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Former prison guard pleads guilty to tobacco smuggling attempt

...Offender Act.Driggers was caught on Feb. 7 at the Augusta State Medical Prison with four quart-size and two gallon-size bags of loose tobacco and 15 packages of cigarette rolling papers, Assistant District Attorney Falin Syms said.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-23/former-prison-guard-pl
Judge denies bond in 2012 River Glen slaying

...been unable to locate Smith after the Jan. 14, 2012, shooting death of 27-year-old Doniel J. Hicks.Assistant District Attorney Laura Stewart said Thursday that Hicks was gunned down in front of several witnesses in the apartment complex...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-23/judge-denies-bond-2012
2 women sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbery

...Williams were drinking heavily with Barkeem Barclay on July 21 at a motel before the women robbed him, said Assistant District Attorney Falin Syms. They talked Barclay into changing locations and, along the 2400 block of Cunningham Road, two...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-23/2-women-sentenced-7-ye
Augusta man who shot good Samaritan sentenced to 45 years in prison

...stop two men from breaking into a neighbor's apartment."Mr. Eggins is a walking, talking miracle," Assistant District Attorney Grant Usry said Wednesday. A bullet fragment is still lodged in his brain, and he's partially paralyzed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-22/augusta-man-who-shot-g
Attack on ex-girlfriend results in prison term

...a former girlfriend to the hospital because her head was injured when he pushed her into the bathtub, said Assistant District Attorney Titus Nichols. The prosecutor had pictures to show the judge her injuries, which included old and new bruises...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-13/attack-ex-girlfriend-r
Convicted sex offender denied bond in assault case

...Friday for Baker who faces charges of rape, kidnapping, aggravated sodomy, burglary and aggravated battery.Assistant District Attorney Garon Muller said in Richmond County Superior Court that on March 20 a couple asleep in the woman's home...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-10/convicted-sex-offender
Jury acquits men of malice murder

...asked the judge to dismiss the weapon charge because there was no underlying conviction for another crime.Assistant District Attorney Natalie Paine opposed the motion, particularly for Devin Washington, because she intends to retry him on...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-03/jury-acquits-men-malic
Bond denied for man accused of running over woman with a tow truck

...The employee told Richmond County sheriff's investigators that she noticed a company truck being stolen, Assistant District Attorney Garon Muller said. When the woman confronted the driver, he sped off while she was hanging from the side...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-10/bond-denied-man-accuse
Bond denied for Augusta man accused in fatal shooting at Gordon Highway motel

...aggravated assault and weapon violations in the April 30 shooting death of 23-year-old Courtney Bell.Assistant District Attorney Garon Muller said Friday that sheriff investigators have surveillance video and witness accounts from the Red...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-10/bond-denied-augusta-ma
Augusta baby sitter accused of child abuse pleads guilty

...children. The children said Baitmon forced the victim's older brothers to hold him down for the punishment, Assistant District Attorney Hank Syms said.Baitmon pleaded guilty to felony cruelty to children and three misdemeanor counts of cruelty...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-09/augusta-baby-sitter-ac