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Only On 12: Inside Cross Creek's Gang Raid

Last Updated: 11:38 AM 05/16/08 - An update to a story News 12 first broke last Friday; 27 students were suspended for suspected gang activity because the school got word of a planned fight between two gangs. (Full Story)
Stealing from the dead

Last Updated: 10:19 AM 05/15/08 - Atlanta police are looking for a hospital employee who they believe took wedding and engagement rings from a woman who died in a car crash. (Full Story)
Robber with sawed-off shotgun hits grocery

Last Updated: 6:26 PM 05/14/08 - Richmond County deputies are looking for a dangerous criminal after a late afternoon supermarket robbery Wednesday on Sand Bar Ferry Road. (Full Story)
Lewiston Road Waffle House robbed

Last Updated: 1:53 PM 05/14/08 - A robber hit the Waffle House on Lewiston Road in Grovetown early Tuesday morning. (Full Story)
Shots fired on Milledgeville Road

Last Updated: 10:38 AM 05/14/08 - Richmond County deputies are trying to find the person who fired shots at the King Package Shop at 2423 Milledgeville Road in Augusta. (Full Story)
Updated: Arrest made in musician's murder

Last Updated: 6:58 PM 05/13/08 - A juvenile has been arrested and charged with murder in the weekend shooting death of David Reader. (Full Story)
Suspect named in cellist's murder

Last Updated: 4:05 PM 05/13/08 - A 16-year-old has been taken into custody in the murder of an Augusta Symphony cellist, and Richmond County deputies are looking for Anthony Gerome Joe Jr. (Full Story)
Musician dies at alleged drug deal

Last Updated: 3:59 PM 05/13/08 - A local symphony musician is dead, and deputies says it's because of a drug deal. Now deputies want to know who cut this young man's life short. (Full Story)
Investigators seek help in solving murder of cellist

Last Updated: 2:05 PM 05/12/08 - 26-year-old David Reader was shot and killed at East Augusta Commons apartment complex late Saturday night. (Full Story)
Richmond County Investigates Homicide

Last Updated: 7:29 AM 05/11/08 - An autopsy is scheduled for Richmond County's latest homicide victim.
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Orangeburg Deputy remembered

Last Updated: 12:23 AM 05/11/08 - Funeral services were held for an Orangeburg Deputy killed in the line of duty. (Full Story)
Alleged sex victim speaks out against band director

Last Updated: 11:20 PM 05/09/08 - Deputies arrested a former high school band director, accusing him of child molestation and sexual assault. (Full Story)
Former band director arrested, charged

Last Updated: 11:11 AM 05/10/08 - The Richmond County Sheriff's Office arrested 37-year-old Anthony Shelton Friday morning. Shelton, a former band director at Butler High School, is charged with child molestation and sexual assault. (Full Story)
Internet Rape Case

Last Updated: 2:11 PM 05/09/08 - Bond denied for man accusing of raping teen he met on MySpace. (Full Story)
Four arrested in Harrisburg drug bust

Last Updated: 7:10 PM 05/08/08 - Richmond County narcotics investigators have arrested four people after a drug raid on two homes in the 1800 block of Ellis Street, one of them abandoned. (Full Story)
Drug Bust In Augusta
Last Updated: 4:52 AM 05/08/08 - Richmond County Deputies make arrests in a Drug Bust on Ellis Street. (Full Story)
Updated--Suspect Store Robber Back in Jail

Last Updated: 5:50 PM 05/08/08 - The FBI says Kiri Lovett was picked up as his girlfriend's apartment. (Full Story)
Ex-band director admits to school sleepovers

Last Updated: 7:13 PM 05/05/08 - A mother is accusing a former band director of having sex with her teenage daughter. Now neighbors tell News 12 the teacher held band practice at his home, and he admits to sleepovers at school.
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Orangeburg County Deputy shot and killed

Last Updated: 3:18 AM 05/05/08 - A deputy, a husband, and a father is dead. Shot to death after responding to a call in Orangeburg County's Holly Hill area Saturday morning. (Full Story)
Man accused of stealing for sex-change back in jail

Last Updated: 5:20 PM 05/02/08 - An Athens man who was ordered to stay away from his 81-year-old grandmother after stealing her identity to pay for a sex-change operation is back in jail, accused of exploiting her to pay for a car and sex-chat phone calls.
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Hilton ordered to Florida for trial

