No Charges Yesterday from Stabbing
Laurens Police Sgt. Joey Pittman responded to Laurens Glen at 900 Church Street at 4:41 yesterday morning on a report of a stabbing. At an apartment he made contact with a 27-year-old woman who was...
View ArticleLocal Police Arrest Suspect for Feds
Laurens City Police yesterday morning received information that a fugitive wanted by the US Marshall’s Service was in an apartment at Laurens Glen. At a request from the federal officers, Detective...
View ArticleTwo Princeton Break-Ins
Possessions valued at over $2,800 were reported stolen to the Sheriff’s Office yesterday afternoon. A Boyd’s Mill Pond area resident said a check on her shed at a Princeton Storage facility yesterday...
View ArticleBaseball Bat + Car Window = Jail
Laurens City Police yesterday arrested 36-year-old Darrius Jamal Toland of 104 Spratt Street, Laurens on a charge of Malicious Damage to Property. Officer J. Thibodeau states under oath based on...
View ArticleMalicious Damage on Watts Avenue
Laurens City Police yesterday arrested a suspect in connection with damage to a woman’s vehicle last February. 31-year-old Shawn Michael Gamble of 350 Harbor Crest Drive, Waterloo was charged with...
View ArticleArrest from Loud Argument
Laurens City Police Officer Michael Polson was dispatched to Watts Avenue at 9:46 yesterday morning on a report of a verbal altercation between a man and woman. He reportedly arrived to hear a man...
View ArticleThreats from Alleged “Witchcraft”
A 30-year-old man came to the Sheriff’s Office last night to report threats that he received last weekend. A second man came with the victim and helped with translation as he told of another man...
View ArticleArmed Intruder Wakes Sleeping Clinton Man
The Sheriff’s Office responded to an armed home invasion outside Clinton at 11:06 last night. Deputy Jamison Taylor arrived and spoke with a resident who said he had fallen asleep in his recliner with...
View ArticleScarborough Wins City Council Seat
Norman Scarborough is to be the next member of Clinton City Council. Unofficial results from yesterday’s Special Election for the vacant Seat 5 on City Council had Scarborough winning with a...
View ArticleCounty Council Approves Ekom Fire Building
Laurens County is expected to receive $352,000 from insurance proceeds from a fire that destroyed the Ekom Fire Department last year. County Council last night formally accepted a low bid of...
View ArticleBetter Insurance Rates Predicted
Some Laurens County homeowners should soon see improved fire insurance rates. Laurens County Fire Service Coordinator Greg Lindley told County Council last night that the new ISO ratings are now...
View ArticleViolent, Armed Rape Alleged
A violent rape in Laurens County last Thursday is alleged in an arrest yesterday by the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office. 46-year-old William Scottie Sexton of 114 Laurens Court, Fountain Inn has been...
View ArticleSports Report for Thursday, 1-16-2014
CHS: last night the CHS JV basketball teams hosted the Christ Church Cavaliers. Girls: CHS 28 – CC 10… The Lady Red Devils picked up their 3rd win of the season as they defeated the Lady Cavaliers...
View ArticleBurglary Reports
Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to Irene Road, Gray Court at 4:42 yesterday afternoon to investigate a Burglary. Deputy Jamie Lee Edwards spoke with a husband and wife who said they had just moved...
View ArticleJune 2013 Assault Alleged
Early yesterday morning Clinton Public Safety arrested a man in connection with a Domestic Violence assault from last summer. Booked at 1:33 am yesterday was 21-year-old Joseph Calvin Jones III of...
View ArticleArrest Alleges Assault near Boyd’s Mill Pond
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested a suspect in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident this past Sunday. 30-year-old Christopher Lee “Chris” Waddell was booked in...
View ArticleRoad Fatalities During First Dozen Days
25 people have died on South Carolina Highways in the first dozen days of the year. That’s one more than the same period in 2013. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety said 20 of the 25...
View ArticleMeth Waste on Side of the Road
The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the 700 block of Carolyn Drive outside Clinton just before 2 yesterday afternoon on a report of methamphetamine making materials having been left on the side...
View ArticleLottery Ticket Theft, Fraud
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested a man in connection with the theft of lottery tickets last month from a Clinton Convenience store where he was employed at the time. 35-year-old...
View ArticleMan Charged with Kidnapping His Son
Clinton Public Safety yesterday served Kidnapping and Criminal Domestic Violence charges on a young man following an incident early Tuesday night. 19-year-old Jerry Lee Richards Jr. of 763 Lake...
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