Hinesville Police blotter for Aug. 17

Burglary, residence

Spotlight on MACE team

Liberty County Sheriff's Department blotter for Aug. 17

Leash law violation

Ludowici woman denied bond again

For the second time in less than nine days, Superior Court Judge Robert Russell heard testimony in the Erica Brennan murder case.

Staged accidents on the rise

Automobile wrecks are a daily occurrance, costing insurance companies billion of dollars every year in paid-out claims.

Sheriff's department continuing to grow

The Liberty County Sheriff's Department takes on a heavy workload to bolster the security in the region with an array of tasks.

Hinesville Police blotter for August 12

Counterfeit bill

Liberty County Sheriff's blotter for August 12

Matter of record

Annual celebration aims to curb crime

The sun peeked out from the clouds and cast its warmth on several hundred people who showed up for the National Night Out celebration this past weekend in Bradwell Park.

Congress calls for more bridge checks

WASHINGTON - Federal transportation officials announced plans over the weekend to investigate the agency responsible for inspecting highway bridges, an inquiry triggered by the collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Minneapolis.

Liberty County Sheriff's Department blotter August 8

Possession of marijuana

Long County E911 addressing nearly done

GeoComm GIS specialist Karl Lawson informed those present at the Long County E-911 meeting July 26 the addressing for the county was nearly complete.

Long County Sheriff's Department blotter August 8

Sodomy

Public safety spotlight

George Stagmeier is the police chief for the city of Hinesville Police Department.

Woman arrested for child's scalding death

A Fort Stewart soldier's wife was arrested Thursday and charged with the murder of her step-daughter.

Hinesville PD blotter for Feb. 24

Feb. 1: Obstruction/public drunk - A Fort Stewart man told police he lost his driver's license at a local sports bar/pool hall and could not get onto Fort Stewart without it. He complained that a sheriff's deputy who was working security would not help him find his license.

Flu-related death in Glynn County

CHATHAM COUNTY – The Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed the flu-related death of an adult male in Glynn County.

Area's storm watch lifted

The National Weather Service has lifted a severe thunderstorm warch for Southeast Georgia, including Liberty and Long counties.

Tag-reader credited with more arrests

The Liberty County Sheriff's Office has one patrol vehicle equipped with a new device that is paying off. The Tag Reader System was key in a drug bust earlier this week on I-95.

One killed, seven injured by train in Jesup

One member of a Savannah-based Meddin Studios film crew shooting the Greg Allman biopic, "Midnight Rider," was killed in a train accident around 4:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon in Jesup, according to Wayne County Sheriff's Office Investigator Joe Gardner. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS personnel. Seven others were injured, one of whom was taken by helicopter to Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, where her condition is unknown.

RH ranked among safest Georgia cities

Richmond Hill is ranked No. 26 among Georgia's 50 safest cities, according to the website safewise.com.

Controlled burns on Fort Stewart today

Fort Stewart will be burning nearly 1,200 acres of underbrush in forests on the post today, according to a release from its public affairs office.

Escaped inmate caught in Texas

A former Fort Stewart soldier who escaped with a second inmate from the Tattnall County Jail on Jan. 17 was arrested Saturday in Texas.

Ex-priest gets 7 years for child sex abuse

A former Catholic priest in Ohio who worked in Claxton, Pembroke and Glennville as recently as 2012 was sentenced Wednesday to 7½ years in prison for taking a 10-year-old boy across state lines for sexual purposes.

Hinesville Police Department blotters

Feb. 3

Missing Midway teen found safe

Midway Police Chief Kelli Morningstar's missing 16-year-old daughter, Alexis Maureen Morningstar, was found safe Friday morning in a Jacksonville department store and has been returned to her mother.