Crime

There is currently a police presence at the Liberty Gas Station on Fort Benning Road in Columbus.

May 8th would be Ahmaud Arbery's 28th birthday.

More than 16 years after a popular high school teacher vanished from her rural Georgia home, a man is set to stand trial for her murder.

Police say two children witnessed the attack.

The coroner says the victim was shot while driving near Forrest Road and Urban Avenue on March 17.

LaGrange police are searching for a suspect in connection to an overnight attempted armed robbery.

Deputies say he is also being sought for questioning in regards to a recent incident.

A woman is in critical condition after being shot earlier this afternoon in South Columbus.

The six suspects charged in the 2020 murder of Cross Henderson were supposed to report to Recorder’s Court today.

A Smiths Station teacher has been arrested after allegations of taking inappropriate pictures of a female student.

The Opelika Police Department arrested two men following a search warrant.

According to Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton, the car was found east of I-65 near Spring Hill.

A search warrant was executed in Muscogee County on May 5.

A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the 2020 kidnapping and murder of an Auburn teenager, Thomas Green.

It is unknown at this time what is causing this presence.

Officers with the LaGrange Police Department arrested a suspect connected to a robbery.

Two 18-year-olds are behind bars in connection to a kidnapping and shooting incident in east Alabama.

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According to LaGrange police, a student was found holding a gun in their backpack while on school property.

Columbus State University police confiscated two handguns and suspected methamphetamine from a suspect in the downtown area.

Several Columbus-area residents involved in a multi-state Sam’s Club theft ring amounting to $900,567 in loss to the company were sentenced to federal prison for their crimes.

A Columbus woman pleaded guilty in court Monday to the 2019 murder of her boyfriend.

As crime continues rising across the nation, including in Columbus and East Alabama, one organization is trying to work with a local city to provide solutions as we get closer to summer.

The Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office continues its efforts to decrease the rising crime in the area.

A suspect is in custody after police say a fight led up to a shooting with injuries.

He was charged with five counts of child pornography last year.

Columbus police are investigating an overnight shooting that claimed the life of a 37-year-old man.

A death investigation is underway by the Columbus Police Department.

The Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office Drug, Gang, and Fugitive Task Force, with the assistance of the DEA, conducted a search warrant leading to seven arrests and a seizure of guns, drugs and money.

On April 26, a federal judge sentenced a Eufaula man to three years and eight months in prison for mail theft, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.