Archive By Section - Public Safety
July 16: Officers stopped a vehicle on West Oglethorpe Highway that reportedly was involved in a Long County burglary. They recovered several pills that were determined to be oxycodone, a schedule 2 narcotic. The driver and passenger both were charged with possession and intent to distribute. Officers also recovered a crystalline substance suspected to be methamphetamine during a search of the vehicle.
July 28, 2011
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Staff report
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Public Safety
Accident responders investigate the scene where a Savannah-bound Wall Timber truck overturned while making a left turn from Highway 196 onto Highway 17 at 5:26 p.m. Monday.
July 27, 2011
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Danielle Hipps
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Public Safety
One man was arrested Friday evening when Liberty County Sheriff deputies reportedly caught him in the process of taking copper wires from a Coastal EMC sub-station Friday in Riceboro.
July 27, 2011
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Patty Leon
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Public Safety
Numerous residents of Happy Acres Mobile Home Park were asked to evacuate their homes as the Terrell Mill Pond fire flared up within yards of the MHP and nearby dwellings Monday evening.
July 27, 2011
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Staff report
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Public Safety
Many people have to face the possibility of their own mortality before they ever realize just how important life is. But for one Ludowici Police Department officer, his perspective changed after responding to a burglary call in December.
July 25, 2011
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By Mike Riddle
Correspondent
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Public Safety
A Fort Stewart soldier was identified but there still is no information regarding motive in a double stabbing incident that took place near the Cay Creek Wetlands Interpretive Center on Wednesday morning.
July 25, 2011
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By Patty Leon
Staff writer
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Public Safety
Mike Hodges told Liberty County Chamber of Commerce members their No. 1 priority in preparing their businesses for a disaster or emergency is to help keep their employees safe.
July 23, 2011
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Denise Etheridge
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Public Safety
SAVANNAH - Ten students will graduate from the Savannah Technical College Peace Officer Academy at its spring completion ceremony Aug. 8 in the Eckburg Auditorium on the Savannah campus.
July 23, 2011
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Special to the Courier
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Public Safety
The Midway Police Department says it is opening an investigation into threats made against its officers, Chief Kelli Morningstar and family members.
July 22, 2011
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Special to the Courier
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Public Safety
Police are looking at a Fort Stewart soldier as a person of interest in the stabbing death of a Midway man.
July 22, 2011
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Lewis Levine
Coastal Courier correspondent
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Public Safety
Two people were found stabbed at about 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Cay Creek Wetlands Interpretive Center on Charlie Butler Road in Midway, according to Midway Fire Chief Terrell Chipp.
July 21, 2011
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Staff
Report
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Public Safety
July 12: A resident of Birchfield Drive reported a burglary in which two boxes of military gear and personal clothing were taken while she was in the process of moving out.
July 21, 2011
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Staff report
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Public Safety
ATLANTA - Lawyers for a Georgia man scheduled to be executed this week have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop it, saying the drug authorities plan to use caused "needless suffering" when it was administered to another death row inmate.
July 19, 2011
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By Shannon McCaffrey
Associated Press writer
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Public Safety
ATLANTA - The public is again invited to weigh in on Georgia's new license plate design.
July 19, 2011
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Associated Press
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Public Safety
The Hinesville Fire Department recently received $957,068 - with a required match of $239,267 - from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant to buy interoperable radios and related components. The grant was a joint effort through Liberty County and the city.
July 18, 2011
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Special to the Courier
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Public Safety
