New details on baby kidnapping, car theft case in Augusta

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April 12, 2024

New details on baby kidnapping, car theft case in Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – We are learning more about the baby was who safely located after being kidnapped in a stolen car from the family’s driveway in Augusta this week.

The sheriff’s office says deputies responded to the 2100 Block of A Street at 9:07 p.m. on Wednesday about a motor vehicle theft with a 2-week-old baby inside.

The victim was unloading her vehicle when an unknown subject got into it and drove off with the baby in the backseat, officials say.

She told deputies they had just returned to their apartment from shopping. While unloading groceries, she walked her oldest child inside, deputies say.

The mother stated the vehicle was still running, but when she walked back out, her car was gone in an unknown direction, according to authorities.

According to the sheriff’s office, deputies began searching for the vehicle and child and located both approximately 15 minutes later near Lake Olmstead in a parking lot.

The suspect abandoned the vehicle and the child was found safe and reunited with the mother, officials say.

The only known stolen items were both the key fobs in the car, authorities say.

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From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

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4 hours ago

March 29, 2026

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From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- Augusta University baseball is in a three-game series matchup against the University of North Georgia.

AU is currently down in the series 0-2 after a close loss Friday and a loss Saturday.

But we aren’t focusing on the Jags, we’re going to take a look at North Georgia’s head coach, Nolan Belcher.

He is an Augusta native who began his career at Greenbrier and Augusta Christian.

He won three state championships, which then led him to play for the South Carolina Gamecocks.

There he won back-to-back national championships and finished runner up in 2012.

His coaching career began after that where he eventually joined the Peach belt Confrence, coaching at USCA and GCSU.

Now in his first season as head coach for the Nighthawks, he is happy to come home and coach in front of his friends and family.

“I’m very fortunate that I got family that, one is still around and they can come watch me do what I love. And, they’ve shown me, nothing but support throughout my whole coaching career and even back on my playing dates are very thankful and appreciative for everything they’ve done for me.”

AU and UNG will have their final series match on Sunday.

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