24-hour jail bookings for Savannah-Chatham County are now posted. Visit booked.savannahnow.com to view photos and information.
All information has been obtained from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department.
All individuals posted have not been convicted of a crime and are innocent until proven guilty.
Senior Citizens Inc., hosted the 2nd annual Cornhole Classic on Friday at Coach's Corner. The event featured a cornhole tournament, fish fry, "all you can drink" beer and live music by Clear Daze Band.
Chatham County child support dockets have been updated through June 19, 2013.
Begin searching the child support database now to see which individuals have not been paying their assigned amounts, and to see how much each person owes.
CHICAGO — Southwest Airlines expects some lingering delays Saturday morning after a system-wide computer failure caused it to ground 250 flights for nearly three hours late Friday night.
Full service was restored just after 2 a.m. EDT Saturday, but the Dallas-based airline is still working to clear a backlog of flights and reposition planes and crew.
The airline — the country's largest domestic carrier — canceled 43 flights Friday night and another 14 Saturday morning.
Southwest is the latest airline to ground flights because of a large computer outage. But its problem was minor compared to those experienced by two competitors — thanks in part to its late-day timing.
In April, American Airlines grounded all of its flights nationwide for several hours due to computer problems. The airline ultimately canceled 970 flights. And last year, United Airlines had two major outages: one in August delayed 580 flights; another in November delayed 636 flights.
The problem was detected around 11 p.m. EDT Friday, Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins said. It impaired the airline's ability to do such things as conduct check-ins, print boarding passes and monitor the weight of each aircraft. Some flights were on the taxiway and diverted back to the terminal, Hawkins said. Flights already in the air were unaffected.
Most of Southwest's cancelations Friday night were in the western half of the country, according to airline spokeswoman Michelle Agnew. Saturday's cancelations were scattered across the U.S. They included planes leavings from Minneapolis, Chicago, Phoenix, Denver and San Diego, according to flight tracking service FlightAware.
Southwest flies an average of 3,400 flights each day.
Agnew said in an email Saturday morning that the airline's technology team is "still working to confirm the source of the issue."
Shortly after 2 a.m., Southwest posted on its Twitter page that "systems are operating and we will begin work to get customers where they need to be. Thanks for your patience tonight."
Agnew said the computer system was "running at full capacity" by early Saturday. Before that, though, officials used a backup system that was much more sluggish.
The Savannah International Trade & Convention Center will be transformed into a top-of-the-line gymnastics venue this week as Savannah hosts the 2013 YMCA Gymnastics National Championship and Festival.
About 2,000 athletes, 300 coaches and 107 teams from 24 different states are expected in town for an event that runs from Wednesday through Saturday.
Carol Tanrath, the gymnastics director at the Islands YMCA and the technical gymnastics advisor for YMCA of the USA, has been busy planning for the event, while training her team for the competition.
“Last year in the nationals at Milwaukee we came home with over 50 medals,” Tanrath said. “And we’ve got a strong team again.”
Jill Conway of Effingham County High School is one of the team’s top gymnasts. Last year Conway reached the finals in Level 8 and finished third in the balance beam and 12th in the all-around competition. She is expected to do well again this week.
One of the best things about the YMCA event is that kids from a range of ages and skill levels are able to compete in an atmosphere that brings gymnastics’ grandest stage — the Olympics — to mind.
The event is being held in Savannah for the fourth time — previous YMCA championships were held in 1995, 1999 and 2003 — and this year’s competition will have an Olympic flavor, Tanrath said.
Courtney McCool, the former University of Georgia gymnast who helped lead the Bulldogs to three NCAA titles during her college career and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Artistic Gymnastics team that won a silver medal in the 2004 Olympics, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at Wednesday night’s opening ceremonies in Forsyth Park.
“And to top it off, we’re being recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as an Olympic Day Event,” Tanrath. “It’s a big honor as there are only three events designated each year. The USOC is helping with little things like certificates that make the event special. It’s a way to show athletes that participating in sports is an important life experience.”
The week gets started with the opening ceremonies.. The evening includes a dinner, live music and festivities, a march in by the various teams, along with the keynote speakers. The event is not open to the public.
The competition gets started Thursday, with gymnastics action starting at 8 a.m. and continuing until 10 p.m. Friday’s competition is from 8 a.m.-8 p.m., with Saturday’s finals set to run from 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m.
“I’ve heard it’s going to be the largest sporting event in Savannah this year,” Tanrath said. “Because people are making a family vacation out of it and staying in town for five or six days. We’re nervous with the thought that it’s going to be that big, but we’re looking forward to hosting a great week.”
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NAACP meeting
4 p.m. June 23. Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 622 E. 37th St. A number of organizations, including the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, Coffee Party Savannah, Savannah Regional Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO), Occupy Savannah and Greening Georgia will update the public on their latest issues, successes and ideas. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call 912-233-4161.
Cheerleading sports camp
9 a.m. to noon. June 17-20; June 24-27; July 8-11; July 15-18. Alee Temple Arena. The city of Savannah’s Parks and Recreation Services is accepting registrations for the 2013 summer cheerleading sports Camp. Designed for children ages 5-15, the sessions are Monday-Friday and lunch will be provided. Cost is $45 per child for sessions 1, 3 and 4. Session 2 will cost $50 and includes a special Georgia Games emphasis. Register at the Paulson Softball Complex, 7171 Skidaway Road, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information, call 912-351-3852.
Market at the Lighthouse
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 23. 39 Meddian Ave., Tybee Island. Market at the Lighthouse will be June 23. Items for sale include pottery, antiques, jewelry, art and lots more. For more information, email vikki@tybeelighthouse.org.
