The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office has filed charges against the driver who stuck and critically injured a 14 year old South Effingham School student in May. Effingham County Sheriff’s investigators have obtained warrants for Jonathan Chase Skaggs, 29, for felony serious injury by vehicle, and reckless driving.
On May 16th, Dylan Cain was walking down Glenwood Drive to his bus stop on Highway 30 when Skaggs struck him while driving in a reckless manner. Investigators have been gathering all of the facts over the past several weeks by interviewing witnesses, the offender, and the victim.
Cain was airlifted to Memorial Health University Medical Center after the crash where he remained in critical condition for several days. At last report, Cain was taken to an out of town rehabilitation center. Anyone with information on Skaggs whereabouts is asked to contact the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office at 912-754-3449.
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The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office, works toward creating a high quality of life in the community by actively working with citizens to reduce crime and the fear of crime and to protect the lives and property of citizens from criminal act or traffic mishap. In order to accomplish our mission, we will concentrate our efforts on cooperative proactive crime prevention measures, engage in visible and directed patrol to deter crime and traffic problems; to utilize human initiative, systematic and thorough techniques and available technology to identify, apprehend and bring to justice criminal offenders; to recover and return stolen property to victims as quickly as possible, to move traffic as safely and expeditiously as possible, generally provide assistance to citizens in urgent situations, and to provide the highest level of public service directed toward community problem solving. The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office will enforce the law in a fair and impartial manner, recognizing both the statutory and judicial limitations of police authority and the constitutional rights of all persons. It is not the role of the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office to legislate, render legal judgments, or punish. The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office serves the people of the County by providing law enforcement service in a professional and courteous manner and it is to these people that the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office is ultimately responsible.
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