Top Personnel Change for County Detention Center
A personnel change is coming in the management of Laurens County’s detention center. Sheriff Ricky Chastain informed Council Tuesday night /that Major Chris Hudson is leaving as Director of the Johnson...
View ArticleFormalizing EMS Backups
Laurens County Council discussed a formal agreement with private ambulance services at this Tuesday evening’s meeting. Council Member Diane Anderson, Chair of Council’s Committee on Health, Welfare and...
View Article$3 Million Expansion = 20 New Jobs
There was one economic development matter handled during this week’s County Council meeting. A local company that wants to remain anonymous at this time is planning a $3 million expansion project that...
View ArticleArrest from Traffic Safety Checkpoint
Clinton Public Safety made a drug arrest at 8:48 last night while conducting a traffic safety checkpoint. 23-year-old Corey Edmond James of 211 North Woodrow Street, Clinton was charged with Simple...
View Article“Brick” of Marijuana Recovered from Underwear
A failure to signal a traffic turn led to the arrest of three people and the confiscation of a ‘brick’ of marijuana last night. Laurens City Police Officer Logan Kanipe reported he was patrolling...
View ArticleWarrants Take Deputies to Alleged Meth Lab
Laurens County Deputies responded to a location at 70 Smullen Drive, Laurens at 2:19 Saturday morning to serve charges from Laurens Police, who wanted 48-year-old Larry Gene Parris of that address for...
View ArticleVehicle Parked in the Park
Deputy Brad Shepard was patrolling the Joanna area at 9:55 last night and when he approached the intersection of Ellis and Pickens Street he observed a vehicle parked at the Joanna Park with the lights...
View ArticleArson Charged from Weekend Incident
Laurens City Police arrested a woman yesterday for an alleged attempt to burn down a house. 40-year-old Shannon Rachelle Simpson of 4636 Highway 49, Laurens was charged with Arson 3rd Degree,...
View ArticleLaurens Man Killed When Struck by a Vehicle
A Laurens man died this weekend after being struck by a vehicle as he reportedly walked in the roadway. Corporal Bill Rhyme of the Highway Patrol said the fatal collision occurred at 9:35 Saturday...
View ArticleDon’t Blame the Dog!
Evidence surfaced yesterday in connection with a Burglary reported last Friday. The owner of property on Miller Road, Waterloo reported he was at the property he owns mowing the lawn Friday morning and...
View ArticleArrest from May Assault
Laurens City Police yesterday made an arrest in connection with an alleged assault in early May. 27-year-old Anthony Rashid Anderson of 722 Sullivan Street, Laurens was charged with Assault and Battery...
View ArticleTrio Use Woman’s Bank Card at Motel
Clinton Public Safety was dispatched to the Comfort Inn on Highway 56 at 3:15 yesterday afternoon to investigate identity theft. Sgt. Ritter and Lt. Robinson were told that three unknown persons...
View ArticleWhat’s the Rush?
A Florida woman was being held in the Laurens County Detention Center overnight, facing drug charges. Laurens Police Sgt. Michael Gainey was patrolling Anderson Drive at 10:58 last night when he...
View ArticleArrest Alleges Car Ramming on Ranch Road
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday made an arrest in connection with two alleged assaults on Ranch Road last Saturday evening. Deputy Kenneth Sibley was initially dispatched to the 1600 block of Ranch...
View ArticleMan Beaten by Wooden “Club”
A 58-year-old Laurens area man was treated last night for head injuries apparently received from a wooden table leg, used as a club. Deputy Jeremy McMahan was dispatched to Brewster Road outside...
View Article“Busted” Windshield for visit to Baby’s Daddy
Laurens Police were dispatched to the Cadillac Apartments on Fairview Road at 1:10 yesterday morning on a report of a disturbance. A 23-year-old woman said she was visiting a friend of hers in an...
View ArticleWoman Charged with Drug Use While Pregnant
Laurens City Police yesterday charged a local woman with Unlawful Conduct Toward a Child, citing drug use during pregnancy this spring. Charged was 26-year-old Katesha Moneck Sims of 902 Laurens...
View ArticleAssault with a Pistol
Laurens Police yesterday charged a man with assaulting a victim with a pistol. 28-year-old Matthew Quinton Smith of an apartment at 218 Independence Laurens was charged with Assault and Battery 2nd...
View ArticleWoman Waiting for “ICE”
An Immigration Officer with South Carolina Public Safety yesterday placed 35-year-old Francisco Ortiz-Gomez of Worth Street and/or Sumter Street, Greenville in the Laurens county Detention Center,...
View ArticleChildren Taken Into Protective Custody
The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Round Street, Laurens at 1:16 yesterday afternoon on a domestic disturbance. A 20-year-old woman said she and a friend had gone to another friend’s house and when...
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