Georgia attorney general to speak at JEA
10 a.m. June 23. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Georgia State Attorney General Sam Olens will speak June 23 at the JEA. He will discuss Georgia’s legal history, the need for an attorney general and the state Supreme Court. Plus, leading issues the Attorney General’s Office is working on and the role the Attorney General’s Office plays in the Georgia Ports Authority, the state school board, public safety, drug crime reduction and more. Free and open to the public. Coffee and light refreshments will be served.
Opera stars recital
3 p.m. June 23. Christ Church Episcopal, 28 Bull St. Savannah is excited to host two of America’s rising opera stars for one dazzling performance: Lauren Snouffer and Mark Diamond, studio artists with the world-renowned Houston Grand Opera. They will sing a vocal recital of opera and Broadway favorites June 23 at Christ Church Episcopal on Johnson Square in downtown Savannah, accompanied by Tim Hall, music director of Christ Church Episcopal. This event is free and open to the public.
‘Falsettos’ by William Finn
3 p.m. and 8 p.m. June 23. Muse Arts Warehouse, 703D Louisville Road. Bangers and Mash Theatre Works presents “Falsettos” by William Finn, directed by DJ Queenan with musical direction by Warren Heilman. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students. To reserve tickets, call 912-920-3594 or purchase at the door. Contact us at info@bangersandmashtheatre.com.
Tybee Floatilla ‘Will Float for Food’
2 p.m. June 23. The Tybee Floatilla “Will Float for Food,” benefiting the Second Harvest Food Bank and Tybee Rising Tyde Food Bank, will be June 23. The cost is $30. For more information, go to www.tybeefloatilla.com.
Smiles for Life
Through June 28. Godley Station Dental, 1000 Towne Center Blvd., Bldg. 100, Suite 101, Pooler. Godley Station Dental in Pooler will provide tooth-whitening procedures to benefit the Coastal Children’s Advocacy Center and the Smiles for Life Foundation until June 28. The $209 cost is completely tax-deductible, as materials and services by Drs. Matthew Allen and Tait Carpenter are donated. The children’s advocacy center provides free services to children who have been abused or witnessed violence. To make an appointment, call 912-748-8585.
Michael Fiffe of Huntington, West Virginia was leaving a bar in his hometown in 2001 when he was robbed of $20 and nearly beaten to death by three men. He suffered a fractured skull, was in a coma for 30 days and was hospitalized for six months.
“I worked out a lot before that happened, and the doctors told me that was the only reason I survived,” said Fiffe, 39, who uses a wheelchair. “I credit bodybuilding with saving my life.”
It has always been a dream of Fiffe’s to compete in a bodybuilding competition, and Saturday he got a chance to make that dream come true at the 13th annual Southern Isles Bodybuilding, Figure and Wheelchair Championships held at the Savannah Civic Center’s Johnny Mercer Theater.
Fiffe finished second behind two-time Golden Isles champion Jack Anderson of Griffin in the wheelchair competition.
With his close friend Ken Epperly by his side, Fiffe has been training hard for the competition. He said he ate nothing but chicken, broccoli and fruit for weeks and went from a size 34 waist to a 28.
But before he took the stage, Fiffe had butterflies.
“I’m really scared,” Fiffe said with a smile before posing in front of a crowd of close to 500.
But afterward, he wore a satisfied smile as he held a sizable second-place trophy.
“It feels like all the hard work I’ve done every morning and every night in the gym has paid off,” Fiffe said. “It feels like my dream has come true.”
Anderson was also an inspiration for the crowd and his fellow bodybuilders. He was paralyzed in a car accident four years ago but hasn’t let the setback define his life.
“It was really rough at first,” said Anderson, 31. “You go through depression, but that’s something you have to overcome.”
Anderson ignited the crowd during his time on stage with his enthusiastic style of posing and his muscular physique.
“I’m lucky, I can eat anything I want. I’ve got that good metabolism,” Anderson said. “I do everything from racing four-wheelers to mud biking and sky diving. And I didn’t do any of those things before I got hurt.”
Tony O’Connor works year round to organize the competition. O’Connor, a regular at the Wilmington Island YMCA’s weight room, said the event continues to grow in popularity.
About 50 contestants participated in various divisions ranging from novice men to women’s, over-50 men and three weight classes in the men’s open division.
“We like to think we’re the best show around,” said O’Connor, an accomplished bodybuilder himself. “We look after and spoil our contestants and our fans. And half of our contestants are competing for the first time — so we are helping bring the sport along.”
Chris Reeves, 21, of Rincon, was one of those first-time contestants. The Savannah State student is a graduate of Benedictine, where he competed on the swimming, track and cross country teams.
He was always in shape, but a friend got him into weightlifting, and two years later he was ready for his first competition.
“The toughest part is the dedication you have to have and the diet,” Reeves said. “There are things you don’t want to do, but you have to do them to be successful.”
At 5-foot-6 and 155 pounds, Reeves was a crowd favorite as he won the novice lightweight division.
“I’ve won things like swim races in the past, but that’s something that goes on week to week during a season,” Reeves said. “This is something I had to work towards for a long time. It felt good to put it all together.”
MILWAUKEE — Dan Uggla would like to see the Atlanta Braves play with some swagger again.
The Braves ran their scoreless streak to 24 innings Saturday with a second straight 2-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.
“We’ve got to pick up our attitude; we’ve got to pick up our intensity,” he said. “To get out of a stretch like this, you’ve got to hustle, make things happen.”
