He's a retired dentist, owner of Washington Road Self Storage and other area businesses, but now George Snelling is adding felony charges to his name.

The home invasion happened around 3:15 a.m. at the Fox Den Apartments on Fox Trace. Deputies say four men wearing masks entered the apartment and stole several items.

Nick Smith is charged with aggravated sexual battery, rape, incest, aggravated child molestation and sexual exploitation. He is being held in Cherokee County and has not been granted bond.

Deputies got a call about a resident with a gun near Peach Orchard Road around 5 p.m. This led to a chase.

News 12 has just learned the man who died after a shooting on Dell Drive in Thomson over the weekend was involved in a shooting earlier this year.

If you have information, call the Sheriff's Office at (706) 821-1020 or (706) 821-1080 and ask to speak with a Violent Crimes investigator. Callers may remain anonymous.

Crimestoppers is now offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest.

The two robbers demanded that the clerk hand over narcotic medicines. One of the men showed what is believed to have been a semiautomatic handgun.

The Double Branches Baptist Church reported over $128,000 in missing money to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. The case was then turned over to the GBI.

A violent Allendale fugitive now knows he's going to prison for a while. He won't get out until he's 65 or older. It's all after he beat up a deputy, stole his gun and led officers on a three-day manhunt last year.

The victim, 33-year-old George Drumgold, was pronounced dead at 12:45 p.m. Monday. Drumgold's body will be taken to the GBI Crime Lab in Atlanta for an autopsy.

As News 12's Christie Ethridge reports, a family's unsolved murder inspired them to organize a "Stop the Violence" rally to try and get some answers.

Columbia police reported 41 arrests in one of the city's bar districts after Saturday's football game, but no major incidents.

Police say the robber is described as a black male between 6'0" and 6'3" tall and between 220 to 270 pounds. He was wearing a black stocking cap.

Questions about campus security are being raised after a student was shot at Denmark Technical College this week. This was the second student shot there just this year.

An off-duty Jenkins County deputy spotted the Ford F150 linked with the suspect on Highway 25 Thursday night. Burke County deputies stopped and arrested 47-year-old Wayne Coleman.

Leonard Sapp was in court Friday morning. The judge said bond was denied because he is a threat to society and to the victims.

Richmond County deputies say Jennifer Ann Thompson claimed her son, Jeremiah, had been kidnapped by his uncle.

An elderly woman was left bloodied and bruised after two men broke into her home to rob her. As News 12's Christie Ethridge reports, now the neighbors are worried.

Investigators are looking for an elderly woman and a possible accomplice to who they say conned an Augusta woman into giving them hundreds of dollars toward a rental home.

An Allendale County fugitive will appear in court next Monday. Last year, Perry Sullivan led law enforcement on a three-day manhunt after he broke from his handcuffs, assaulted a deputy and stole his Glock and patrol car.

A Richmond County mother says her 8-year-old son has become a target for school bullies. News 12 found out what the school system is doing to keep your kids safe.

Four teenagers charged with burglary in Waynesboro went before a juvenile judge Thursday afternoon and News 12 had the only camera in the courtroom.

Deputies say 27-year-old Terrance Scriven shot 37-year-old Gregory Cody in the left arm at the College Bowl lounge.

Patricia Smith and William Smith are facing delinquency of a minor and marijuana possession charges. Deputies say the home Patricia was living in with their child was in poor condition.