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 […]
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Neighborhood Ass’ns take action against crime
Members of two west Savannah neighborhood associations rallied against crime in a median on West 57th Street. Betty Jones, president of the Feiler Park Neighborhood Association, Inc., organized the rally […]
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Teen, 17, dead after shooting
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Savannah youth in Carver Heights area of west Saturday night. Wayne Edwards was transported to Memorial University Medical Center after the 9:53 […]
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Leonardo Divinci on the run
Police are asking for help in locating Leonardo Divinci Lark, also known as “Rock,” for questioning in a case related to a July 18 shooting on the 1200 block of […]
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Two Leonardos sought in murder
Police are continuing to search for Leonardo Divinci Lark, also known as “Rock,” for questioning in a case. Leonardo “Scoochie” Anderson turned himself in July 11 at the Chatham County […]
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Editor’s Note: The guns, the merger, the connection
Some of the more interesting things I’ve learned while researching the police merger issue.
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Man sought in assault
Detectives are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a man charged in the attack, robbery and attempted murder of a Savannah man on Tuesday. Police have charged Edwin Fripp, 18, […]
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Editor’s Note: Savannah growth under the gun
Some of us have warned for years that Savannah’s inability to address crime would inevitably be a hindrance to meaningful economic growth. City leaders across multiple administrations have had ample opportunity to increase public trust.
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One week, eight shot
Since the last issue of Connect Savannah came out, eight people were shot in Savannah, one dead. Ashley Edwards, 25, of the 11000 block of Middleground Road, received non-life threatening […]