Atlanta has not scored since the third inning of its 4-3 loss to the New York Mets on Thursday. Atlanta has been shut out a majors leading 11 times this season.
They got four hits Saturday after getting just two in the series opener a night earlier.
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said the Braves are not swinging the bat well.
“We’re getting on base, but when we do hit the ball hard, it’s at somebody or somebody makes a good play,” he said. “I feel like, at any moment, some of the at-bats that you’re seeing, at any moment you’re going to turn that around.”
Tim Hudson (4-7) lost his sixth straight decision, despite giving up just two runs and seven hits in six innings. He allowed RBI singles to Juan Francisco, in the fourth, and Aramis Ramirez, in the fifth inning. The Braves have scored just 10 runs in Hudson’s last nine starts. He has not won in nine starts, his worst winless stretch of his career since an eight-start stretch in 2002.
Hudson said the Braves are just in tough stretch.
“It’s baseball, it happens. There’s no panic on our part,” he said. “Guys understand that’s how it is. You come across some pretty good pitching. A young kid today going out there and making his first start, excited about being out there. You’ve got to tip your hat to the guy that’s on the mound.”
Francisco Rodriguez earned his 300th save. Given another opportunity by the Brewers in May, Rodriguez has made it pay off.
Rodriguez went 2-7 with a 4.38 ERA during the 2012 season and was released by the Brewers, but they re-signed him in May and he has converted all six save chances this year.
“A lot of people thought that I was done, that I had retired,” he said. “People forgot that I was just 31 years old. In my career, just last year was a really bad year. I know what I am capable of doing.”
Rodriguez gave up one of the Braves’ four hits in becoming the 25th closer in major league history to reach the 300-save milestone. He was aided by a barehanded pickup and throw by shortstop Jean Segura to get leadoff hitter Jordan Shafer.
Andrelton Simmons then singled, but Rodriguez got Jason Heyward to line out and Freddie Freeman struck out. After the strikeout, Rodriguez pumped his fist and pointed to the sky.
“It feels great,” Rodriguez said. “You have no idea how happy and excited I am. I have to continue working hard and hopefully play for many years to come.”
Donovan Hand, making his first big league start, allowed only two hits in 4 2/3 innings for Milwaukee. He struck out three and walked one in helping extend Atlanta’s scoreless streak to 24 innings.
Burke Badenhop (1-3) entered after Hand walked Uggla and got Chris Johnson to groundout to end the fifth.
Milwaukee has beaten Atlanta eight straight times at Miller Park, outscoring them 31-9.
Donovan Hand, making his first big league start, allowed only two hits in 4 2/3 innings for Milwaukee. He struck out three and walked one.
Notes
The Braves last scored in the third inning of their 4-3 loss to the New York Mets on Thursday. ... Gonzalez said RHP Brandon Beachy would throw a bullpen session next week as he continues to try to come back from Tommy John surgery in June 2012. He felt tenderness in his pitching arm during his fifth minor league start June 13. ... Brewers RHP Alfredo Figaro (1-1) will start in the series finale Sunday against Atlanta (LHP) Paul Maholm (7-6).
Lexington, Ky. — The Savannah Sand Gnats got a great pitching performance from starter Steven Matz Saturday night, but Lexington’s Christian Binford was just as tough as the Legends pulled out a 2-0 victory.
Matz, a 22-year-old left-hander out of Stony Brook, N.Y., York, was masterful in six innings of work. He allowed just two hits, while striking out nine and walking two — without allowing a run.
But Binford turned this game into a pitcher’s duel with an equally stellar effort. The 6-foot-6 right-hander scattered seven hits over six innings, while striking out nine and walking two. He didn’t allow the Gnats to score, allowing just one extra base hit — a double to Cole Frenzel (2 for 4) in the fourth inning, a frame in which Binford struck out the side.
Lexington broke through for a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth of Savannah reliever Julian Hilario, who was tagged with the loss.
Mark Threlkeld led off the inning with a walk and scored on a double to left by Lexington’s Bubba Starling, who promptly stole third base. Michael Antonio brought him home with an RBI single to left to make it 2-0.
Aroni Nina picked up his fourth win of the season for the Legends with two innings of scoreless relief, as he struck out three.
Kevin Allen allowed two-out hits to Phillip Evans (2 for 4) and Chad Zurcher (2 for 4) in the bottom of the ninth, as the Gnats made things interesting. But Allen notched his first save of the season by striking out Eudy Pina swinging to end the threat and the game.
The teams will meet for the final game of the four-game series today at 1:35 p.m. The Gnats continue their road trip Monday with a 7:05 p.m. start at Augusta.
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CHICAGO — Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks have that look again, and another Stanley Cup is within reach.
Kane scored two goals, Corey Crawford made 24 saves and the Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Saturday night to take a 3-2 lead in the finals.
Kane had a terrific postseason when Chicago won it all in 2010, including the winning score in a 4-3 overtime victory in Philadelphia that secured the title. Now he’s picking up steam as the Blackhawks move closer to another championship, collecting seven goals in the last seven games.
Dave Bolland added an empty-net score and Jonathan Toews had two assists before leaving with an injury. The captain took a big hit in the second period and did not play in the third.
The Bruins also lost one of their key players when Patrice Bergeron was injured in the second. It was unclear what happened to the star center, but the team said he was taken to a hospital for observation.
Game 6 is Monday night in Boston.
Zdeno Chara scored in the third period for Boston, which lost consecutive games for the first time since the first round against Toronto. Tuukka Rask made 29 saves, keeping the Bruins close while they scrambled to generate quality chances.
