Posted: 1:34 PM Cpt. Maryann Burgess with the Aiken Department of Public Safety says an 11-year-old female student emailed the word "boom" to her teachers, and it was naturally treated as a bomb threat.

Updated: 6:27 PM Two of the six inmates who escaped from the Emanuel County Jail last month made their first appearances in court Wednesday. Matthew Findley, 24, and Jeffery Webb, 26, were found and arrested in Iowa.

Posted: 12:24 PM A former Richmond County investigator has been released from the Columbia County Jail on a $25,000 bond. Davis Dutton is accused of forcing a woman to have non-consensual sex.

Updated: 10:21 PM Michael Wickert, 48, was pronounced dead at 8:15 a.m. Wickert was found dead in a bathtub with blunt force trauma to his head. His cause of death is still under investigation.

Posted: 11:26 AM Johndrick Barnes, 21, was supposed to be sentenced by Judge Carlisle Overstreet in Columbia County Wednesday morning, but at the request of prosecutors and the defense, they have continued it.

Updated: 7:17 PM The man wanted after walking out of the Augusta Transitional Center last week has been taken back into custody. Harold Demetrius Campbell was arrested in Fulton County Monday night.

Updated: 8:30 PM Almost a year has passed since Officer Scott Richardson was gunned down in Aiken. Now, state prosecutors are seeking death for the man they say murdered the officer.

Updated: 4:56 PM Tony Timpson is also wanted for weapons charges. He is believed to be hiding in the Harrisburg area. If you know where Timpson may be, call Investigator Ben Parrish at (706) 261-0425.

Updated: 8:01 PM The bust was made back in July when investigators seized approximately 300 bags of a substance believed to be spice from the Pumpkin Center in Harlem.

Updated: 7:25 PM The Richmond County coroner says the victim in a fatal shooting is 20-year-old De'John Grant of Augusta. Grant died at the scene around 8:03 p.m. Saturday from at least one gunshot wound.

Posted: 1:27 PM The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement Monday that it is investigating the killing of Nelson Garner, whose body was found in his business, Garner's Grinder, in Sparta.

Updated: 10:47 PM The Aiken County solicitor plans to seek the death penalty against Stephon Carter, the man accused of killing Aiken Public Safety Officer Scott Richardson.

Updated: 7:58 PM The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice has confirmed that an inmate was injured at the Augusta Youth Development Campus Sunday evening and the facility is under lockdown.

Posted: 12:40 PM Investigators are trying to find the three women who stole over $3,499 worth of smartphones from an AT&T store in Columbia County. Video surveillance shows three black females taking six phones.

Updated: 4:34 PM News 12 was in the courtroom as a judge sentenced Marlin Dean to seven years of probation. The plea deal comes after she stole jewelry from her adopted mother's home over the summer.

Updated: 9:13 PM If a shooting in your neighborhood isn't scary enough, neighbors are telling us this is the same area where a Glenn Hills High school football player was killed, too. News 12's Christie Ethridge reports.

Updated: 12:07 PM Laura Baughman, 30, was arrested Friday after deputies say an 11-year-old and three other kids were living in an unsanitary home. Deputies say they found mold, roaches, dog and cat feces.

Updated: 7:31 PM On Friday, the city is getting ready for the crowds and both the Sheriff's Office and the mayor are weighing in on the violence. They're encouraging families, despite this stabbing, and saying downtown Augusta is still safe.

Updated: 6:36 PM News 12 has just learned deputies are on the scene of a shooting in the Quail Hollow subdivision in Richmond County. One person was shot. The extent of the victim's injuries are unknown at this time.

Posted: 4:11 PM U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina Bill Nettles says 42-year-old Maria Garcia-Moreno, 30-year-old Ruben Cabanas-Torres and 51-year-old Esteban Acosta-Munoz pleaded guilty.

Posted: 12:39 PM Whitton Armond Hicks allegedly burned the victim's clothes. Investigators say the domestic issue started before the fire. The victim said she didn't know there was a fire until she saw smoke.

Posted: 12:20 PM If you have any information, call 1-888-CRIME-SC or text "TIPSC" and your message to CRIMES (274637). You could earn up to $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

Updated: 1:35 PM Lucky Wade Jackson, 38, was indicted on charges of first-degree vehicular homicide on Friday. He was also indicted for disregarding a traffic control device and failure to wear a seat belt.

Updated: 4:43 PM Four people are recovering after a stabbing outside a club in downtown Augusta. It happened outside of Club Rehab on Broad Street between 9th and 10th Street a little after 2 a.m. Friday.

Posted: 7:55 PM Marlin Dean is set to plea guilty on Monday to stealing over $20,000 in jewelry from her mother, Renee Dean, back in July.