A REMARKABLE MEMOIR by a former Savannah-Chatham cop has become the hottest local read of the summer. Black Sheep White Cop: Savannah EXPOsed, is grippingly written by Kevin Grogan, a […]
Willie Lovett
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Editor’s Note: The Mother Of All Lawsuits
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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Biggest Local Political Scandal, Biggest Waste of Taxpayer Money, Craziest Local Crime Story, Biggest Local News Story
THIS story’s got it all: Drug dealers. Dirty cops. Burner cellphones. A pimp. A fence. Extramarital affairs. Federal agents. Police pensions. Corrupt politicians. Nepotism. Cronyism. Courtrooms. Jail cells. And some […]
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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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Editor’s Note: The Rumble That Roared
LAST FRIDAY was an unusual day in downtown Savannah. The same day TV cameras surrounded former police Chief Willie Lovett as he was sentenced to prison on federal charges, new […]
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Former chief Lovett sentenced to 7.5 years
Former Savannah/Chatham Metro Police Chief Willie C. Lovett was sentenced today to 90 months in federal prison, seven and a half years, for his conviction in gambling and extortion charges. […]
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Editor’s Note: Chief Lumpkin & ‘information flow’
With significantly more detail than recent administrations have divulged, Lumpkin illustrated the real-world problems of policing in a community where ‘information’s not flowing.’
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The Year in Review: News
1: FULL METAL JACKET Gun violence has been a part of Savannah life and lore for decades. But never before has there been such a high volume of shootings over […]
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Bugg Blow tells it like it is
We talk a bit about how deeply rooted the dysfunction is and how ‘everyone’ knew former police chief and recent convicted felon Willie Lovett helped along the cycle.
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Connect editor in Georgia Public Broadcasting segment
Connect Savannah Editor in Chief Jim Morekis joined South University Criminal Justice Professor Tom Cannon this morning in a statewide interview on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s ‘On Second Thought.” They talked […]
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Chatham County Chairman gives notice of police merger breakup
As expected, Chatham County Commission Chairman Al Scott sent a certified letter today to Savannah City Manager Stephanie Cutter giving formal notice of the County’s exercise of the option not […]
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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 […]