One person is in custody following a large seizure of crack cocaine. Earlier this year, members of the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT) received information 33-yer-old Kendall Owens of Savannah […]
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Two more shootings Thursday night
Detectives are investigating the shooting of two men Thursday night. Islands Precinct officers patrolling on Waters Avenue investigated shots fired in the area of E. 36th and Live Oak streets […]
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Police, politicians implore public’s help on crime
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are “calling on the public and the faith-based community to help quell a series of incidents in which shots have been fired, apparently in retaliation to other […]
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Body cams planned for SAV Metro police
City Manager Stephanie Cutter and Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Chief Julie Tolbert announced today they’ve “put together a plan to purchase body cameras, Taser upgrades and a digital evidence management system,” […]
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Editor’s Note: Two Savannahs, further apart than ever
Downtown Savannah could easily morph into a Disneyfied entertainment/tourism zone of corporate interests catering to affluent visitors, ringed with socioeconomic despair.
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Four shot in three days
Savannah Metro Police are investigating four shootings that took place Thursday and Saturday. Alvonte Mack, 17, has been charged with shooting Benjamin Webber, 16, on the 2200 block of Hawthorne […]
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Savannah High homecoming activities and football game cancelled because of shooting
As a result of the shooting on Hawthorne Avenue near the school this evening, all homecoming activities scheduled for the evening of Friday, October 3, at Savannah High School have […]
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County votes to split up police merger; City Manager issues statement
Earlier today the Chatham County Commission voted to exercise its option to terminate the decade-old merger of city and county police forces. Negotiations had been stalled for several months over […]
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Video of Smith arrest released
Savannah/Chatham Metro Police have released a series of surveillance videos from the convenience store in West Savannah where the late Charles Smith was arrested. He was later shot by an […]
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Editor’s Note: Mista Dee’s reality
Mayor Edna Jackson deserves kudos for her statesmanlike response to the shooting.
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Don’t shoot the messengers
Politically correct lip service isn’t the same thing as working towards diminishing the disparity between the cultural privilege afforded America’s white citizens and its people of color. In Savannah, there is opportunity every day to bridge that gap.
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Police continue search for leads in weekend homicides
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police continue to seek information on fatal weekend shootings that left two men dead. Devonte Mumford, 21, of a South Parkwood Drive address, was found with a gunshot […]