CRIME & SAFETY

BRYAN COUNTY, Ga. — A motorcyclist is dead following a wreck on I-16 in Bryan County. According to Georgia State Patrol, the crash happened at around 7 p.m. on Monday near Highway 280. Troopers said the motorcyclist collided with a tractor trailer. There is no word yet on how...

BRYAN COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) -The driver of a motorcycle has died on I-16 Westbound past Highway 280 by exit 143, according to the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office says it is unclear how long the area will be shut down due to as the investigation is being conduction.

Attorney General Chris Carr, Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney Billy J. Nelson, Jr., Richmond Hill Police Chief Mitch Shores, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Atlanta Field Division Special Agent in Charge Ben Gibbons, Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Special Agent in Charge Israel Cadieux, and Georgia Gang Investigators Association (GGIA) President Jose Ramirez today announced the arrest and indictment of 16 alleged members of the Southeast Georgia Chapter of the Outcast Motorcycle Gang. This is considered the largest motorcycle gang indictment in state history and its announcement follows the culmination of Operation Patronus, a multi-agency investigation involving gangs and guns in Southeast Georgia and beyond. This operation resulted in the recovery of approximately $180,000 in cash and the seizure of 71 guns, among other items.

RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (AP) — Sixteen members of a Georgia motorcycle gang have been indicted on charges stemming from a shooting that injured two people last year in a hotel parking lot, authorities said Monday. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said his office’s gang prosecution unit will take the...

Glennville, Tattnall County, GA (June 3, 2023) – The GBI arrested Tyatris Bacon, age 34, and Jazmen Bacon, age 37, of Glennville, Tattnall County, Georgia, following a joint drug investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Southeastern Regional Drug Enforcement Office (SRDEO), Tattnall County Sheriff’s Office, and Glennville Police Department. On Thursday, June 1, 2023, Tyatris Bacon was charged with Possession of Crack Cocaine with Intent to Distribute, Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute along with (2) Counts of Sale of Cocaine and Jazmen Bacon was charged with Sale of Cocaine.

A multi-agency operation led to the indictment of 16 individuals allegedly connected to the Outcast Motorcycle Gang in Bryan County. “Operation Patronus” leads to indictment of 16 alleged …. A multi-agency operation led to the indictment of 16 individuals allegedly connected to the Outcast Motorcycle Gang in Bryan County.

Public indecency, public drunk, DUI: A deputy was dispatched to Elm Drive in Ellabell around 2:30 a.m. on June 3 “for reports of two males with no clothes driving a tractor.”. The deputy got there to find a BCSO sergeant with two men, ages 18 and 20, respectively, “detained...

MIDWAY, Ga. - Nine people were injured when a deck collapsed during a family’s Memorial Day weekend gathering in coastal Georgia. Emergency crews rushed to the home in Midway, south of Savannah, and transported the victims to a nearby hospital, Liberty County Fire Chief Brian Darby said. What was...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A man charged with the brutal killing of his wife was denied bond in Liberty County Saturday. Nicholas James Kassotis stood before a judge inside the Liberty County jail as he faces murder charges and more for the death and dismemberment of his wife, Mindi. Her...

Disorderly conduct: Deputies and Pembroke police were called on a woman who was giving county tag officers problems. BCSO was told May 30 the customer “came to the tag office in Pembroke and Richmond Hill five times (in May),” to get “her deceased mother’s car transferred into her name.”

RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (WSAV) – Although Bryan County has a law stating that all animals must be on a leash — it doesn’t mention the consequences for failing to do so. As long as a dog hasn’t been involved in multiple attacks, Bryan County law allows the dog to be returned to its owner for […]