Last Updated: 4:51 PM 05/02/08 - At a court hearing Friday, convicted killer Gary Hilton represented himself in a bid not to be sent to Leon County, Florida to face trial for the killing of another hiker in that area. The judge ruled against him. (Full Story)
Convicted killer gets 40 years

Last Updated: 4:49 PM 05/02/08 - The boyfriend of an Orangeburg County woman is getting 40 years in prison for shooting her 12 times, then mutilating her body and setting her home on fire. (Full Story)
Charges in Spartanburg prison death

Last Updated: 4:44 PM 05/02/08 - Two Tyger River Correctional Institution inmates have been charged with murder in the death of a fellow prisoner. (Full Story)
Northwest Georgia killer gets death sentence

Last Updated: 4:42 PM 05/02/08 - A jury has found that Jerry Jones should be put to death for the killings of his infant daughter and three of his ex-girlfriend's relatives in Ranger in northwest Georgia. (Full Story)
Armed Robbery at Greg's Gas Plus

Last Updated: 10:48 AM 05/05/08 - Aiken City Police are looking for the man who robbed Greg's Gas Plus located at 1610 Richland Avenue.
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UPDATED-Man shot and killed at gas station

Last Updated: 4:26 PM 05/02/08 - Two men were fighting at an Augusta gas station when one of them pulled a gun and fired three shots, one bullet hitting the other man. (Full Story)
Only On 12: Boyfriend of double murder victim speaks out

Last Updated: 7:38 PM 05/01/08 - Investigators say Bryant Williams killed his girlfriend Linda and her sister Marlo. Marlo's boyfriend is speaking out exclusively to News 12 about the loss of his girlfriend and unborn child. (Full Story)
Ex-SLED agent admits to bribes

Last Updated: 6:27 PM 05/01/08 - Prosecutors say he was protecting illegal gambling. (Full Story)
Man accused of stealing from grandmother

Last Updated: 6:25 PM 05/01/08 - He'd already stolen money from her to pay for sex-change. (Full Story)
Former SC treasurer going to prison soon

Last Updated: 5:29 PM 05/01/08 - Former state treasurer Thomas Ravenel should be in prison by the end of the month.
(Full Story)
Shoplifting and carjacking arrest at local Walmart

Last Updated: 7:31 PM 04/30/08 - Officers arrest a 29-year old Hephzibah woman for shoplifting, carjacking and putting her child in danger. (Full Story)
Police say same man steals from CVS twice

Last Updated: 6:34 PM 05/01/08 - Richmond County deputies say the CVS cigarette burglar has struck again, at the same store on Gordon Highway. New surveillance pictures show the suspected burglar checking out the store. (Full Story)
Updated--Two women dead after shooting in Thomson

Last Updated: 12:44 PM 05/01/08 - Man set for court appearance after being accused of murdering his
girlfriend and her sister. (Full Story)
Neighbor fighting one-woman war against crime

Last Updated: 6:31 PM 04/30/08 - A woman who lives in the Saddlebook Subdivision in Augusta says she's seen at least one juvenile breaking into homes in her neighborhood with her own eyes. (Full Story)
More suspects in Hill break-ins

Last Updated: 6:55 PM 04/29/08 - Despite arrests, recent break-ins around Augusta's Hill area are worrying some neighbors. Now investigators say there are at least two other people involved. (Full Story)
Vacationing FBI agent robbed by gunmen in Greenville

Last Updated: 8:24 AM 04/29/08 - Police say an FBI agent on vacation was robbed at gunpoint in downtown Greenville and shot at the suspects as they drove off. (Full Story)
Harbin case delayed again

Last Updated: 2:00 PM 05/06/08 - An influential state lawmaker from Evans was scheduled to be in court in Atlanta Tuesday to face charges in a year old DUI case. News 12 has learned that he won't be there. (Full Story)
Newberry County Judge Arrested

Last Updated: 4:32 PM 04/28/08 - The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division arrest a Newberry County Associate Probate Judge.
(Full Story)
Derek Maner back in jail

Last Updated: 4:52 PM 04/30/08 - Derek Maner was granted a $150,000 surety bond with a 10-percent option. He is now back in jail for violating his bond. (Full Story)
Updated-Easley family killing.

Last Updated: 5:41 PM 04/28/08 - Teen could face death penalty. (Full Story)