Chara got a nice pass from David Krejci from behind the net and beat Crawford on the glove side to make it 2-1 at 3:40 in the third period. The whistling slap shot by the big defenseman came after he was on the ice for five of Chicago’s goals in the Blackhawks’ 6-5 overtime victory Wednesday night.
The location of Chara’s third postseason goal brought to mind the glove-side difficulties for Crawford in Game 4. But he held up just fine coming off the worst postseason game of his career.
He gloved Daniel Paille’s slap shot early in the third, and the Blackhawks helped their embattled goaltender by turning up the pressure on Rask after the Bruins cut it to one. The Blackhawks survived one last push by the Bruins after they pulled Rask, and the crowd of 22,274 roared when the overhead videoboard showed the No. 1 and the Stanley Cup on the screen, signifying the team is one victory away from its fifth title.
Boston and Chicago returned to the ice three days after they played the highest-scoring game in this year’s NHL playoffs. There were five goals in the second period alone, matching the total from the previous two games combined, and Brent Seabrook’s overtime score lifted the Blackhawks to the series-tying victory.
It was a marked departure from the first three games of the finals, and raised questions about what the play would be like in the last part of the series. The answer, at least in Game 5, was a return to the strong team defense and disciplined play. It meant little room to maneuver in both offensive zones, especially for the series’ biggest stars.
Only Kane was sure able to find enough space.
With 2½ minutes left in the first, Johnny Oduya’s long slap shot broke the stick of Boston defenseman Dennis Seidenberg and trickled to the left side of the net where Kane poked it in for eighth playoff goal.
The line of Kane, Toews and Bryan Bickell, which coach Joel Quenneville put back together before Game 4, struck again in the second. Bickell was stopped by Rask on a rush along the left side, but skated behind the net and threw it back in front.
The puck went off the right side of the goal as Rask got his blocker to the post. Kane then deftly backhanded the bouncing puck into the top of the net to make it 2-0 at 5:13.
That proved to be enough for Crawford, who has allowed one goal or less in nine games this postseason. But this one had to be particularly satisfying after facing a barrage of questions about his glove over the past two days.
More than a dozen cultures were represented Saturday at the 18th annual Savannah Asian Festival.
The festival offered an array of cultural performances, including the Matsuriza Taiko Drummers and the Sampaguita Dance Troupe.
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Attendees also had the chance to sample authentic cuisine from China, Polynesia and the Philippines.
Erin Seals, marketing coordinator for the city of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs, said the festival aimed to focus more on education of the different cultures by adding more children’s workshops to the festival and a projection screen to showcase the overall culture of the performing acts.
“We’re showcasing the people, monuments, so people can get an overall feel for the culture,” Seals said.
“We added more children’s workshops, which are all free. We just wanted to focus on educating people about these different cultures.”
“You don’t realize how many cultures are in Savannah,” said first-time festival-goer Amy Crossin.
“I was really surprised at how many different ethnicities were represented.”
Although he wouldn’t sample the food, Crossin’s 5-year-old son, Ethan, enjoyed the workshops the festival offered.
Crossin said he enjoyed the festival and might come back next year.
“I got to make a lantern and learned to write my name in China (Chinese). It was good.”
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It’s that time of year again when students at our local public and private schools don their caps and gowns and get ready for the next phases of their lives.
We, too, will celebrate them by listing all their names.
Here’s the schedule so you can make sure to see the special graduate in your life.
May 26: Benedictine Military School, Bethesda Academy, Bible Baptist, Chatham Academy
June 2: Calvary Day School, Memorial Day School, Providence Christian School, Savannah Christian, Savannah Country Day
June 9: St. Andrews School, St. Paul Academy, St. Vincent’s Academy, Urban Christian Academy, Veritas Academy
June 16: Beach, Groves, Islands, Johnson and Windsor Forest high schools
Today: Jenkins, New Hampstead and Savannah high schools, Savannah Arts Academy
Jenkins High School
Jesse Adams
Candice Breona Adkins
Tangela Alisa Albright
Anissa Damari Alexander
Kaitlyn E. Alexander
Bilal Ali
Christina Honorah Allen
George Taylor Anderson
Kahlil Malik Anderson
Anjela Deion Andrews
Kelvin Rommel Ausby
Joshua Alexander Austin
Jonathan F. Avila
Paris Jenard Baker
Jahmar Jabari Banks
Shyan Alisha Banks
Jordan Serita Barrett
Sarah Michelle Bartley
Carolyn Rebecca Batt
Hector Jose Benitez-Burgos
Lukas Samuel Berger
Erica Tonell Blackshear
Michael Alexander Blake
Amber N. Bonner
Amanda Haven Branch
Jonathan Napoleon Brazzle Jr.
Evan Lawrence Bridges
Kwanisha Lenayia Brown
Tia Shaniqua Brown
Tierra S. Brown
Brandon Cory Bryan
Tommy Bryant III
Makeyah Aaliyah Campbell
Malcolm Jamal Capers
Tiqoulya Lashai Carothers
Christin H. Carr
Ariyanna Tonise Carter
Jalathia Raven Nashelle Castle
Shaulton P. Chatman
Jamari Sinque Chavis
Lashay Shanell Chisolm
Christopher Myles Clarke
Brittney Kiara Clater
Michael Anthony Cody
Cory Allen Coleman
Timothy Coleman Jr.
Tyrik J. Cooper
Janathen Cosme
Eric Deon Council Jr.
Deja Teouna Crawford
Katelyn Rachelle Crowder
Nicholas Lane Crump
Devanta T. Cunningham
Damion Cole Daugherty
D’Andre Darnell Daughtry
Desi Laray Davis Jr.
