Because of the remarkable scope of the lawsuit—four plaintiffs, 15 defendants, and a narrative going back to the mid-‘90s—it has potential to be the Rosetta Stone, the Holy Grail, linking the days of the Jivens crime syndicate and today’s Willie Lovett-era police corruption.
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Editor’s Note: Smooth as a baby’s…..?
While the baby coffin protest dominated the aftermath of Mayor Jackson’s speech, it wasn’t the only political prop used that night.
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CNT makes large heroin bust
Two people are in custody following a search warrant and the seizure of a large amount of heroin by the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT). Shortly after 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, […]
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Meth lab shut down on East 39th
An “elaborate methamphetamine lab” was removed from an East Savannah residence following a search warrant conducted by the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT), a spokesman says. Just before 9 p.m. […]
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CNT makes large crack seizure, arrest
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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Meth in a motel
Three people are in custody as a result of arrests stemming from the attempted sale of large quantities of methamphetamine to undercover CNT agents early last evening. On Thursday evening, […]
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Guns and drugs seized on Waters Ave. after chase
Three men were arrested and “an assortment of drugs, drug paraphernalia and weapons were seized after Islands Precinct officers stopped a vehicle moving through an intensive patrol operation Wednesday afternoon,” […]
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24 arrested in sweep
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police arrested 24 suspects in their third Total Focus operation of the year this weekend in a continuing effort to lower crime. More than 60 officers from SCMPD […]
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Truth is stranger than fiction, pt. 2
Loud music got a man into trouble with the law. Just after midnight last Monday, an officer stopped a vehicle for a noise ordinance violation. When the officer approached the […]
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With friends like these…
Two men got into a dispute at the Longshoreman’s Hall on East Lathrop Avenue, but none of the witnesses saw anything happen. The guy who reported the incident said he’d […]
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Caught with their pants down
While on patrol in the vicinity of the President Street boat ramp, an officer noticed a vehicle. It was parked in the lot with its lights off shortly after midnight. […]
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Drugs and Burglary
An officer on patrol saw a maroon sports car speeding around streets in the Cann Park neighborhood. The driver was swerving around other cars and then ran a stop sign. […]