Russ Bynum

June 02, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"They are beating people indiscriminately inside this jail," civil rights attorney Harry Daniels told reporters at a news conference outside the Camden County Sheriff's Office.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

3 minute read

May 16, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The April 2022 traffic stop by sheriff's deputies in Liberty County caused outrage at Delaware State University, with campus President Tony Allen saying the women's lacrosse team had been humiliated and intimidated by deputies searching their bus.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

2 minute read

May 08, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Georgia conservation group One Hundred Miles moved to dismiss its lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers after the agency announced Friday that it would voluntarily conduct the study. The group sued in December, asking a U.S. District Court judge to order the Corps to produce such a report.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

4 minute read

April 12, 2023 | Daily Report Online

All three workers were taken to a hospital, none of them with life-threatening injuries, after part of the courthouse's third floor gave way and the workers tumbled down to the floor below, said Savannah Fire Battalion Chief Wayne Ifill.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

2 minute read

March 10, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"Every crime committed against an African American by a man who has used racist language in the past is not a hate crime," defense attorney Pete Theodocion said in an appellate brief written on behalf of defendant William "Roddie" Bryan.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

5 minute read

February 23, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The decision to dismiss charges against 41-year-old Jarrett Hobbs came several months after an investigation following the video's release in November led to the arrest of three Camden County deputies on battery charges in the jail beating.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

3 minute read

February 08, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously rejected a legal challenge by Camden County commissioners who sought to have last March's referendum in which residents voted to block the county rocket launchpad project declared invalid. The officials argued Georgia's state constitution doesn't allow citizens to veto decisions of county governments.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

5 minute read

January 12, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"Make no mistake, illegal distribution of illegal drugs is not a victimless crime," said U.S. Attorney David Estes of the Southern District of Georgia.

By Russ Bynum and Michael Sisak

4 minute read

December 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

For two years, environmentalists have battled an effort by the Army Corps of Engineers to end a policy that for three decades limited to winter months the dredging of accumulated sand and mud from harbors in Georgia and the Carolinas.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

5 minute read

November 30, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Superior Court Judge John R. Turner on Tuesday scheduled a Dec. 29 arraignment for former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson, who will have a chance to enter a plea after the charges are formally presented in court.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

3 minute read