Doniequia Davis
Jackie Allen Davis
Giselle Marisol De La Puente
Shakema Curcentra Deal
Kino LaMark Deas Jr.
Idrisa Mankule Diaby
Anthony L. Doniel
John Drew Dow
Holliday Michele Downs
Kewaan Kenneth Drayton
Chandler Damian Driggers
Eduardo D. Duenas
Joseph Rayner Edwards
Christopher J. Ennis
Catherine Elaine Evans
Malay Juwannie Ferguson
Deion Lamar Floyd
Deanna J. Flynn
Kayla Alexis Ford
Devin Isiah Foster
Dialo Gadson
Micayla Elizabeth Gammon
Jamal Ashanti Gatling
Zachary Paul Gay
Shailyn Larce Gernandizo
Rakena Niyokie Golden
Taylor Ann Golden
JaLeesa Cierra Gordon
Marion Maurice Graham
Sean P. Graham
Tiyuana Monique Grant
Jerome L. Gregory III
Dericka LeNai Grimes
Emilie Nicole Groover
Ayana Sala Gunn
Kathleen Nicole Hadwin
Man Thomas Hall
Serena Ray Hall
Camry Nyasha Hamilton
Myeasha K. Hamilton
Jacob Michael Harper
DeShaylay ViAnn Harris
Jordan J. Harris
Taylor Lee Harvey
Lenox Clarence Hector Jr.
Lyndon Hector
Brooke Nicole Hendricks
Aja Bryouna Hendry
Wesley Graham Hester
John Doyle Hibberts Jr.
Charlene RuthAnn Hill
Lavin Felice Hilliard
Ceres Omelia Hitchcock
Logan Lee Hoffman
Britney Breanna Hutchinson
Tina Thi Huynh
Tony Duc Huynh
Katarina Ivkovic
India Danielle Johnson
Michael Anthony Johnson
Quinten Michael Johnson
Ta’hara K. Johnson
Tyler Christopher Johnson
Tra’Kissa Michelle Shanae Johnson
Alfonzo L. Jones Jr.
Taylor Jordan
Frank Tyler Joyner
Helen Elizabeth Keevy
Nicholas Alan Kennedy
Robert Ryan Kenny
Darryl G. Kershaw II
Kody Allen Kirkland
Eddie Lamonte
Tyana Persephanee Lampley
Iverson Damon Lang
Janika Charmaine Lawton
Donalee Jessica Lazare
Autumn Aijon Lee
Amanda Cecilia Lemus
Jared Wade Lindorme
Jordan Simone Lockett
Joshua Andrew Lotson
Kirstyn Rakel Lowe
Katherine Rose Lum
Zachariah Caleb Machado
Alliyah Simone Magriff
Emmanuel Malave
Krysana Murray Maragh
Carolyn Elizabeth Marsh
Ja’Kera Sha’bree Martin
Corey Mascunana
Brenda Ayon Mata
Shaniqua Lashae Maxwell
Johnae’ D. McBride
Zea’Laous Neica McCullum
Ravia Tiana Ashay McDaniel
Dylan Patrick McGinnis
Cayana Marie McLeod
William McNeill
Brandi A. Mcpherson
Kiana Monae Mike
Joshua Raymond Alphonso Miles
Jeff Jerome Miley III
Jazzmene Dionne Mitchell
Michael L. Mitchell II
Miracle QuiSondra Mitchell
Sheldon Quaid Moonsamy
Anthony Russell Moore
Ja’Bree Di’Sha Louise Moore
Ke’asia D. Moore
Vonte’ Bruce Mumford
Anna Elise Muralles
Alexis Mo’Nique Myers
Christina N. Ngo
Kimberly Thanh Nguyen
Tanner Thanh Nguyen
Thuy-Vy Justine Nguyen
Tuan Nguyen
Kristian Nathan Nicholas
Thanh Van Ours
Eric Lorenzo Pearson
Hayley Michele Peregoy
Marquel L. Perry
Jabria Powell
Trent Cameron Price
Samanta M. Quezada-Cruz
Laura Dawn Ragan
Marcus Jerome Rhaney
Christina Victoria Rhone
Peter Anthony Rivera-Ayers
Daijiah Shaquone Roberts
Ellery Bernard Roberts Jr.
Brian Antonio Robinson
Evelyn Nyila Robinson
Justin Jerome Robinson
Nyheem Akbarr Robinson
Olivia Elizabeth Robinson
Edgar Daniel Rodriguez
Kevin Jerome Rodway
Ymani Halle Rogers
Michael Royal
Chelsea Marie Ruth
Jourdan Shabre’ Sams
Altenesha Shida Scott
Charles Scott
Michael Scott Jr.
Amanda Peyton Seabolt
Jordan Malik Sheppard
Trevor JeMaun Shinhoster
Marlon Shacour Shuman
Danielle Atyanna Simmons
Josiah Emmanuel Singleton
Akeria Camille Smith
Bailee Blue Smith
DeShay Lillian Smith
Malachi Devin Smith
Nickala Keyana Smith
Zakiya Adanna Smith
David Owen Smulevitz
Alexander Devante’ Speight
Tommy Anthony Steeley Jr.
