Public Safety

James  Patrick “Pat” McCormick will serve a minimum of 60 years in prison for raping a child in 2019. Jury selection began yesterday in Columbus County Superior Court, and McCormick entered a guilty plea today (July 30), according to a press release from District Attorney Jon David. McCormick was arrested in 2020 after his victim was taken to Columbus Regional for treatment. The girl, who was 11 at...

A woman who allegedly brandished a handgun at a group of people has been arrested. Ernestine Victoria Jackson, 61, of 107 Mill Stream Apartments, Brunswick, was released on a $20,000 unsecured bond. She faces a single charge of going armed to the terror of the public. Deputies were called to the Mill Stream apartments to a report of a disturbance when they were informed that a woman had...

Deputies are searching for a bandit who couldn’t quite complete a robbery in Brunswick. The sheriff’s office reported that a clerk called 911 after the unidentified male came into the store around 6:30 p.m. and “implied possession of a weapon.” The suspect then attempted to rob the store, the report said. When he was unsuccessful, he grabbed $10 worth of merchandise and fled the scene. No cash was...