Saturday, June 6, 2015
A couple reported being robbed last Thursday night at Drayton and Oglethorpe Streets at approximately 11:00 pm. "The victims were approached by three subjects that demanded their money," police say. "The male party refused and was punched in the face. A cell phone was taken in this incident."
Suspects were 3 black males in their late teens. One of the suspects had a distinctive tattoo on his forearm.
"This appears to be the same individuals who attacked the victims in an another similar event later on the same street a couple of blocks up," the spokesperson says.
Suspects were 3 black males in their late teens. One of the suspects had a distinctive tattoo on his forearm.
"This appears to be the same individuals who attacked the victims in an another similar event later on the same street a couple of blocks up," the spokesperson says.
Shortly after midnight last Friday, a robbery was reported at Congress Lane and Drayton Street. The victims reported being followed by three black males. One of the individuals asked the victim for a cigarette. When the victim did this, one of the suspects punched his friend. A struggle ensued and the suspects took the victim's wallets and fled the area.
A 68-year-old Savannah woman has been charged in the Thursday afternoon shooting of a younger woman.
Lorraine Manuel, 27, of the 7200 block of Grant Street, was in critical condition after the shooting on Culverton Court. Vivian Corely has been charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, aggravated battery and criminal attempt to commit murder.
Corely called Emergency 911 at 3:40 p.m. to report that "she had shot someone in the rental house she owns off Beaumont Drive in southwest Chatham County," police say. "The shooting took place after a discussion between the two women."
Violent Crimes detectives from the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department continue to investigate.
Lorraine Manuel, 27, of the 7200 block of Grant Street, was in critical condition after the shooting on Culverton Court. Vivian Corely has been charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, aggravated battery and criminal attempt to commit murder.
Corely called Emergency 911 at 3:40 p.m. to report that "she had shot someone in the rental house she owns off Beaumont Drive in southwest Chatham County," police say. "The shooting took place after a discussion between the two women."
Violent Crimes detectives from the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department continue to investigate.
Detectives are investigating theories "that a childhood spat may have led to an intentionally-set fire that destroyed an eight-apartment building in west Chatham County Wednesday," a police spokesperson say.
Two prior incidents – one involving an attempt to start a fire — in the Ocho Rios Villa Apartments on Westgate Court were reported in the building Monday and Tuesday.
"West Chatham precinct officers of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department on special patrol had just left the complex when the fire began at 9:46 a.m. " police say.
"All apartments in the building were destroyed or rendered uninhabitable in the fire that appeared to be started with the use of accelerants, possibly through the use of a container that was thrown through a window. Accelerants also seemed to have been applied to a stairway leading to upstairs apartments," police say.
Three occupants, a 45-year-old male, 44-year-old female and a 14-year-old male, were transported for treatment of minor injuries after escaping through windows. The 14-year-old had awakened his sleeping younger brother and both had to escape through the window because of fire on the stairway.
A similar container had been thrown through a window in the building Monday morning and a rock had been thrown through another on Tuesday.
Metro detectives are working with state fire investigators in the investigation. They are conferring with the District Attorney’s Office as the investigation progresses.
Two prior incidents – one involving an attempt to start a fire — in the Ocho Rios Villa Apartments on Westgate Court were reported in the building Monday and Tuesday.
"West Chatham precinct officers of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department on special patrol had just left the complex when the fire began at 9:46 a.m. " police say.
"All apartments in the building were destroyed or rendered uninhabitable in the fire that appeared to be started with the use of accelerants, possibly through the use of a container that was thrown through a window. Accelerants also seemed to have been applied to a stairway leading to upstairs apartments," police say.
Three occupants, a 45-year-old male, 44-year-old female and a 14-year-old male, were transported for treatment of minor injuries after escaping through windows. The 14-year-old had awakened his sleeping younger brother and both had to escape through the window because of fire on the stairway.
A similar container had been thrown through a window in the building Monday morning and a rock had been thrown through another on Tuesday.
Metro detectives are working with state fire investigators in the investigation. They are conferring with the District Attorney’s Office as the investigation progresses.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police have identified the two 15-year-olds who have been charged in the shooting death of another teen in the Victory Manor area Sunday afternoon and are being tried in Superior Court as adults.
