Archive By Section - Crime-Police-Fire
LFD battles large truck fire near I-20
The Lugoff Fire Department (LFD) responded to a major tractor trailer fire around 1:15 p.m. Saturday on U.S. 601 at I-20. Engine 10 and Engine 9 from Lugoff Fire responded with career and volunteer fire crews. Crews arrived on the scene to find a van-type tractor-trailer on fire with the truck cab fully involved in fire. Firefighters quickly shut down the northbound lanes of U.S. 601and began fighting the fire. Firefighters had to use ...
Crime Report - Nov. 14, 2012
Two Columbia men were arrested after stealing meat and fish from the IGA in east Camden -- by hiding it in a wheelchair. According to a Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) press release, Cory Prophet, 32, and Leroy Henry Boykin, 63, were caught on videotape stealing on Nov. 6, 2012. Boykin, using a wheelchair, and Prophet were seen pushing a cart "full of merchandise," including meat and fish. ...
KCSO arrests suspects in Kangaroo robbery
Two men wanted in connection with the Oct. 27 robbery of a Kangaroo convenience store in Lugoff are now behind bars.
LFD offers winter fire safety tips
Each year fire claims the lives of 3,500 Americans, injures 18,300, and causes billions of dollars' worth of damage. People living in rural areas are more than twice as likely to die in a fire as those living in mid-sized cities or suburban areas. The misuse of wood stoves, portable space heaters and kerosene heaters are especially common risks in rural areas. Here are some general fire prevention tips to keep our homes safe from fire:
KCSO to hold third 'town hall'
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) will hold its third town hall meeting in Camden Middle School's (CMS) multipurpose room Nov. 15 at 6 p.m.
Crime Report - Nov. 7, 2012
A Camden-area woman received a scam email from "National Mediation Group" claiming that she owed $800. The woman also received several voice messages from the company.
Crimestoppers, KCSO hope someone can ID suspect
Crimestoppers and the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) are hoping someone will recognize a male suspect who robbed a Lugoff convenience store at gunpoint on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Cassatt man arrested for fathering child with 14-year-old
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) investigators arrested Jonathan Edgar Sandoval, 23, of Cassatt, Thursday, charging him with criminal sexual conduct with a minor after positively determining he fathered a child with a 14-year-old girl. In a press release, the KCSO said it made that determination through DNA evidence. In March, KCSO deputies responded to a call at KershawHealth made by the S.C. Department of Social Services (DSS) after the girl had ...
Lugoff Fire Explorer Post wins big again
During the Lugoff Fire Board of Commissioners' Oct. 22 meeting, members recognized the Lugoff Fire Explorer Post for placing first in the Team Midnight Alarm Explorer Competition and third in the Team Gear Donning Competition at the annual Fire Fest held in Camden Sept. 29. The Lugoff Fire Explorer Post has a successful history winning competitions throughout the state. In 2010, the post won second place in the S.C. State Explorer Team Competition ...
County man sentenced in molestation case
A circuit court judge sentenced a county man, 33-year-old Danny Shawn Johnson II, to 16 years in prison for committing a lewd act on a 9-year-old girl. Circuit Court Judge L. Casey Manning handed down the sentence Wednesday.
Smith found guilty in 2011 Lugoff meth lab murder case
A Lugoff man accused of manufacturing methamphetamine and murder was found guilty on both charges on Friday.
Bodies of missing NC teens found under I-20 bridge
The South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP), Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) and other law enforcement and emergency agencies recovered the bodies of two missing Catawba County, N.C., teenage boys from underneath a bridge near the Wateree River on I-20 near the Sunday afternoon. Kershaw County Coroner Johnny Fellers confirmed Sunday night that the bodies were those of Jake Ziegler, 18, and Ray ...
Crime Report - Oct. 31, 2012
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) recently charged a Cassatt man out on a $200,000 personal recognizance bond for the murder of his brother with allegedly physically abusing his girlfriend.
Solicitors seeking death penalty in Melton murder case
Fifth Circuit Solicitor Dan Johnson is seeking the death penalty against Nickolas Jermaine Miller, 23, for the Dec. 26, 2011, rape and murder of a woman from the town of Kershaw.
Crime Report - Oct. 24, 2012
The Camden Police Department (CPD) reports that an African-American woman, perhaps 30 to 40 years of age, defrauded another gas station last week.
Articles by Section - Crime-Police-Fire
Woman arrested in fatal March hit and run
For more than two months, the S.C. Highway Patrol (SCHP) sought the driver of an unknown vehicle that fatally struck and killed a pedestrian on Blaney Road during the early morning hours of March 1.
Cassatt man dies in crash Saturday
The body of a man killed in a single-vehicle accident Saturday was discovered Monday.
Crime Report - May 15, 2013
An Elgin woman's daughter-in-law allegedly approached her with a knife because she was angry that the Elgin woman's son was on the brink of losing his job.
Two arrested after meth lab discovered
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) narcotics agents arrested two men Monday after discovering a fully assembled methamphetamine lab in an outbuilding on Cricket Hill Drive in Lugoff.
Lugoff man dies after high speed chase
A Lugoff man died after traveling up to 100 mph Sunday morning around 3 a.m.
Page 1 of 1
Contents of this site are © Copyright 2013 Chronicle Independent All rights reserved. Privacy policy and Terms of service
