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3 weeks ago | 
wrdw.com | Meredith Anderson |Hector Muñoz |Héctor Muñoz
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - We have an update from 12 On Your Side Investigates, following an attack on an Augusta woman. “I loved that man,” said Matilyn Ward, “until he tried to kill me.”Her estranged husband had broken into her house and started wiping her down with gasoline. He had a gun. Richmond County deputies arrive just in time to save her life, interrupting a plan to set her on fire. “This could have been stopped way before it happened,” said Matilyn.
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1 month ago | 
wrdw.com | William Rioux |Hector Muñoz |Héctor Muñoz
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit that had been filed against him by a former employee. Mediation was held last Friday in the case involving allegations by Brenda Johnson. Attorneys on both sides came to an agreement and worked out a settlement after a seven- to eight-hour meeting.
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1 month ago | 
wrdw.com | Meredith Anderson |Hector Muñoz |Héctor Muñoz
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - We have some big updates after a 12 On Your Side investigation into military moves: There’s been a personnel change at the top and new initiatives are being launched to protect families’ interests. For months now, we’ve been exposing problems with the private company that’s supposed to be in charge of those moves. The military is in the middle of a transition to a new program called the Global Household Goods Contract.
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1 month ago | 
wrdw.com | Meredith Anderson |Hector Muñoz |Héctor Muñoz
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2 months ago | 
wrdw.com | Meredith Anderson |Hector Muñoz |Héctor Muñoz
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - More veterans are now eligible for medical benefits under the PACT Act. PACT stands for a Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics. The law promises to help more veterans by making the process of getting benefits easier. 12 on your side investigates if that’s happening. Smoke filled the sky on the day Charles Bryhan decided to join the military.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
wrdw.com | Liz Owens |Hector Muñoz |Héctor Muñoz
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Wallet Hub released its list of healthiest and unhealthiest cities in America, and Augusta came in at the bottom as the fifth unhealthiest city in the nation. The ranking factors include access to food, healthcare, green space and recreational facilities. On Tuesday, commissioners will continue the discussion of procuring an audit of the Parks and Recreation Department. This comes after an internal investigation led to the director’s resignation earlier this year.
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May 23, 2024 | 
wrdw.com | Meredith Anderson |Hector Muñoz |Héctor Muñoz
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - As the graduates from Cross Creek High School file in to take their seats, joy in the James Brown Arena is palpable. Everywhere you look, there’s a loved one celebrating. Quanda Ball should be one of them. The 43-year-old’s body was found in a car at Pendleton King Park Tuesday. Investigators are calling her death “suspicious.”“She would have been clapping and yelling and screaming,” said Krystle Johnson.
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May 16, 2024 | 
wrdw.com | William Rioux |Hector Muñoz |Héctor Muñoz
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The I-TEAM is working to get answers for you as the investigation into Augusta’s 911 Center and emergency response throughout Richmond County continues. For months the I-TEAM has gathered emails, documents and reports about the Augusta Fire Department and how it responds to emergency calls. With life-saving services, every second counts.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
wrdw.com | Meredith Anderson |Hector Muñoz |Héctor Muñoz |Estelle Parsley
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - News 12 has learned a deputy arrested over the use of force at the jail was still working at the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office while fighting DUI charges. Daniel D’Aversa is among five officers arrested so far with a sixth facing similar charges in connection with a response to a conflict with inmates at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center on May 7, 2022.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
wrdw.com | Meredith Anderson |Hector Muñoz |Héctor Muñoz
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Our I-TEAM has new video from an incident that happened nearly two years ago at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center in Richmond County. At least five law enforcement officers have been arrested and charged in connection to the incident. It happened on May 7, 2002, but the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Internal Affairs Division said it was only made aware of it this past Thursday.