Zykieam Redinburg of a West 57th Street address and Tabais Daniels of the 200 block of Habersham Street were arraigned on murder charges in Recorder’s Court this afternoon.
They are charged in the shooting death of Mikell Wright, also 15, of an East 69th Street address at East 38th and Loyola streets. Police responded to the call at 4:43 p.m.
Zykieam Redinburg of a West 57th Street address and Tabais Daniels of the 200 block of Habersham Street were arraigned on murder charges in Recorder’s Court this afternoon.
They are charged in the shooting death of Mikell Wright, also 15, of an East 69th Street address at East 38th and Loyola streets. Police responded to the call at 4:43 p.m.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old male near the Sunrise Villas apartments on the 1200 block of East 38th Street Sunday.
Mikell Wright of an East 69th Street address was declared dead at Memorial University Medical Center after he was found shot at 38th and Loyola streets at 4:43 p.m.
Violent Crimes detectives also are investigating an incident Monday morning in which shots were fired at an apartment in the complex.
"Central Precinct patrol officers responded to the incident at 12:35 a.m. to find multiple shots had been fired at the residence occupied by four people," police say.
“This is a broad, active and fluid investigation with many aspects,” said Maj. Richard Zapal, commander of the Criminal Investigations Division. “We are following many leads and we will need some time to sort them all out. It is important that no one draw conclusions at this point and that no one takes actions on their own. I feel confident we will solve this case.”
Detectives, however, continue to seek information on the shooting and shots fired calls.
Mikell Wright of an East 69th Street address was declared dead at Memorial University Medical Center after he was found shot at 38th and Loyola streets at 4:43 p.m.
Violent Crimes detectives also are investigating an incident Monday morning in which shots were fired at an apartment in the complex.
"Central Precinct patrol officers responded to the incident at 12:35 a.m. to find multiple shots had been fired at the residence occupied by four people," police say.
“This is a broad, active and fluid investigation with many aspects,” said Maj. Richard Zapal, commander of the Criminal Investigations Division. “We are following many leads and we will need some time to sort them all out. It is important that no one draw conclusions at this point and that no one takes actions on their own. I feel confident we will solve this case.”
Detectives, however, continue to seek information on the shooting and shots fired calls.
Detectives are investigating the shooting of two men in the Edgemere/Sackville neighborhood Friday "as well as illegal activities that are suspected of contributing to it," police say.
Patrol officers from the Islands Precinct of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department arrived on the 1100 block of East 59th Street "to find one victim in the yard and a second who had been pulled into the house after the noon shooting," police say.
Ricky Tyrone Craig, 21, who lives in the house, and Dominique Leonard Dillard, 28, who was found in the yard, were transported for treatment of serious injuries.
"A woman driving through the intersection of 59th and Guatemala streets escaped injury when an errant shot struck her car," police say.
Both victims are well-known to Metro Police: Dillard has been arrested eight times since 2004 and Craig has been arrested six times since 2013. Both have past arrests for probation violations and drug charges.
“Clearly, behavior in the house and by participants led to endangerment of the entire neighborhood,” said Metro Police Chief Joseph H. “Jack” Lumpkin Sr. “School is out, so children were playing on nearby lawns; residents were in their yards and on their porches; and innocent potential victims were driving by.
“Indiscriminate shooting such as this is taking place nationwide and it is going to take community-wide efforts to stop them. Dozens of people were on scene when police arrived. Many have not come forward to help solve this crime. That’s what it will take to show perpetrators of these senseless shootings that this neighborhood is not going to stand for it.”
Patrol officers from the Islands Precinct of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department arrived on the 1100 block of East 59th Street "to find one victim in the yard and a second who had been pulled into the house after the noon shooting," police say.
Ricky Tyrone Craig, 21, who lives in the house, and Dominique Leonard Dillard, 28, who was found in the yard, were transported for treatment of serious injuries.
"A woman driving through the intersection of 59th and Guatemala streets escaped injury when an errant shot struck her car," police say.
Both victims are well-known to Metro Police: Dillard has been arrested eight times since 2004 and Craig has been arrested six times since 2013. Both have past arrests for probation violations and drug charges.
