Local Held for ATF
Laurens City Police assisted Federal Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms yesterday with the arrest of a local man for federal charges. 24-year-old Courtney Quentez Mims of 119...
View ArticleAfternoon Break-in & Assault
Charges of Burglary and Criminal Domestic Violence are being sought today following a Sheriff’s Office response to a residence in Western Laurens County yesterday afternoon. Somewhere between 4:15 and...
View ArticleBurglary Charges
Clinton Public Safety arrested a local man yesterday morning in connection with an alleged break-in of a South Bell Street residence last month. 25-year-old Shalamar Sharif Rice of 1307 Gary Street,...
View ArticleCPW Approves Total System Rate Study
All rates now charged for electricity, natural gas, water and sewer by the Laurens Commission of Public Works will soon be coming under careful study. The CPW yesterday approved a total system rate...
View ArticleNew Water Treatment Process Starts Today
The Laurens CPW today begins a new treatment process for water coming from Lake Rabon in an attempt to get products out of the water that, while safe to drink, do create taste and color issues. We...
View ArticleFTC Card Fraud in Cross Hill
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested 34-year-old Angel Marie Sheppard of 1321 Young Road, Clinton and charged her with Four Counts of Financial Transaction Card Fraud this spring....
View Article3 Forged Checks $800 & Up
A Laurens man was arrested yesterday on charges of presenting forged checks on two victim’s accounts over the past two months. Laurens City Police charged 45-year-old John David Latimore Jr. of 1255...
View ArticleArrest in Theft of $5-10 Thousand
Clinton Public Safety yesterday served charges on a Charlotte man for a restaurant burglary in Clinton last fall. 23-year-old Rashad Lamar Waller of 1611 Washington Street, Charlotte is charged with...
View ArticleAlcohol Sales at Ticketed Laurens City Events
To drink or not to drink at city-ticketed events was the controversial question at last night’s Laurens City Council Meeting. Director of Parks and Recreation Jason Pridgen presented new executive...
View ArticleNew 5-Point Strategic Action Plan for Economic Development
A new Strategic Action Plan for the Economic Development of Laurens County was approved yesterday by the board of the Laurens County Development Corporation. The plans were developed this year during a...
View ArticleTrail Of Grease Shows Route of Thieves
With new environmentally friendly trends for recycling of used materials, cooking grease from restaurants has become an asset for new uses, such as bio-diesel fuel. So perhaps we shouldn’t be...
View ArticleStill Improved Traffic Fatality Stats
As of July 14, 363 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 451 highway deaths in this same time period in 2012. The 363 fatalities include 38 pedestrians, 55 motorcyclists and six...
View ArticleOne Charged Armed Robbery, Two with Conspiracy
A man wanted in connection with an Armed Robbery in Clinton on Tuesday was booked by Clinton Public Safety about a half hour after midnight this morning. An alleged co-conspirator, who had been...
View ArticleLaurens Mayor Appoints a City Administrator
For the first time in over eight years, the City of Laurens is going to have a City Administrator. Mayor Sharon Brownlee yesterday announced that City Clerk Gary Coleman has been appointed to the...
View ArticleCorn Meal as Weapon of Choice
Laurens County Deputy Sheriff Devin Hodges was dispatched to a residence on Bramlett Road, Laurens at 10:11 last night regarding a domestic situation. He reports that on arrival he observed a resident...
View ArticleSuspects Identified by Check
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office has two suspects in a case of Fraud or Breach of Trust they were alerted to last evening. A man who now lives in Myrtle Beach said he was notified by a friend of...
View Article$75,000 Bond on Armed Robbery Charges
Bonds totaling $75,000 were set yesterday on a 17-year-old charged with an Armed Robbery earlier this week. Clinton Public Safety arrested 17-year-old Eugene Dazanta Kinard of 900 Elizabeth Street,...
View Article1st Degree Burglary Charged
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested a suspect in connection with a 1st Degree Burglary in Upper Laurens County earlier this month. 32-year-old Thomas Preston Jenkins of 200 Valley...
View ArticleArmed Robbery Victim Just Sitting on His Porch
Laurens Police were dispatched to a Lurey Street residence at 5:47 yesterday afternoon on an Armed Robbery report. A man in his mid-70s indicated he had been sitting on his front porch when three...
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Laurens Police Host School Tragedy Training
Laurens Police in Training With the new school year fast approaching, Laurens Police Department yesterday used an actual school location to sponsor a multi-jurisdictional training for first...
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