Russ Bynum

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

November 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court accuses the Army Corps of Engineers of contradicting its own policies and violating federal law when the agency agreed in August to relinquish regulatory jurisdiction over the proposed mine near the Georgia-Florida line.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

3 minute read

February 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"I felt guilty that it happened outside my house," said Dan Allcott, who was home with his wife and their baby when Arbery fell dead a few feet from Allcott's driveway on Feb. 23, 2020.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

5 minute read

January 31, 2022 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge rejected a plea agreement Monday that would have averted a hate crimes trial for the man convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery's…

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

3 minute read