Archive By Section - Crime-Police-Fire
Gas leak, chases keep CPD busy
A lot can happen in 24 hours. That was certainly the case for officers with the Camden Police Department (CPD) between 6:30 a.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday.
Elgin VFW busted for video gambling
Video gambling was alive and well in Elgin until Thursday evening when the Kershaw County Alcohol Enforcement Team (AET) and S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED) conducted a routine alcohol inspection at the Elgin VFW post on Bowen Street.
SCFC charges four with arson
A juvenile who was a member of a fire department Explorer group and three adults have been arrested for arson in connection with starting woods fires so that the youth could participate in firefighters' efforts to put them out.
Man arrested for kidnapping son, assaulting boy's mother
"This turned out good." That was Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews' reaction to the end of a fast-moving, quickly evolving story Thursday involving a man wanted for sexually assaulting a woman and the man's missing 8-year-old son. Deputies arrested the man and found the boy, safe and unharmed. The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is charging Micque (a.k.a. (Micquel) Burnell Wood, 35, of Opal Lane, Lugoff, ...
Law enforcement report -- June 1, 2011
A Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputy jumped into the bed of a moving pickup truck on U.S. 1 in order to arrest a female drug suspect.
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.
Articles by Section - Crime-Police-Fire
Pine Grove Residential student found dead in swimming pool
A 15-year-old teen with a developmental disorder was found dead on Friday after he walked away from the school he attended in Elgin for the second time, according to authorities.
CMA hazing trial continues in Columbia
A federal jury is hearing testimony this week as the trial begins of a lawsuit brought against Camden Military Academy (CMA). In the trial's first days, attorneys for a former cadet have brought forward testimony and evidence they say show that, in 2008, other CMA students raped the then 13-year-old boy, according to news reports. The former cadet, listed in the lawsuit only as "JBC," is now 18.
Crime Report - June 12, 2013
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) arrested a 43-year-old Camden man June 3 after he attempted to break into a car wash on Jefferson Davis Hwy. in east Camden.
KCSO to host S.T.A.R.S. summer camps for youth
For the third year in a row, the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office will host three summer camps designed for young people who will be in the fifth through eighth grades. The S.T.A.R.S camps, which stands for Self discipline, Teamwork, Attitude, Respect and Selfless Service will give participants a positive, meaningful week of exposure to: crime scene investigations, police K9 demonstrations, fire safety, basic first aid by EMS personnel, Internet safety, anti-bullying, goal setting, team ...
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