Richmond County News

Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 7:49 a.m. Authorities have identified a man wanted for an armed robbery of a gas station Friday.

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that a man convicted of murder should get a new trial because prosecutors failed to disclose their key witness had worked out a deal that could have reduced his sentence.

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 11:39 a.m. One man has been arrested in an armed robbery of an Augusta convenience store Friday morning.

Richmond County investigators are on the scene of a shooting on Ohio Avenue near Clifton Street.

Richmond county deputies are processing a car right now for clues -- hoping it will help them find two armed robbers who held up a BP-Kangaroo gas station in Augusta early this morning.

AUGUSTA, GA Narcotics investigators were dispatched to the 1918 Ohio Avenue on Tuesday night to arrest Michael Chris Nestor, 30, on several felony warrants including possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of Ecstacy, methadone, Oxycontin and marijuana and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 10:36 p.m. Police have arrested two men in the Tuesday armed robbery of three people in the parking lot of Pecans Unlimited at 1704 Central Avenue.

Authorities in Richmond County are investigating a deadly shooting. It happened after Narcotics officers shot at a suspect who was trying to get away.

A man already in jail for sex crimes is now charged with another. A Columbia County grand jury indicted David Pinkston for indecent exposure.

Richmond County school officials want the legal age for dropping out increased, and they've made their case to area lawmakers.

One of five top educators will be named Richmond Countya s a oeTeacher of the Yeara Thursday night.

Area school officials worry federal stimulus money slated for education could soon run out and cost them teachers.

The Richmond County Health Department will make another special push next week to get people vaccinated against the novel influenza A H1N1 virus.

There's more information into what caused two students to be charged with disorderly conduct and to get pepper sprayed by a Richmond County school officer.

North Augusta Public Safety says the woman who hit and killed a man while he was working in his yard will not be charged.

Richmond County authorities say a man killed by officers responding to a domestic disturbance refused to put down the knife he held to his estranged wife's throat.

According to Richmond County Chief Deputy Coroner Mark Bowen, the person shot to death Thursday morning on the 800 block of Metcalf Street, in downtown Augusta has been identified as 41-year-old Terry Ramsey of the 2000 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Richmond County investigators are searching for two men wanted on drug charges. Narcotics investigators are looking for Freddie Lariscey and Wyman Dressel after they say both are involved in making and selling methamphetamine.

An accused killer from Pike County has sat in jail for nearly four years without a trial -- not because of any problems with the evidence but because the state is seeking the death penalty and cannot pay for the man's defense.

Georgia's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against Robert Owen Arrington.