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U.S. marshals, local officers arrest 144 violent fugitives in Savannah roundup

By: DispatchDaemon March 23, 2016 - 6:37pm Add new comment

A team effort by federal and local authorities confronting rising crime in Savannah led to 144 arrests of violent fugitives in the area since February, police and U.S. marshals announced Wednesday. Those arrested during the six-week crackdown included 13 suspects wanted on murder charges, authorities said. Others had outstanding arrest warrants for crimes including aggravated assault, robbery, rape and child molestation.


Georgia sets execution date for man who killed woman in 1996

By: DispatchDaemon March 23, 2016 - 6:30pm Add new comment

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia has set an execution date for a man convicted of killing a woman in 1996. Department of Corrections Commissioner Homer Bryson on Wednesday scheduled the execution of Kenneth Fults for April 12. Fults was convicted in 1997 of killing Cathy Bounds, who was shot five times in the back of her head. Prosecutors say Fults killed Bounds after breaking into her house during a weeklong crime spree. The U.S. Supreme Court in October turned down an appeal from Fults. His lawyers argued racial bias had prevented him from getting a fair trial. Fults' lawyers had gotten a signed statement from a juror in which the juror twice used a racial slur when referring to Fults, who's black. Another Georgia inmate, Joshua Bishop, is set to be executed March 31.


Movie director serving 2 years in crew member's death in Jesup gets out early, sheriff says

By: DispatchDaemon March 23, 2016 - 6:08pm Add new comment

A movie director was released from jail Wednesday after serving a year behind bars for the death of a crew member killed by a train during filming of a movie about singer Gregg Allman. A Superior Court judge ordered former "Midnight Rider" director Randall Miller to be set free after a hearing at which prosecutors agreed Miller's good behavior had earned him early release halfway through a two-year sentence.


Jacksonville police cruiser and SUV crash at University and Powers

By Dan Scanlan March 23, 2016 - 5:24pm Add new comment

Southbound traffic on University Boulevard West shut down about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at Powers Avenue due to a collision between a Jacksonville police cruiser and a sport-utility vehicle.


Mother of 2-year-old who shot himself in Atlanta-area hotel arrested

By Associated Press March 23, 2016 - 5:14pm Add new comment

Police say a woman has been arrested after her 2-year-old son was shot during an apparent accident in a motel room near Atlanta. DeKalb County police Maj. Stephen Fore tells local news media that Valencia Burks was arrested Wednesday. Fore says Burks was at the motel in Lithonia when her son found a handgun in her purse early Monday and accidently shot himself in the abdomen.


Virginia man pleads guilty to mid-air assault of flight attendant during January flight to Jacksonville

By Dan Scanlan March 23, 2016 - 1:04pm Add new comment

Joseph Michael Sharkey, 36 of Reston, Va., pleaded guilty on March 22 to assault or intimidation of a flight attendant and faces up to 20 years in prison now after the Jan. 31 incident on a JIA-bound flight.


Man receives 2 life terms in Green Cove Springs molestation case

By Dan Scanlan March 23, 2016 - 11:56am 3 Comments

Robert Roy Macomber inappropriately touched a 6-year-old girl multiple times in 2014 and was arrested for it. Now he has been sentenced to twoi life terms in prison on the charges of sexual battery and lewd or lascivious molestation.


2 arrested after home shot up in apparent road rage incident, police say

By Associated Press March 23, 2016 - 10:14am 1 Comment

Kennesaw police have arrested two men who they say fired at a person's home after a road rage incident. Media outlets report that a man driving March 15 was stopped at a light behind a Honda Civic. When the light turned green and the car didn't go, he honked.


Stolen truck recovered from mud in South Brunswick River

By The Times-Union March 22, 2016 - 5:50pm Add new comment

A stolen pickup truck ditched in the South Brunswick River resulted in a three-hour-long muddy mess. The Ford pickup truck was between the Interstate 95 and Georgia 303 bridges and about 100 yards from the boat ramp where it had been ditched.


Jacksonville honors National Crime Victims' Rights Week April 11-16

By Dan Scanlan March 22, 2016 - 1:47pm Add new comment

An awards luncheon, public memorials to crime victims and other activities will mark National Crime Victims' Rights Week in Jacksonville from Monday, April 11, to Saturday, April 16.