SCMPD INVESTIGATES ARMED ROBBERIES
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department Robbery detectives are investigating two armed robberies that occurred overnight.The first armed robbery occurred at approximately 2 a.m., April 10, in...
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Community talks second chances for ex-offenders
It isn’t a matter of if prisoners come home — it’s when. And the community needs to be ready to help them. That was the message that Kevin Starnes, a Savannah man looking for a second chance, received...
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Tybee Island police: Repeat offender stabs bartender with beer bottle
Police say a 40-year-old man with a history of run-ins with local law enforcement is behind bars again this weekend after stabbing and seriously wounding a bartender at a Tybee Island pizza restaurant....
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Few details available in shooting death of 14-year-old in Savannah, but some...
Savannah-Chatham police on Friday declined to release more than basic information about the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old in Savannah’s South Garden neighborhood the night before. They provided his...
View ArticleVIDEO: Savannah-Chatham police seek liquor thief
Savannah-Chatham police are seekingthe public’s help in identifying the suspect seen on surveillance footage breaking into a Downtown Savannah restaurant and stealing several dozen bottles of drinking...
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Florida man with Florida tattoo charged with burglary
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man with a tattoo of Florida on his face is facing burglary charges.The Palm Beach Post reported Wednesday that 25-year-old Johnathan Hewett is jailed without...
View ArticlePolice investigate southside Savannah trailer thefts
Savannah-Chatham police are investigating four trailer thefts this month, with two of the most recent occurring in broad daylight April 4 on Abercorn Street, Sonny Cohrs, police spokesman, said.At...
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UPDATE: Aggravated assault suspect surrenders himself to police
Update: Asim Simmons turned himself in to the Chatham County jail about 3:30 p.m., said Darnisha Green, Savannah-Chatham police spokeswoman. Police say he is charged with three counts of aggravated...
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UPDATE: Suspect arrested after brief standoff in West Savannah
Police say a man is in custody after a three-hour standoff in West Savannah on Tuesday afternoon.The suspect, who Savannah-Chatham police spokesman Sonny Cohrs says was "safely apprehended," has been...
View ArticleWoman hospitalized after being struck by SUV on Savannah's east side
Police say they're investigating a weekend wreck on Savannah's east side that left a 34-year-old woman hospitalized. Victoria Odette was walking east on Waters Avenue about 10:11 p.m. Saturday when she...
View ArticleSavannah-Chatham police seek information on string of Forsyth robberies
Savannah-Chatham police are investigating two armed robberies in two days in the Forsyth Park area, with suspects possibly linked to other recent incidents, Eunicia Baker, police spokeswoman, said.On...
View ArticleSavannah-Chatham police investigate body found on Garrard Ave.
Violent Crimes detectives of Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department have initiated an investigation into the death of an unidentified adult female whose body was found Saturday morning behind...
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9 arrested, pot, guns seized in Savannah drug bust
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Undercover Narcotics Investigations Team took firearms, narcotics and nine people off the streets, during a March 30 warrant service, said police...
View ArticlePolice: Shots fired at man; Savannah College of Art and Design building hit
Police say someone tried to shoot a man near downtown Wednesday morning and a bullet hit an occupied Savannah College of Art and Design building.A 27-year-old man was walking through a Fred Wessels...
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Savannah suspect gets 18th trip to jail after shooting at building on St....
Police say they’ve arrested a 28-year-old Savannah man known as “Yamacraw Slim” who was wanted on suspicions of several crimes, including shooting a building late St. Patrick’s Day.Undercover officers...
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Savannah-Chatham police arrest 2 on burglary charges
Savannah-Chatham police investigators arrested a pair of burglars Tuesday afternoon, Darnisha Green, police spokeswoman, said.At approximately noon, a metro officer observed two males loitering around...
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Police ID, arrest suspect in shots fired incident at Savannah ATM
Numerous tips from Crime Stoppers led to Kristen Hicks, 31, being identified as the woman on surveillance footage firing multiple gunshots at a SunTrust Bank ATM on March 9, said police spokeswoman...
View ArticlePolice: Florida teens took off with mom's Cadillac, broke into cars at...
Police say a Florida teenager took his mother’s car and drove to Savannah before he and a friend were caught breaking into cars at a hotel on the city’s south side. Both Orlando-area teenagers were...
View ArticleSavannah-Chatham police investigate home invasion in Georgetown
Savannah-Chatham police say they’re investigating a home invasion Wednesday morning in Georgetown. About 5:45 a.m., two armed men knocked on the door of a residence in the 1700 block of Grove Point...
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Savannah man killed in shooting near 34th St, Waters Ave
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crimes detectives are investigating a Monday afternoon shooting on Waters Avenue and East 34th Street that claimed the life of Halinton...
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