2nd Suspect in Armed Robbery Arrested
Fountain Inn Police yesterday charged a second suspect in connection with an Armed Robbery in town back in May. 25-year-old Rodney Napoleon Dennis of 104 Gary Avenue, Simpsonville was charged with...
View ArticleNew Operating System for Clinton City Government
The Clinton Mayor and City Council last night received an update on the implementation of a new computer system to eventually handle virtually all of the city’s business. The MUNIS Enterprise Resource...
View Article‘Stolen’ Car Recovered from Crushing Site
Laurens Police were dispatched at 7:02 last evening to investigate a vehicle having been stolen. A Laurens woman said that her green Toyota Camry had broken down on Fleming Street Monday night and she...
View ArticleProbation Violation
State Probation and Parole yesterday placed 38-year-old Tanya Leigh Pressley Eclavea of Carver Street, Joanna in the Laurens County Detention Center, charged with Violation of Probation. She is accused...
View ArticleFailure to Show on 2nd Degree Burglary Charge
Bench Warrants charging failure to show for Laurens County General Sessions Court continued to be served yesterday. The Sheriff’s Office booked 66-year-old David Mosley of 132 Jersey Street, Laurens...
View Article2nd Violation, Court Order of Protection
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested a Western Laurens County man on charges he violated judges orders to avoid domestic contact this past spring. 37-year-old James Richard “Jamie” Sullivan of 343...
View Article“Family Affair” For Transitional Students Today
“It’s a Family Affair,” that’s the theme of an event this afternoon at Laurens District 55 High School. From 2 until 4 this afternoon Transition Services at District 55 is inviting Transition students...
View ArticleGas Thrown with Alleged Threats to Burn House
Charges of 1st Degree Assault have been served following an incident in Clinton Monday afternoon. Public Safety has charged 44-year-old William David “Willie” Jackson with 1st Degree Assault and...
View ArticleDidn’t Pepper Spray AT the Victim
Laurens Police were dispatched to Spring Street at 1:33 yesterday afternoon on a report of a woman being sprayed with pepper spray. The woman who was sprayed said she and her neighbor had observed...
View ArticleApparently Not a Happy Birthday
Sometimes birthdays are not the happy occasion we wish they were. Clinton Public Safety Sgt. Ritter responded to Beauregard Street at 9:28 yesterday morning to investigate an assault report. He found a...
View ArticleCounty & City Have Charges
A suspect was arrested yesterday in connection with alleged thefts from a porch in the Joanna area last month. 53-year-old Raymond Daniel Barton of 415 Pickens Street, Joanna was charged with Petit...
View ArticleSon Reports Hearing Mom Assaulted
Laurens County Deputy Charles Nations was dispatched to Sparrow Road, Clinton at 10:13 last night after a juvenile called to report he could her his mother being hit by her boyfriend,. While still en...
View ArticleCity & County Charge Laurens Area Man
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office and Laurens City Police both had charges for a Wattsvllle resident yesterday. 49-year-old James Robert Blakely of #9 Copeland Street, Laurens was booked on charges...
View Article2nd Charge from Incident with ‘Repo Man’
A man arrested early last week for an alleged assault on a tow truck operator attempting to repossess a vehicle from his yard had an additional charge served yesterday. 38-year-old Michael Eugene...
View ArticleWoman Transported to Hospital with Head Injury
Clinton Public Safety officers were dispatched to an apartment at 505 North Broad at 8:32 last night on a report of a fight in progress. On arrival they were met by a man. Then two women came out onto...
View ArticleTechnology Instructors Come to Laurens
Piedmont Technical College recently hosted Mechatronics instructors from across South Carolina at the Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) just outside Laurens. Sponsored by the South Carolina...
View ArticleTwo More Arrests Cite Failure to Show in Court
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday continued booking folks on Bench Warrants citing failure to appear in Court. Two General Sessions Bench Warrants were served on 24-year-old Ricky Jay Owens Jr. of 16...
View ArticleCross Hill Teen Charged From Monday Break-In
Clinton Public Safety arrested a teenaged male yesterday after he had allegedly attempted to pawn a computer stolen from a vehicle in town on Monday. 17-year-old Xaicantis Tychee Watts of 176 John...
View Article1 of 4 in Wrecked Car Now Charged
One of four men taken to hospital following an early morning wreck on Clinton’s Gary Street back on April 4th has now been charged with causing the wreck as a passenger. Clinton Public Safety yesterday...
View ArticleSplash ‘N Dash at 8:00 am Saturday
The Laurens Y will is hosting the 2014 GHS Splash ‘n Dash at 8:00 Saturday morning, giving kids ages 3 thru 16 a chance to compete in a fun race of swimming and running, adapted to each age level....
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