Theft Alleged
The Sheriff’s Office arrested a Laurens area man Saturday for an alleged theft earlier this month in the Wattsville Community. 49-year-old James Robert Blakely of 9 Copeland Street was charged with...
View ArticleCharges Kept Coming
Laurens Police served several warrants on a man after the Sheriff’s Office charged him with a two-year-old theft case. 30-year-old Ricky Dale Summerall Jr. “Rick” of 400 Douglas Street, Laurens was...
View ArticleShoplifting Dispatch Leads to More Charges
Clinton Public Safety responded to the CVS on Jacobs Highway at 11:39 Friday morning on report of a shoplifter. A woman was taken into investigative custody with items located on her that were...
View ArticleDrug & Traffic Charges in Early Morning Stop
Clinton Public Safety Officer Shane Harris made a traffic stop on a pickup observed without tail lights in the Lydia Mill area at 2:34 Friday morning and a resulting investigation led to the arrest...
View ArticleDrug & Chop Shop Charges on Two
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office has charged two people with multiple charges including Possession of Stolen Goods, Violation of the State’s Chop Shop Laws and Possession with Intent to...
View ArticleTollison Seeks Re-Election to County Council
“I just enjoy working with everyone on County Council. I like identifying problems and finding solutions.” So said Laurens County Councilman Keith Tollison as he announced on Friday that he would...
View ArticleFatality near Whitmire Saturday
An early Saturday morning head on collision with a tractor-trailer claimed the life of one Whitmire woman and left another in critical condition. The accident occurred at the Duncan Creek...
View ArticleTwo Men Charged with Assault: 1st and 2nd Degree
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested two men for alleged assaults on Saturday. 18-year-old Ryan Zane Jackson of 3302 Apple Orchard Road, Clinton was charged with Assault and Battery...
View ArticleMan Charged with Knife Assault on Three Others
Three men went to the hospital for treatment for injuries from a knife following an incident Downtown Clinton this weekend. Public Safety was dispatched to J-Press Apartments at 2:28 Saturday...
View ArticleScreaming Woman Taken to Jail, Along with Her Cousin
Laurens City Police were dispatched to an apartment at 800 Spring Street at 21 minutes after midnight this morning on a report of an assault between a man and his x-spouse. Dispatchers advised...
View ArticleCrimes Come in Twos – Twice
Deputy Kenneth Sibley was dispatched to Wells Road in the Owings area at 7:35 yesterday morning on a report of a theft from a construction site. He was advised that sometime since 8:30 Sunday...
View ArticleSix Month Sentence in Contempt of Family Court Case
A South Carolina Grand Strand resident received a six month sentence in Laurens County Family Court yesterday. 50-year-old Richey A. Scott of 213 Wildwood Place, Murrells Inlet was sentenced for...
View ArticleSheriff, Coroner at State Meeting
Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols and Laurens County Sheriff Ricky Chastain attended the 2014 annual South Carolina Association of Countywide Elected Executives (SCACEE) Spring Academy in North...
View Article$15 Billion Unfunded Retirement is SC to be Shared Locally
At the District 55 School Board meeting last night, CFO Smith gave an update on Retirement Liability Reporting as required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. A report states that The...
View ArticleClinton Looks at Need for New Emergency Vehicles
Police cars and fire trucks were a big part of the discussion at yesterday’s meeting of Clinton City Council. As Mayor Bob McLean and Council got their first look at the budget for the next...
View ArticleFILOT Funds Coming Up Short for Schools
Fees in Lieu of Taxes – called FILOTs – are used to lure new industry to Laurens County and elsewhere. The lower rates are needed to obtain industry in the competitive world marketplace. This year,...
View ArticleChoking Allegedly Caused Loss of Consciousness
Fountain Inn Police arrested a man Tuesday from an alleged domestic assault on Monday. 31-year-old Travis Laquentae Irby of 103 Golf Lane, Fountain Inn was charged with Criminal Domestic Violence....
View ArticleChild Neglect Alleged
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested 31-year-old Jeffery Scott Wooley of 101 Golf Lane, Fountain Inn on a charge of Child Neglect. A warrant states that on March 3rd Wooley placed...
View ArticleMeth Charges Pending, Following Arrest
An Upper Laurens County man was taken into custody last night after the alleged discovery of methamphetamine and meth-related items. Deputy Steven Sweat went to 285 Mt. Carmel Road, Fountain Inn at...
View ArticleChild Neglect Case
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested 31-year-old Jeffery Scott Wooley of 101 Golf Lane, Fountain Inn on a charge of Child Neglect. A warrant states that on March 3rd Wooley placed at unreasonable...
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