Disorderly Conduct & Resisting Arrest
Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest were alleged in an arrest by Laurens City Police. Laurens Lt. David Brewer issued tickets on 18-year-old Heather Brooke Campell of 2221 Indian Mound Road,...
View ArticleThinks She Broke Her Hand, Hitting Boyfriend in Face
Corporal Jimmy Johnson was dispatched to a location on Highway 49 outside Laurens at 10:00 yesterday morning on a domestic assault report. He met a Spartanburg woman who said she and her boyfriend had...
View ArticleDisorderly Yesterday + Assault Alleged from July
Laurens City Police yesterday charged 23-year-old Lotoya Catanelous Craig of 218 Spring Street #165, Laurens with Assault and Battery 3rd Degree. Officer Thibodeau states that an investigation of...
View ArticleMultiple Charges from Wreck Last December
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday charged a man with Malicious Damage from an incident last year on December 3rd. 40-year-old Danny Orlando Wharton 2771 Brockman-McClimon Road, Greer was charged with...
View ArticleDHEC Charges Allege Prescription Violations
The Highway Patrol arrested a Simpsonville man yesterday and delivered him to the Johnson Detention Center. There, 60-year-old John Andrew Stafford of 105 Hudders Creek Way, Simpsonville was served...
View ArticleSLED Charges Local with Domestic Violence
The State Law Enforcement Division yesterday arrested a Laurens area resident on a Domestic Violence charge from an alleged assault on his wife last month. 45-year-old Donald Orrin Evans of 481 Camp...
View ArticleClinton Garbage Collection Schedules to Change
Residents of the city of Clinton will soon see changes in the city’s garbage collection schedule. At the November meeting of Clinton City Council, City Manager Frank Stovall introduced the idea of...
View ArticleCouncilman Jones Proposes EMS Qualifications
In another controversial proposal, Councilman Jones requested that the county prepare and distribute a request for proposal qualifications to provide ambulance providers to participate in the county...
View ArticleCounty Council Concerned About Refugees
Concerns about terrorism and the relocation of Syrian refugees came home to roost in Laurens County at last night’s county council meeting. Councilman Stuart Jones presented resolution 2015-31 for...
View ArticleBleach Was Weapon Allegedly Used
Clinton Public Safety and EMS were dispatched to Clinton Manor at 2:50 yesterday afternoon, where a man indicated his girlfriend had been upset with him for not coming in the previous night. He said...
View ArticleArrest in Cross Hill Grand Larceny
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested a man in connection with a theft this past October. 44-year-old William Robert “Bobby” Wilson of 51 Carl Gray Road, Iva was charged with Grand Larceny. In a...
View ArticleMore Charges for Guadalupe
Yesterday we reported on the arrest of 47-year-old Ephraim Guadalupe of 503 Poole Town Road, Laurens, He was placed in the Johnson Detention Center on charges of Safecracking, Larceny and Criminal...
View ArticleEconomic Development Actions
Laurens County Council acted on several economic development matters this week. Council held a Public Hearing Tuesday night then conducted a 3rd vote to give final approval for amending an existing...
View ArticleArrest in Theft from Cars
Laurens County deputies yesterday continued their investigation of suspicious behavior in a parking lot at 970 Old Airport Road early Wednesday night. A man had fled toward the CB&I plant after a...
View ArticleDomestic Violence from Saturday Incident
Laurens City Police yesterday arrested a man from a domestic assault last Saturday. 38-year-old Shatner Simon “Shat” Dial of Unit 6 at 3940 Springdale Drive, Clinton was charged with Domestic Violence...
View ArticleOfficer Dismissed
Laurens Police Chief Sonny Ledda yesterday dismissed one of two Captains from the Department, following the officer’s arrest by the State Law Enforcement Division. 45-year-old Donald Orrin “Don” Evans...
View ArticleKidnapping Suspect to Detention Center on 17th Birthday
Clinton Public Safety yesterday delivered Phillip Anthony Copeland of 97 Palmetto Street, Clinton to the Johnson Detention Center, on his 17th birthday. Copeland is charged with Kidnapping and with...
View ArticleReasons for Having an S.R.O. In School
The role of School Resource Officers was discussed yesterday when Laurens Assistant Police Chief Chrissie Cofield addressed the Laurens Rotary Club. Assistant District 55 Superintendent Dr. George Ward...
View ArticleWednesday Night Fatal Wreck Discovered Thursday
A fatal wreck in Laurens County Wednesday night was apparently not discovered until yesterday afternoon. Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols identified the victim as 49-year-old Gail Marie Glymph of...
View ArticleTruck Break-In Alleged
A man reportedly spotted in a parking lot on Old Airport Road, Laurens was charged Friday with Break-In to an Automobile. 17-year-old Samuel William Harman of 56 Angel Court, Laurens was initially...
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