Russ Bynum

July 24, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Operators of a Savannah-based casino boat routinely allowed patrons to gamble illegally in state waters off Georgia and South Carolina, federal prosecutors said in an indictment that seeks to seize nearly $7 million earned from the casino cruises.

By Russ Bynum

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April 09, 2012 | Daily Report Online

SAVANNAH, Ga. AP - The Food and Drug Administration's top official said Monday she wants more inspectors at the booming Port of Savannah, where the agency keeps a lookout for safety hazards ranging from spoiled fish to counterfeit drugs.FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said her agency has only four inspectors in Savannah and that "we're hoping to double that in the very near term.

By Russ Bynum

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March 17, 2008 | Daily Report Online

SAVANNAH, Ga. AP Savannah's weekend St. Patrick's Day celebration turned from emerald green to pitch black as the city lost power, plunging the downtown party into darkness as thousands roamed the streets.The only lights late Saturday in the city's historic district were flashing atop police cars as officers directed traffic amid throngs of revelers ambling through streets littered with plastic cups and party debris.

By RUSS BYNUM

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September 08, 2008 | Daily Report Online

SAVANNAH, Ga. AP - A longtime Georgia sheriff sobbed while admitting in federal court Monday that he signed over a pickup truck seized from a drug suspect to himself and bought a TV for his home with money that was supposed to go to a children's drug education program.Jeff Davis County Sheriff Jimmy Boatright pleaded guilty to federal charges of bank and wire fraud.

By RUSS BYNUM

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July 25, 2008 | Daily Report Online

SAVANNAH, Ga. AP - Imperial Sugar CEO John Sheptor said there may be "significant" penalties proposed when federal workplace safety regulators release their findings after investigating a dust explosion that killed 13 workers at a company sugar refinery.With the investigation into the Feb. 7 explosion complete, Edwin G.

By RUSS BYNUM

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May 22, 2009 | Daily Report Online

SPRINGFIELD, Ga. AP - Effingham County authorities arrested the adult son of a slain real estate developer Friday on charges he killed his father and brother in a triple shooting last summer that also wounded his mother.Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie did not answer reporters' questions about the nine-month investigation after he announced the arrest at a brief news conference.

By RUSS BYNUM

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March 26, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The mother and aunt of a teenage suspect in the fatal shooting of a baby in his stroller have been arrested on charges that they lied to authorities, police said Tuesday.

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January 05, 2012 | Daily Report Online

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October 08, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By RUSS BYNUM

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October 09, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A 911 recording reveals that before police shot and killed a south Georgia man inside his home, the man's fiance told a 911 operator he had overturned a refrigerator, broken a TV set and said to family members "he wants to die."

By RUSS BYNUM

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