Crime and Public Safety

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (739+ words) A Georgia man who allegedly helped his father, an inmate serving time for murder, scam a DeLand woman out of nearly $16,000 has been arrested, according to the Volusia Sheriff's Office. Sharod Poellnitz, 18, of Stockbridge, Georgia, is accused of being part…...

5+ day, 50+ min ago   (592+ words) Fifty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Gregg v. Georgia, making Georgia’s rewritten statute the constitutional framework for the modern American death penalty. Gregg was the middle act in a trilogy of Georgia cases that shaped that system. Four years earlier,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (286+ words) The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a probationer who reportedly left his assignment work site without authorization Friday. A week after commenting on the use of Flock cameras in... RHSPCA fundraiser tops $50k goal for September, raises $77k for shelter…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (819+ words) Georgia’s child welfare agency has been wrongly charging parents foster care fees for children no longer in state custody, and the practice must stop, a federal judge in Atlanta has ruled. In an order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Tiffany Johnson…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (196+ words) An AFP reader got an alert through the county emergency notification system on Friday night about an escapee from a work release at the animal shelter in Verona, and … nobody seems to want to update the public on whatever is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (437+ words) The Atlanta-based personal injury firm brings its track record of more than $350 million recovered for Georgia clients to three growing regional markets, expanding access to representation for car accidents, workers’ compensation claims and catastrophic injuriesATLANTA, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bader Law…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (52+ words) Utilities Director Wes Byne said the department has received about 10 calls over the past two weeks, with many of the reports coming from South Augusta. Utilities Director Wes Byne said the department has received about 10 calls over the past two…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (358+ words) Georgia Tech police are asking for the public's help finding a first-year student who has been missing since Sunday. Caden Qiao, a first-year Georgia Tech student, was last seen on Sept. 13. Georgia Tech Police and the Atlanta Police Department are…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (802+ words) Thirteen North Augusta Department of Public Safety officers were honored for their service to the community during an appreciation breakfast held by the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce Sept. 10. North Augusta Department of Public Safety officer Mitch McBride was honored…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (323+ words) Convicted killer Stacey Humphreys is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 16. According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, Humphreys will be put to death at 7 p.m. that night at the Georgia Diagnostic and classification Prison. But before he receives the lethal…...