Archive By Section - Crime-Police-Fire
KCSO still investigating murder, meth lab
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) will return to the site of a murder, meth lab and marijuana grow in Lugoff that sent six Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies to the hospital Saturday.
Reid to serve 30-year term in gang slaying
More than three years after the gang-related shooting death of a 17-year-old Camden youth, the triggerman, Markelle Jamar Reid, was sentenced Thursday morning to a day-to-day 30-year sentence by Circuit Court Judge G. Thomas Cooper Jr.
Bond denied for 3 suspects in fatal home robbery
Three of the five men charged in connection with the May 16 murder of a Camden man will remain behind bars.
Law Enforcement Report - May 25, 2011
A call to help hostages being held at his neighbor's house backfired on the man who reported it.
A message to Kershaw County and a victim's son
As we have come to the end of the National Law Enforcement Memorial Week, I wish to let the citizens of Kershaw County know that their law enforcement is one of the most professional and dedicated in the state of South Carolina. This past week, officers have responded to hundreds of 911 emergency calls for service; hundreds of non-emergency calls; served civil and criminal warrants -- 100 plus to ...
Two more arrested for Hayes murder
A total of five people are now charged in connection with Monday night's murder of a Camden man.
Three suspects in custody; fourth sought in crime spree
Three men have been charged with murdering a 39-year-old Camden man Monday night and may be connected to a series of weekend home invasions and a grocery store robbery.
Law Enforcement Report - May 18, 2011
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) arrested two men after they solicited sex from a pair of undercover female agents Friday afternoon.
Former deputy gets 5 years for prisoner attack
Found guilty in February of using excessive force on a man in his custody, former Kershaw County Sheriff's Sgt. Oddie Tribble was sentenced Monday to just more than five years in prison and three years of supervised release.
KCSO arrests three in auto break-in, copper thefts
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies broke up two theft rings that have plagued Kershaw County for the past several months. Sheriff Jim Matthews announced the arrests of three men: Cody Jackson, 20; Dylan Johnson, 18; and Kasey Dinkins, 19.
Law Enforcement Report - May 11, 2011
Is there a chance the people responsible for a long series of auto break-ins in Elgin and Lugoff have widened their reach to Camden? The Camden Police Department (CPD) reported a series of auto break-ins May 4 in the Belmont, Chesnut Hills and Eve's Garden subdivisions off Black River Road.
Traffic fatality may be homicide
What initially appeared to be a fatal automobile accident on Black River Road last month may actually have been a homicide.
More information released on robbery, drug cases
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) has released more information on Friday's armed robbery of a home on Jefferson Davis Highway in east Camden.
Law Enforcement Report - May 4, 2011
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies arrested a Camden man Sunday and were still searching Tuesday for a Columbia man for allegedly pulling a gun on a woman at a Ballfield Road, Camden, apartment.
Eight arrested in drug raid
Eight people, including a couple in their mid-50s, were arrested Thursday after a raid on a Gardner Street, Camden, house.
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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.
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