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Two arrested in Carswell murder

Two men have been arrested in connection to the Jan. 6 murder of Brian Carswell. Darius Savage, 23, of Hephzibah was booked on March 17, and Tommie Tennyson, 19, of Augusta turned himself in to the Burke County Sheriff’s Office on March 24. Both have been charged with murder, armed robbery, kidnapping and possession of a firearm during the commission […]

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