Chandler Brooke Steffen
Jennifer Michelle Stewart
Natalie Ann Taylor
Tasha Nichole Taylor
Thomas Thurmond Taylor
Brandon Alexander Thomas
Christina Angelique Thomas
MiAngele’ Cherelle Thomas
Ny’Shae Victoria Thomas
Tori Deja Sa’Kiyah LaNaire Thomas
Schiesha Marteza Thompson
William Trenholm Todd
Sincere Trinidad
Leon Turner
Elizabeth A.Ventura
Karen Nicole Waggoner
Fabian Wagner
Brian Adam Walker
Shae’lah Synclair Walker
Shanell Ashley Walker
Melissa Paisley Walton
Dajia Z. Watson
Robert E. Webber
Khalil Yorel Weston
Tripp Alexander Whitcomb
McKenna C. Whited
Arlesia Nicole Wildman
Lucas DeSena Wilkoszynski
Bailey Alexander Williams
Conner Joseph Williams
Coryn Alisa Williams
Larry B.Williams III
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24-hour jail bookings for Savannah-Chatham County are now posted. Visit booked.savannahnow.com to view photos and information.
All information has been obtained from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department.
All individuals posted have not been convicted of a crime and are innocent until proven guilty.
After more than seven years and a move 2,800 miles across the country, Christopher Jones thought he'd left behind reminders of the arrest that capped a bitter break-up. That was, until he searched the Internet last month and came face-to-face with his 2006 police mug shot.
The information below the photo, one of millions posted on commercial website mugshots.com, did not mention that the apartment Jones was arrested for burglarizing was the one he'd recently moved out of, or that Florida prosecutors decided shortly afterward to drop the case. But, otherwise, the digital media artist's run-in with the law was there for anyone, anywhere, to see. And if he wanted to erase the evidence, says Jones, now a resident of Livermore, Calif., the site's operator told him it would cost $399.
Jones said he was angered by the terms of the offer, but no more so than scores of other people across the country discovering that past arrests — many for charges eventually dismissed or that resulted in convictions later expunged — make them part of an unwilling, but potentially enormous customer base for a fast-proliferating number of mug shot web sites.
With a business model built on the strengths of technology, the weaknesses of human nature and the reach of the First Amendment, the sites are proving that in the Internet age, old assumptions about people's ability to put the past behind them no longer apply.
The sites, some charging fees exceeding $1,000 to "unpublish" records of multiple arrests, have prompted lawsuits in Ohio and Pennsylvania by people whose mug shots they posted for a global audience. They have also sparked efforts by legislators in Georgia and Utah to pass laws making it easier to remove arrest photos from the sites without charge or otherwise curb the sites.
But site operators and critics agree that efforts to rein them in treads on uncertain legal ground, made more complicated because some sites hide their ownership and location and purport to operate from outside the U.S.
"The First Amendment gives people the right to do this," said Marc G. Epstein, an attorney in Hallandale, Fla. who said he represents the operator of mugshots.com, which lists an address on the Caribbean island of Nevis. "I don't think there was ever a First Amendment that contemplated the permutations of communication that we have now."
Operators of some sites say they're performing a public service, even as they seek profit.
"I absolutely believe that a parent, for instance, has a right to know if their kid's coach has been arrested... I think the public has a right to know that and I feel they have a right to know that easily, accessibly and not having to go to a courthouse," said Arthur D'Antonio III, CEO of justmugshots.com, a Nevada-based site that started in early 2012 and now claims a database of more than 10 million arrest photos.
But critics are skeptical.
"I can't find any public interest that's served if you are willing to take it (a mug shot) down if I give you $500. Then what public interest are you serving?," said Roger Bruce, a state representative from the Atlanta area who authored a law, set to take effect July 1, requiring sites to remove photos free for those arrested in Georgia if they can show that charges have since been dismissed.
Scott Ciolek, a Toledo lawyer who last year brought suit against four sites on behalf of two Ohioans dismayed to find their arrest photos online, said the mug shot publishers are taking advantage of people's embarrassment to unfairly squeeze them for profit.
"The individuals who are victims of these extortions want as little attention on them as possible, if you know what I'm saying," Ciolek said.
The mug shot sites are just the latest ventures harnessing the Internet to aggregate information that previously would have taken considerable time, trouble or expense for ordinary people to uncover. That power underlies sites like ancestry.com, which compiles genealogical information including birth and death certificates, census and immigration records and other public documents in a forum that makes it much easier than previously possible for Americans to trace their family roots.
Arrest records are also widely considered to be public information and have long been collected by reporters making the rounds of police stations and courthouses. But before the advent of the web, an arrest on a charge of, say, disorderly conduct might have been printed in a local newspaper's police blotter and then mostly been forgotten.
The mug shot sites' operators use "web-scraping" programs to easily collect information from scores of police websites — and as a Texas lawsuit filed by one site operator against another shows, sometimes even to snatch those same photos from competitors. What used to be strictly local is now global, and a new tension results: Release of information widely regarded as necessarily public is, in aggregated form, viewed as potentially violating privacy.
"Certainly the world has changed in terms of the accessibility of historical information," said Jeff Hermes, director of the Digital Media Law Project at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. "My concern is that efforts to create a so-called 'right to be forgotten' run the risk of becoming laws that allow individuals to edit history, and that's dangerous, especially if it winds up being applied to public governmental records."
But some of those whose photos have turned up on the sites say charging people to erase the evidence of an arrest is abusive.
Phillip Kaplan, one of the two people who brought the Ohio lawsuit, said he thought he had moved past the embarrassment of June 2011 when police, responding to complaints of a loud porchfront party he was attending during the city's Old West End festival, charged him with failure to disperse. Kaplan, who is 35, said he declined an offer by prosecutors to plead guilty to a lesser charge, and eventually the case was dismissed.
