February Utility Damage from Ice & Vehicles
The cold, icy weather of a few weeks ago is giving way to warmer temperatures in our area. The Laurens Commission of Public Works this week received updates on how the utility system handled the wind...
View ArticleHey, it’s after 5:30 AM, Everyone to Bed!
Clinton Public Safety Officer Stephen Lawton was dispatched to a Florence Street residence at 5:28 yesterday morning on a report of a domestic dispute. At the scene a man named a woman there who he...
View ArticleStay Apart until You’re Sober
Clinton Public Safety Officer Stephen Lawton responded to East Bluford Street on a 911 hang-up at 20 minutes after midnight yesterday morning. He reported arriving at the house the call came from to...
View ArticleFailure to Show for Drug Charge
A Waterloo man was jailed yesterday on a Bench Warrant from Laurens County General Sessions Criminal Court regarding a drug charge. 31-year-old Johnathon Wendell “Johnny” Smith of 206 Sid Lee Road,...
View ArticleCouncil Questions Senior Home Financials
A financial presentation to the Clinton Senior Citizens Housing Authority was interrupted with questions earlier this week. Tallwood Homes in Clinton is owned by the Clinton Senior Citizens Housing...
View ArticleNight-time Break-in & Assault of Ex-Girlfriend
A man has been charged with breaking into an ex-girlfriend’s home and assaulting her last month. Arrested Wednesday, 40-year-old Anthony Dennis Massey of 586 Georgia Acres Road, Gray Court was served...
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Two Charged in Theft of Cell Tower Equipment Worth $65,000
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two suspects in connection with theft from a cell phone tower last night. Deputies responded to a cell tower located at 524 Hurricane Road, Gray Court...
View ArticleTwo Charged Yesterday with “Habitual Offender”
The Highway Patrol arrested two people on multiple charges, including being “Habitual Offender,” yesterday afternoon in Laurens County. 46-year-old Timothy Gerald Kinley of 202 Alston Street,...
View ArticleFive Domestic Arrests Friday thru This Morning
The Sheriff’s Office made an arrest Friday in connection with an alleged domestic assault. 25-year-old Billy Michael Evans of 3996 Bramlett Church Road, Gray Court was charged with Criminal Domestic...
View ArticleArrest Pending from Assault Saturday
Laurens Police responded to Faith Baptist Church on Greenwood Road at 12:24 Saturday afternoon on report of an assault. A woman indicated that the man with whom she has a child locked her in his car...
View ArticleNo Tag Light Leads to Drug Charges
Deputy Tyler Hunter and Lt Marlon Higgenbotham were patrolling on Penland Road, Laurens at 9:06 Friday night when they reportedly spotted a Chrysler Sebring with no tag light and made a traffic stop....
View ArticleMeth Waste Found
A suspected meth lab dispatched Sheriff’s Deputy Jamison Taylor to a location on Magnolia Street in Joanna at 2:35 Friday afternoon. He spoke with a man who said his workers had found a couple of old...
View ArticleContributing to Delinquency of Minor
A Laurens woman charged with Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor Friday for allegedly providing the child with the drink “Four Locos.” Laurens City Police arrested 32-year-old Rory Adrianne...
View ArticleFour Juvenile Females Charged
Laurens City Police this weekend dealt with a situation involving four female juveniles who had left home without permission. The girls ranged in age from 12 to 16. Officers responded to a location in...
View ArticleAdditional Charge to Warrant Served
The Sheriff’s Office arrived on Ridgecrest Drive, Fountain Inn at 2:32 Friday afternoon to execute arrest warrants on subjects who lived there. They found one of the wanted subjects lying on a couch...
View ArticleCriminal Sexual Conduct X 2
The Sheriff’s Office arrested a man Friday on allegations of criminal sexual activity over several years. 28-year-old Joshua Alan Payne of 62 Knight Drive, Gray Court was charged with two counts of...
View ArticleFirefighter Killed by Falling Tree
A firefighter with the Green Pond Fire Department was killed late yesterday while cutting a down tree in his yard. Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols said that 25-year-old Daniell Edward Kruger of 129...
View ArticleMan Suspects Woman Took Cash As He Slept
Laurens Police Sgt. James Nolen was dispatched to the Magnolia Inn on North Harper at 11:23 yesterday morning and met a Simpsonville man who reported the theft of $252 cash from his wallet. He said he...
View ArticleWomen Sends $550 for Dog That Doesn’t Arrive
A Gray Court area woman reported a case of Fraud to the Sheriff’s Office yesterday afternoon, saying she had determined she is the victim of a Confidence Game. She told Deputy Tomlinson that she had...
View Article$75,000 Bond on Probation Violation Charge
28-year-old Ashley Nicole Sheppard of 1661 Lakeview Drive, Laurens was booked yesterday on a Violation of Probation charge. She’s accused of failing to report January 26, 2015, of testing positive for...
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