder, one count of malice murder and possession of a firearm/knife in the […]
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Task Force conducts 16 felony, 33 misdemeanor arrests
The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes Task Force conducted 16 felony and 33 misdemeanor arrests Feb. 5-9 as part of an initiative focused on local crime prevention through the […]
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Armed robbery on Montgomery
Around 8:00 PM Monday, police responded to the 600 Block of MLK Blvd. on a report of an armed robbery. The victim reported that he was in the 600 Block […]
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Don’t call us a ‘war zone’
Though many folks celebrated a “new dawn” for Savannah after last week’s election run-off, it’s clear that we’re still deep in the dark of night. In one week we’ve seen bullets exchanged on busy roads, a high school on lockdown, seven murders (or is it eight?) and the windshield shot out of a moving firetruck.
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Eddie DeLoach: The Connect Interview
IN ADDITION to owning the landscape business Tidewater Management, mayoral candidate Eddie DeLoach served as Chatham County Commissioner on the Westside from 1992 to 2000, and ran unsuccessfully for Chatham […]