In the meantime, though, Kaplan walked into a convenience store to find his mug shot on the cover of the weekly Buckeyes Behind Bars, alongside the headline "Hot Summer for Sex Offenders." The publication says on its website that it charges $59 to those who've been arrested and want to avoid having their photo printed. Soon after, friends told him his mug shot was published on some of the online sites and later he was asked about the arrest during a job interview.
Kaplan said he understands the value to the public of publishing arrest photos, particularly for sexual predators. "That makes sense," he said, but not for lesser charges. "I mean, should there be a jaywalkers' directory?"
Jones, whose April 2006 arrest by sheriff's deputies near Orlando, Fla., turned up online, said he suspects the availability of his mug shot might be affecting his search for employment.
"I've been putting out so many resumes and people's reactions are just funny. They're really excited, they've seen my resume somewhere and then all of a sudden it's like I have an infectious disease," said Jones, who is 34 and now a college student in California.
The lawsuit filed on Kaplan's behalf, though, does not go after the websites for posting the photos. Instead, it accuses the sites of violating Ohio's publicity rights law by wrongfully using people's images for commercial purposes. Ciolek, the lawyer, said he's fielded more than 20 calls a day from people interested in joining the suit since filing it last December.
A separate suit by a Sicklerville, N.J., man, Daryoush Taha, filed in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia in December, charges that officials in Bucks County, Pa., failed to remove a 1998 mug shot taken after police intervened in a parking lot dispute between Taha and his girlfriend. Taha accepted placement into a program called Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition and after completing community service in 2000 his record was automatically expunged. But his photo remained on the jail website and in 2011 was republished by mugshots.com.
"Listen, the whole purpose behind having your records expunged is to give you a second opportunity when you make a mistake," said Alan Denenberg, the lawyer for Taha in the suit against police, other agencies and the website. But Denenberg said that while he had served the suit on a Delaware firm that registered mugshots.com as a limited liability corporation in the state, he has no idea who owns the website or where it operates.
The mugshots.com site says it is owned by Openbare Dienst Internationale LLC -- a name whose first two words are Dutch for "public service"— and lists an address in Nevis that belongs to a different corporate registration agent. People who want to remove their arrest photos are directed to a link for a partner, Unpublish LLC, which lists the address of yet another registration agent, in the south American country of Belize. A phone number for Unpublish, listed on its Internet domain paperwork, rings to a fourth registry agent, also in Belize.
Epstein, who says he handles some public relations functions for the site as well as providing legal counsel, would not provide details of its ownership or location and a message left for the operator with one of the Belize agents was not returned.
"We know we're going to be talked down. We understand it. Nobody likes meter maids, nobody likes traffic tickets and nobody likes mug shots, but we operate legally and in the realm of what we do, totally accurately," Epstein said.
A competitor, mugshotsworld.com, lists an address in Russia, with a number on its registration paperwork that rings to a fax machine.
D'Antonio, who said he started justmugshots.com while working as chief technology officer of a Minneapolis web marketing company and recently relocated to a Nevada city he would not identify, was otherwise forthcoming.
He said he started the site after a friend asked for help manipulating web searches to "push down" a mug shot from his arrest on an alcohol-related charge. D'Antonio said that, in the process of doing so, he looked into the law covering mug shots, discovered they were public information and realized that, with his computer skills, that presented a business opportunity.
But he acknowledges that publishing the photos and charging people to take them down contradicts the sentiment of helping his friend. He said he has tried to act responsibly by removing photos at no cost for those who can show all charges have been dismissed, they were found not guilty, were under 18 at the time or for those who have since died.
"Then it becomes a balancing act and it's a very, very tough line to walk and one that we absolutely take very seriously, but there's very little black and white to it," D'Antonio said. He said he expects the business of aggregating and publishing largely overlooked public records to evolve rapidly, and thinks eventually his company could partner with local governments, doing work now handled by the agencies while offering them a new source of revenue.
Some of the mug shot sites list numerous affiliated sites, often breaking down arrests by state. Bruce, the Georgia legislator, said calls to numbers listed on some sites were answered by what sounded like the same person, prompting concerns that a payment to erase a photo from one site might prompt the same photo to turn up on another.
But Epstein, the Florida lawyer, said the site he represents is "not Whackamole-y. You don't hit the head down in one portion of the arcade game and it pops up somewhere else. That's not our model at all."
The new Georgia law attempts to curb the for-profit mug shot sites, requiring them to remove photos at no charge for those who were arrested in the state and can prove charges are dismissed, an idea that site operator D'Antonio said he supports. But the legislator acknowledges the law's protections are limited in scope and its effectiveness will become clear only when it is tested in court. Some of those whose arrest photos have turned up online, though, see little recourse for their frustration.
Nicholas Ingebretsen, a college student in Savannah, Ga., is anything but proud of his arrest this past February, charged with disorderly conduct for throwing an empty bottle in a parking lot outside a bar. When a police officer asked what he was doing, Ingebretsen said he replied, "being an idiot, I guess."
But when his mug shot showed up on three different commercial sites, Ingebretsen said he was mortified. He heard about Bruce's bill and called one of the sites to request removal of the photo without charge. But the person who answered told him repeatedly that the website was exempt from the Georgia law, he said.
"They said read the bill. I said I did read the bill," Ingebretsen said.
"I'm not going to argue with you," the man on the other end of the line answered. Then he hung up.
MIRAMAR, Fla. — A teen watching NBA Finals postgame coverage in South Florida was hit by what police believe was celebratory gunfire.
Fifteen-year-old Brandon Reid says he was watching Miami Heat basketball players celebrate their world championship Thursday when a bullet came through his mother's sliding glass door and grazed his skull under the ear.
