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Abducted woman killed in county
A 23-year-old Chesterfield County man is in jail, charged with abducting, raping and killing a 30-year-old Lancaster County woman in Kershaw County.
Law Enforcement Report - Dec. 28, 2011
Although Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies did not charge a 23-year-old Camden woman for larceny, she could still end appearing before a summary court judge for allegedly keeping a video game console from its rightful owner.
Law Enforcement Report - Dec. 21, 2011
A 39-year-old Camden man faces multiple charges following an incident at a U.S. 601 South, Lugoff bar involving a number of Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies and employees
LFD stays on the road with emergencies
Smoldering wires inside a panel box at a West Wateree school and spilled fuel at a convenience store kept the Lugoff Fire Department (LFD) on the go last week.
Three arrested for breaking into landfill
In what appears to have been an attempt to go joyriding in an old Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) truck, deputies arrested a 48-year-old Cassatt man and two men in their 20s Tuesday night. Deputies responded to a witness' call that the three men were trying to steal the vehicle from inside the Kershaw County landfill compound on Park Road.
Law Enforcement Report - Dec. 14, 2011
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies are searching for a man who tried to rob the Cherokee Quick Stop on Cherokee Boulevard near the Richland County line.
KCSO seeking Pepper Ridge burglar
A ski mask, dark clothing, BB gun and a fire extinguisher. Those are the items Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) investigators hope will help them find a man they believe broke into an Oak Ridge Drive home in Lugoff's Pepper Ridge subdivision Friday night.
Looks worse than it is...
No one was hurt in this two-car traffic accident that occurred around 3:30 p.m. Thursday on South Broad Street (U.S. 521) near Historic Camden. Lt. Mike Stone of the Camden Police Department said the accident occurred after one driver attempted to make a left turn onto Ehrenclou Drive and struck another vehicle. The car was traveling north on Highway 521 and made the turn in front of oncoming traffic heading south. "Basically a car turned left in front of the other and they couldn't avoid each other and collided," Stone said. He said no one was ...
One arrested, one sought in driveway paving scam
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies arrested a 54-year-old man and are seeking the whereabouts of a 39-year-old man for scamming an 81-year-old Lugoff man out of $1,500 for "paving" his driveway.
800 bags of horse feed stolen from Camden store
Sometime since mid-2010, someone stole approximately 800 bags of horse feed from Mane Street Horse & Pet, formerly East SC Hay Distributors, on East DeKalb Street.
KCSO Deputy of the Year
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) Deputy Tracey "Tick" Wilson has been named the 2011 winner of the W. Roger Latham Deputy of the Year Award.
Pedestrian struck by car at Wylie and DeKalb
A 51-year-old man is in a Columbia hospital, being treated for head and other injuries he sustained after being struck by a vehicle Monday evening in Camden.
Law Enforcement Report - Dec. 7, 2011
A New Jersey man is still being held at the Kershaw County Detention Center (KCDC) following a high speed chase on I-20 involving U.S. Marshals and Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies Thursday.
Dixon sentenced to federal prison
For four years, Jamie Dixon plied his trade in Elgin: selling drugs, often in exchange for stolen property. Dixon, 33, is now sitting in a federal prison, having pleaded guilty earlier this month to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more of cocaine base.
Probe continues in fatal stabbing
Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett says his office is running down a timeline to establish exactly when 47-year-old Charlotte Altman of Camden was murdered at her family's lake home in Manning.
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Crime Report - April 23, 2014
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies arrested two Columbia residents suspected of shoplifting from a West DeKalb Street discount store April 14 following a high-speed chase that ended in Richland County.
Meth lab bust could be biggest cleanup ever
In terms of the amount of toxic waste to clean up, Sunday's discovery of a methamphetamine lab near Cassatt could result in the biggest cleanup ever in the state of South Carolina.
CFD and SC Fire Marshall provide free smoke alarms
The Camden Fire Department (CFD) and the South Carolina Fire Marshal's Office will present a joint community outreach program beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 24 in the Kirkwood community behind North Towne Square Shopping Center in Camden.
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