Public Safety

Almost exactly four years after Joshua Blake Teder’s death, Nigel Tasheem Bracey was sentenced to prison for second degree murder today (April 5). Bracey, 35, pleaded guilty to second degree murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, and habitual felon in Columbus County Superior Court before Judge C. Ashley Gore. He was sentenced to 29 to 36 years in prison. Tedder was found in his wrecked car...

The final suspect has been sentenced for his part in the October 2018 killing of Highway Patrol Trooper Kevin Conner. Raheem Davis, 27, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact and probation violation in Columbus County Superior Court today (April 4). He was sentenced to a total of 6.65 to 11 years in prison, with  5.5 years credit for time served. On Oct. 16, 2018, Davis was behind...

The second defendant in a brutal 2021 murder was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday. Jamaal Omar Green, 37, was found guilty of first degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon in the 2021 killing of Jacqueline Landreth. Green and Timothy Cain II kidnapped Landreth, stole her truck and cell phone before shooting her in the head and slashing her throat, according to testimony. Landreth was reported...