Reid told reporters Saturday that it felt like a rock hit him.
Police say they think the bullet came from celebratory gunfire prompted by the Heat's win. South Florida authorities routinely warn people about the dangers of firing into the air to celebrate holidays or other occasions.
Reid is from the Atlanta area and was visiting his mother in Miramar. His doctors say he'll make a full recovery.
Zunzi’s Takeout & Catering opened a new and bigger location at 9 Drayton Street on Saturday night. The new venue serves as an evening and late night spot for locals and tourists to grab their favorite meals from the popular sandwich joint while also enjoying live music and a full bar.
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The inaugural Savannah Summer Solstice Music & Arts Festival kicked off on Friday and carried on through Sunday despite scattered showers in the Coastal Empire.
JOHANNESBURG— Nelson Mandela's health has deteriorated and he is now in critical condition, the South African government said Sunday.
The office of President Jacob Zuma said in a statement that he had visited the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader at a hospital Sunday evening and was informed by the medical team that Mandela's condition had become critical in the past 24 hours.
"The doctors are doing everything possible to get his condition to improve and are ensuring that Madiba is well-looked after and is comfortable. He is in good hands," Zuma said in the statement, using Mandela's clan name.
Zuma also met Graca Machel, Mandela's wife, at the hospital in Pretoria and discussed the former leader's condition, according to the statement. Zuma was accompanied on the visit by Cyril Ramaphosa, the deputy president of the country's ruling party, the African National Congress.
Mandela was jailed for 27 years under white racist rule and released in 1990. He then played a leading role in steering the divided country from the apartheid era to democracy, becoming South Africa's first black president in all-race elections in 1994. He was hospitalized on June 8 for what the government said was a recurring lung infection.
In Sunday's statement, Zuma also discussed the government's acknowledgement a day earlier that an ambulance carrying Mandela to the hospital two weeks ago had engine trouble, requiring the former president to be transferred to another ambulance for his journey to the hospital.
"There were seven doctors in the convoy who were in full control of the situation throughout the period. He had expert medical care," Zuma said. "The fully equipped military ICU ambulance had a full complement of specialist medical staff including intensive care specialists and ICU nurses. The doctors also dismissed the media reports that Madiba suffered cardiac arrest. There is no truth at all in that report."
Mandela is seen by many around the world as a symbol of reconciliation, and Zuma appealed to South Africans and the international community to pray for the ailing ex-president, his family and the medical team attending to him.
The ruling party expressed concern about the deterioration in Mandela's health.
"We welcome the work being done by The Presidency to ensure that South Africans and people of the world are kept informed on the state of Madiba's health," the party said. "The African National Congress joins The Presidency in calling upon all of us to keep President Mandela, his family and his medical team in our thoughts and prayers during this trying time."
Prior to Zuma's statement late Sunday, reports from the government, former President Thabo Mbeki and a grandson of Mandela had indicated that the health of Mandela was improving, even though he has been in the hospital for treatment several times in recent months. Mandela last made a public appearance in 2010, and has become increasingly frail in recent years.
On April 29, state television broadcast footage of a visit by Zuma and other leaders of the African National Congress to Mandela's home. Zuma said at the time that Mandela was in good shape, but the footage — the first public images of Mandela in nearly a year — showed him silent and unresponsive, even when Zuma tried to hold his hand.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Michael Antonio hit a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Lexington Legends to a 4-3 victory over the Savannah Sand Gants on Sunday.
After a strong seven-inning start from Luis Cessa, Beck Wheeler came in in the bottom of the eighth with Savannah up 3-1 facing a two-on, no-out jam. He couldn’t wiggle out, with the tying runs scoring on a single by Bubba Starling and a sacrifice fly.
Antonio, the first batter in the ninth, and homered to left.
Before running into trouble, Cessa gave up five hits, three runs, walked two and struck out five.
Cole Frenzel hit a solo home run for Savannah in the fourth, and Jeff Glenn homered in the seventh.
Savannah’s other run came in the eighth on a single by Glenn.
The Sand Gnats travel to Augusta today to start a three game series. Game time is 7:05 p.m.
Savannah ab r h bi Lexington ab r h bi
Zurcher 2b 4 0 1 0 Gore lf 3 1 0 0
Pina dh 5 0 0 0 Mondesi ss 4 1 1 0
Nimmo cf 5 0 0 0 Threlkeld 1b 3 0 0 0
Sabol lf 3 0 0 0 Donato dh 3 1 2 1
M.De La Crz rf 3 0 0 0 Starling cf 4 0 2 1
Pron rf 1 0 0 0 Gallagner c 4 0 0 1
Frenzel 1b 3 2 1 1 Antonio 3b 4 1 1 1
Y.De La Crz 3b 3 0 1 0 Ford rf 2 0 1 0
Glenn c 3 1 2 2 Espinal 2b 3 0 0 0
Evans ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3 Totals 30 4 7 4
Savannah 000 100 110—3
Lexington 000 000 121—4
E—Y. De La Cruz. LOB—Savannah 9, Lexington 6. 2B—Donato. HR—Frenzel (5), Glenn (2), Antonio (2). SF—Donato.
SAVANNAH IP H R ER BB SO
Cessa 7 5 3 3 2 5
Wheeler L, 0-4 1 2 1 1 0 1
LEXINGTON IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons 3 2/3 2 1 1 6 1
Williams 3 1 1 1 1 7
Murray 2 1/3 2 1 1 1 5
T—2:46. A—4,005.
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