Arrest Following “Shopping” Trip to Laurens
Four young Greenwood women were greeted by their local police after a trip to the Laurens Wal-Mart overnight. A four-female shoplifting incident at Wal-Mart was reported to Laurens City Police at 9...
View ArticleCharges Served from Monday Night Assault
Clinton Public Safety yesterday served charges from an alleged assault on Davis Street Monday night. 34-year-old David Dillon Summer of 1667 Shady Grove Church Road, Clinton is charged with Assault and...
View ArticleSelling Marijuana to Youth Alleged
Laurens City Police yesterday arrested a man on charges of selling marijuana to juveniles in his apartment over the past three months. 54-year-old Jackie Watts Campbell of Apartment 9 at 255 East Main...
View ArticleBond Denied on Assault Charges
A Fountain Inn man is being held without bond following his arrest yesterday in connection with an alleged night-time break-in and assault last month. 29-year-old Tyler Meredith Lollis of 1589 Hunts...
View ArticleSports Report for Thursday, 5-8-2014
Local Sports Results: LDHS: SB: Byrnes 10 – Laurens 6… The Lady Raider softball team traveled to Byrnes last night to take on the Lady Rebels in the District I finals of the AAAA Playoff…. They knew...
View ArticleMethamphetamine Possession
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested a Laurens County man from a case of alleged meth possession a month ago. 40-year-old Matthew Victor Waldrop of 997 Harris Spring Road, Waterloo was charged with...
View ArticleCounterfeit $10 Bill
Laurens Police Officer Patrick Craven was dispatched to the Lil’ Cricket on Church Street at 10:40 yesterday morning after a clerk detected a $10 bill she had been given was counterfeit. The woman...
View ArticleMan ‘Taken for a Ride’
Laurens County Deputy Jamie Lee Edwards was dispatched to Old Laurens Road near Fountain Inn at 12:55 yesterday afternoon to investigate a theft. A 63-year-old man said that a 31-year-old man and a...
View ArticleCopper Theft from Cell Tower
The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched early yesterday afternoon to investigate a theft of copper from a cell tower site. Deputy Yarbrough spoke with a Columbia man about the theft from a cell tower on...
View ArticleCrutch Allegedly Used as Weapon
Assault charges were pending on a Laurens man following an indent in the Jersey neighborhood around 4:20 yesterday afternoon. A woman reported that her grandson knows something about an incident that...
View ArticleTraffic Arrest Referred to Probation & Parole
A Union County woman wanted by state Probation, Pardon and Parole was arrested in a traffic stop at 11:08 last night. Laurens Police Officer Charles Simmons reported he was on patrol on Church Street...
View ArticleGolf for Children’s Books
The United Way of Laurens County (UWLC) is presenting it’s 22nd Annual Golf Championship today at Lakeside Country Club. This year’s event is presented by Carolina Stitches, Laurens County Water and...
View ArticleAssault by Hammer Handle
A Laurens County man was apparently struck in the head with the handle of a hammer after returning to his Enoree area home yesterday morning. The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched at 8:16 am. The man...
View ArticleMultiple Charges Cite Tuesday Entry, Assault
Clinton Public Safety has made an arrest in a case where a husband allegedly violated a court order to enter his wife’s residence Tuesday afternoon and allegedly assaulted her. 42-year-old Tony Ray...
View ArticleCar Damaged with Rock/Dirt Throwing
Laurens Police were dispatched to Independence Avenue at 7:02 last evening on a report of malicious damage. A woman reported that a group of kids were throwing rocks or dirt and had dented her son’s...
View ArticleThree Jailed on Bench Warrants
Three people were placed in the Laurens County Detention Center yesterday on Bench Warrants from various courts. 57-year-old Steve Michael Goldsmith of 407 Boyd Avenue, Simpsonville was served with a...
View ArticleAssault by Crutch Alleged
Laurens City Police yesterday arrested a man for allegedly assaulting his grandson with a crutch on Wednesday. A police report stated the man was trying to get the grandson to provide information on a...
View ArticleFrustration from Forgetting a Password?
Laurens Police Sgt. Joey Pittman responded to Wilson Street at 21 minutes after midnight this morning on an assault in progress report. On arrival he made contact with a woman who appeared to be very...
View ArticleLDHS Top Ten Awards
The top students in academic achievement from all four grades at Laurens District 55 High School were honored yesterday during the Annual Rotary Top Ten Awards program, held at St. James United...
View ArticleGraduation Activities at PC
Presbyterian College Professor of the Year Dr. Latha Allen Gearheart and Outstanding Senior Lucia Maria Leahy of Charlotte, N.C. will deliver the keynote addresses at the 2014 commencement exercises...
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