Archive By Section - Crime-Police-Fire
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) arrested a Cassatt man and a Camden woman in separate drug cases recently.
March 25, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
Someone managed to steal an entire automatic teller machine (ATM) from a credit union branch in Lugoff despite a Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputy's rapid response to an alarm.
March 25, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
Camden's and Lugoff's fire departments are often lauded as some of the best in South Carolina, and that legacy appears to also pertain to the next generation. Explorer Scout groups from both departments dominated a competition at the South Carolina Fire Academy in Columbia on March 14.
March 20, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
More than a year after 18-year-old Briana Rabon's abduction and murder, a grand jury has indicted her accused killer, Stephen Ross Kelly, 22, on charges of murder, kidnapping and first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Both Rabon and Kelly lived in Lugoff, where Rabon had graduated from Lugoff-Elgin High School less than a year before her death.
March 20, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies arrested a Camden man Sheriff Jim Matthews said is a "career criminal" after a chase Tuesday morning.
March 18, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
The Lugoff Fire District welcomed a new fire marshal to its ranks last summer, but he's no stranger to Lugoff or to the fire service. Will Catoe is a Camden native and graduated from Camden High School in 1997, then immediately went into firefighting with Lugoff Fire-Rescue (LF-R).
March 18, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
A Camden man reportedly suffered a gunshot wound to the leg Friday in what the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is calling a drive-by shooting.
March 18, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) responded to a report of a stolen vehicle in Lugoff on Friday.
March 18, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
The Camden Police Department (CPD) arrested a Camden man Friday on charges he allegedly tried to force himself sexually on a 14-year-old girl.
March 16, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
A fundraiser by Kershaw Masonic Lodge No. 29 to help pay for training a Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) drug dog named Elsa exceeded its goal March 7. Lodge Worshipful Master Brett Perry said the training will cost $3,800 and the event -- a steak dinner at the Masons Lodge -- raised $4,000.
March 13, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
An Elgin man reported the theft of farm equipment and a car from his deceased brother's property March 4.
March 11, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews reported some good news this week, as a series of alcohol compliance checks Monday night resulted in no citations issued to businesses for selling to underage customers.
March 11, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) arrested two Columbia residents Friday for allegedly passing counterfeit money and attempting to obtain money by fraud.
March 11, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) arrested an Elgin man Thursday, charging him with murder in the shooting death of his son. According to a KCSO press release, Stephen Earl Wood Sr., 68, of Thorton Drive, Elgin, is accused of shooting and killing Stephen Earl Wood Jr., 26, who also lived at the home with his wife and two children.
March 06, 2015
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Gary
Phillips
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Crime-Police-Fire
(The online version of this story has been changed to reflect the corrent charges against the suspect.)
March 06, 2015
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Jim
Tatum
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Crime-Police-Fire
