Undercover Drug Deals March 22nd and 23rd
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested a Wattsville man on Drug Distribution charges from alleged undercover sales in March. 30-year-old Joseph Xavier Williams of 31 Smythe Street, Laurens was also...
View ArticleKids in Protective Custody, Mom & Boyfriend to Jail
Laurens Police responded to an apartment on Independence Avenue at 8:56 last night after a man called with concern for his 9-year-old daughter, who had reportedly called to say her mother’s boyfriend...
View Article9 Charged with Attempts to Purchase In Past 3 Months
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office arrested nine people yesterday on charges they attempted to purchase more than 9 grams of ephedrine products in a 30-day period. Warrants signed by Deputy Steven...
View ArticlePRTC Names Randy Lis General Manager
Randy Lis has been named General Manager of Piedmont Rural Telephone Cooperative. The Michigan native joined PRTC as a telecommunications consultant in 2010. He accepted a full-time position with the...
View ArticleStolen F-350 Dually
The Sheriff’s Office received a report yesterday morning about the theft of a 1999 F-350 Dually truck from the Gray Court area. The owner said his truck had been parked in front of his shop, but was...
View ArticleBroken Sunglasses, Arrest Resisted
A man was booked overnight in the Laurens County Detention Center on multiple charges. 53-year-old Timothy Eugene “Timbo” Smith of 3342 Warrior Creek Church Road, Gray Court was charged with Malicious...
View ArticleNow 12 Charged in Ephedrine Purchase Investigation
Arrests of people accused of attempting to purchase illegal amounts of Ephedrine products continued yesterday. After booking nine people Wednesday from the Sheriff’s Office investigation, three more...
View ArticleGive It Your Best Guess
As local school boards work on budgets for the upcoming 2015-2016 school year, decisions are having to be made without all the facts fully known. At the District 55 School Board meeting this week,...
View Article$100,000 Bond & Going Higher
A young man arrested by Laurens Police Monday night on Drug and Firearms charges has now also been charged by State Probation and Parole. 21-year-old Demavia Rahfe Rice of 7387 Highway 308, Laurens was...
View ArticleCrop of Marijuana Plants
Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute was the charge yesterday as the Sheriff’s Office arrested 44-year-old Harry Lee Knight Jr. of 3342 Warrior Creek Church Road, Gray Court. Deputy...
View ArticleSaying “No” to Prison Rape
Sheriff’s Major Joe Tyson, Administrator of the Johnson Detention Center, updated Laurens County Council this week on the jail’s recent certification, complying with the “Prison Rape Elimination Act.”...
View ArticleMeth Manufacture & Trafficking
Methamphetamine Manufacturing and Trafficking charges were served on a Joanna woman yesterday, following her arrest Wednesday by the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office. 34-year-old Nancy Dale Seymour of...
View ArticleRegistration Time Almost Gone for County Council Seat 3
Laurens County Democratic and Republic Primaries are just one month way, set for Tuesday, June 2nd to fill the unexpired term of Laurens County Council Seat 3 held for years by the late Ed McDaniel....
View ArticleRaider Baseball Game Time on Saturday Announced
Coach Dale Nelson has announced that the time for the Raider baseball game with York is now set for 7:00 pm tomorrow. The Raiders must win this game to continue in the playoffs. As a reminder, the Lady...
View ArticleFishing Violation, Held for Drug Charge
A Ware Shoals man spent the night in the Laurens County Detention Center. He was arrested at 8:45 last night by DNR on a Fishing Violation in the vicinity of Irwin Mill Road and the Saluda River. He...
View Article13 & 17-Year-Olds Smiling After “Mutual Combat”
Laurens Police were called to Watts Street at 4:39 Sunday afternoon by a Deputy Sheriff who was out on a fight-in-progress. Officer Woody reported arriving to learn that two sisters, 17 and...
View ArticleAssault by Stick
A report of a man being beaten with a stick dispatched Laurens Police to Green Street this weekend. On arrival officers found a stick lying in the roadway just past the railroad crossing, but no one...
View ArticleBurglary, Domestic Assault & Simple Assault
Clinton Public Safety responded to an apartment at 1321 South Broad at 42 minute after midnight Friday morning on an assault report. Officers Kuykendall and Yelton met with a Mountville woman who said...
View ArticleBonds Total $150,000
Bonds of $100,000 were set on four drug and firearms charges for a man arrested last Monday night allegedly being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm, and in possession of a large quantity of...
View ArticleBeer Bottle Assault
Sheriff’s Lt. Marlon Higgenbotham responded to Craine’s Park, Laurens Code 3 at 11:21 Saturday night on an assault report. On arrival, a woman reported her ex-boyfriend had thrown a Heineken at her....
View Article