Crime continues to spike at Washington, Boy Scout Road

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The spike in crime continues at Washington and Boy Scout Street, two weeks in the past an worker discovered a physique in a room at Motel 6.

And the demise is taken into account suspicious.

Again in July somebody shot and killed two individuals at Knights Inn and a person got here head to head with burglars after they broke into his room at Motel 6.

It’s changing into a sample for that space close to the Washington Street interchange, so what’s being completed to chop down on the legal factor in a really high-traffic space of city?

We went to Washington Street Thursday evening. We additionally talked to Commissioner Sean Frantom about the issue.

They’re speaking about options however nobody is aware of what that appears like. Now it’s all about determining whom to carry accountable and learn how to repair a year-after-year drawback.

Sean Frantom, district 7 commissioner, says, “Frankly, we’ve obtained to carry these enterprise homeowners accountable as a result of it’s affecting different companies within the space.”

It’s the world Frantom represents.

“There’s additionally numerous intercourse and drug trafficking happening and prostitution that we all know happening,” Frantom says.

Together with murders and deaths inside open lodges.

Frantom says, “As a result of employees aren’t going into the rooms. They’re not figuring out what’s happening throughout the rooms of the lodges.”

You’ve additionally obtained deserted lodges welcoming undesirable visitors.

“We frankly, have to have a look at a few of these areas the place they’re letting stuff like that occur and say why,” Frantom says.

Why and the way which means how does the town create a brand new resolution to a not-so-new drawback?

Frantom says, “I feel the fee’s obtained to have a look at what we are able to implement extra to carry enterprise homeowners accountable.”

The query now’s can a brand new fee maintain one another accountable to make an extended overdue change?

“This isn’t nearly this space. That is about all of Richmond County. I imply, we’ve obtained dwelling circumstances and different elements of the district, I imply of the county that’s not the place they must be the place individuals are dwelling. We must be holding individuals accountable, and ensuring individuals are having protected environments the place they’ll reside.”

After we requested commissioner Frantom why he’s desirous to look onerous into this now, he stated it’s a brand new fee, a brand new mayor, and what he hopes new accountability.

However the fee is assembly subsequent Thursday to speak extra about code and compliance points over right here.

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