“Clearly, behavior in the house and by participants led to endangerment of the entire neighborhood,” said Metro Police Chief Joseph H. “Jack” Lumpkin Sr. “School is out, so children were playing on nearby lawns; residents were in their yards and on their porches; and innocent potential victims were driving by.
“Indiscriminate shooting such as this is taking place nationwide and it is going to take community-wide efforts to stop them. Dozens of people were on scene when police arrived. Many have not come forward to help solve this crime. That’s what it will take to show perpetrators of these senseless shootings that this neighborhood is not going to stand for it.”
Detectives are piecing together information in the shooting Thursday night of a 27-year-old Savannah man "in what initially appears to be a domestic confrontation," police say.
Downtown Precinct patrol officers responded to a ShotSpotter call on the 1200 block of Comer Street in west Savannah at 10:42 p.m. "to find shell casings in the street and bullet damage to a vehicle and a residence," police say. "Soon after, Marion Bernard Johnston arrived at a hospital with a serious but non-life threatening gunshot wound."
Different versions of the incident were reported by as many witnesses and participants, but detectives are investigating reports that the incident stemmed from a domestic situation.
Downtown Precinct patrol officers responded to a ShotSpotter call on the 1200 block of Comer Street in west Savannah at 10:42 p.m. "to find shell casings in the street and bullet damage to a vehicle and a residence," police say. "Soon after, Marion Bernard Johnston arrived at a hospital with a serious but non-life threatening gunshot wound."
Different versions of the incident were reported by as many witnesses and participants, but detectives are investigating reports that the incident stemmed from a domestic situation.
Friday, May 29, 2015
"A Savannah man faces charges here and in Arizona after undercover officers responding to burglaries in the Pinpoint/Whitfield Avenue area teamed up with aviation unit officers Friday afternoon," a police department spokesperson says.
Willie Arthur Moore, 35, of a Grant Street address was arrested about 6 p.m. "after he fled from Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police in cars but could not elude officers in Metro helicopter Eagle One," police say.
He has been charged with possession of a controlled substance (cocaine), fleeing to elude police officers, unsafe turning, driving with no license, possession of a drug-related object for use and parole violation from Maricopa County, Arizona.
"Officers from the Southside Precinct Crime Suppression Unit were working undercover in the neighborhood about 5:45 p.m. when Moore was seen walking out of a wooded area and driving away in a gold 1997 Cadillac Deville," police say.
Undercover officers followed the car until a sergeant in a marked unit attempted a traffic stop, only to see the Cadillac speed away, its driver unaware of the police helicopter that had joined the pursuit. The sergeant discontinued his ground pursuit while other officers saturated the area where Moore and another male were seen walking away from the car.
"Moore was arrested trying to hide a substance later identified as cocaine under a backyard shed," police say. "Arresting officers later discovered the warrant from Arizona. They also seized scales used to weigh drugs and two cell phones."
Southside Precinct detectives continue to search for the second occupant of the Cadillac.
Willie Arthur Moore, 35, of a Grant Street address was arrested about 6 p.m. "after he fled from Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police in cars but could not elude officers in Metro helicopter Eagle One," police say.
He has been charged with possession of a controlled substance (cocaine), fleeing to elude police officers, unsafe turning, driving with no license, possession of a drug-related object for use and parole violation from Maricopa County, Arizona.
"Officers from the Southside Precinct Crime Suppression Unit were working undercover in the neighborhood about 5:45 p.m. when Moore was seen walking out of a wooded area and driving away in a gold 1997 Cadillac Deville," police say.
Undercover officers followed the car until a sergeant in a marked unit attempted a traffic stop, only to see the Cadillac speed away, its driver unaware of the police helicopter that had joined the pursuit. The sergeant discontinued his ground pursuit while other officers saturated the area where Moore and another male were seen walking away from the car.
"Moore was arrested trying to hide a substance later identified as cocaine under a backyard shed," police say. "Arresting officers later discovered the warrant from Arizona. They also seized scales used to weigh drugs and two cell phones."
Southside Precinct detectives continue to search for the second occupant of the Cadillac.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
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