November 10, 2009

Augusta Flim-Flam Suspects Sought

According to Investigator Aaron Hannsz, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help from the public in identifying suspects in a flim-flam case.


November 04, 2009

North Augusta Attempted Robbery Suspect Arrested In Augusta After Pursuit

According to Lt. Tim Pearson, of the North Augusta Department of Public Safety (NADPS), a suspect in a North Augusta attempted robbery was arrested in Augusta on Tuesday.


August 17, 2009

UPDATED: Beech Island Bank Robbery Suspects Sought

WJBF News Channel 6 has received reports of a bank robbery in Beech Island, SC. We are told that the First Citizens Bank on 2020 Atomic Road was robbed, Monday morning. We have no other details at this time. We will provide more information as it becomes available. UPDATE: The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office has sent us updated information and surveillance images of the suspects.


July 02, 2009

Aiken County Coroner: Suspect Was Aiming Gun At Officer When Killed

The Aiken County Coroner says autopsy results from a suspect shot to death by a police officer, Wednesday, show that suspect was aiming a gun when he was killed. Wednesday, Officer Andrew Keller, with the Jackson Police Department was called out to a bank robbery. Two suspects were taken into custody, one was killed. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the latest in the investigation.

UPDATED: Bank Robbery Suspect Shot And Killed, 2 Others Arrested

A bank robbery in Aiken County Wednesday afternoon, ended with a standoff, shots fired, and one suspect dead. It all started in Jackson, South Carolina. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the story. UPDATE: We now have the autopsy results on the dead suspect, Jelani Edwards, from Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton.


July 01, 2009

UPDATED: Jackson, SC Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested After Standoff With Police

Investigators say one bank robbery suspect has been shot and another is still on the loose, in Jackson, SC. Aiken County Sheriff’s Investigators tell WJBF News Channel 6 that shortly before noon, three men robbed the First Citizens Bank, on Atomic Road, in Jackson, SC. Jackson police responded to the robbery and a chase ensued. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe reports that the third suspect sought in the Jackson, SC bank robbery has been arrested after a standoff with police at a house in Beech Island, SC with an AK-47. Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton tells us the suspect who was shot by police near Kimberly-Clark has died. We will add more information on this developing story as it develops.


June 02, 2009

Augusta Store Employee Nabs “Scarecrow” Bandit

According to Lt. Scott Peebles, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has identified two individuals it believes are responsible for a string of robberies across the CSRA over the past few months. David Jackson Jr., and Jimmy Fitzgerald Pontoon have been named as suspects in at least seven Richmond County robberies.


April 11, 2009

Storms Cause Damage in Beech Island

WJBF News Channel 6 Photojournalist Mike Ludwikowski surveyed the damage in Beech Island, SC including damage to a bank, trees covering roadways, and damage to a Dollar General store. He tells Brad Means what the scene was like.

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