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Chicken truck spillage contributes to accident in Camden Tuesday
An accident at Camden's main intersection of Broad and DeKalb streets blocked traffic for more than an hour Tuesday morning, thanks -- in part -- to a chicken by-products truck that had passed through the city hours earlier.
Crime Report - Jan. 9, 2013
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies tracked a Camden man to the theft of several snacks, beer and cigarettes at the Cassatt Country Store on U.S. 1 over the weekend.
Miller death penalty case still awaiting trial date
Nickolas Jermaine Miller, 24, is still awaiting trial for the December 2011 murder of Beverly Hope Melton.
SCHP nabs suspect in Waffle House robbery
An armed robbery suspect is now in custody after the S.C. Highway Patrol (SCHP) arrested 27-year-old Tyrell Boagef around 9 p.m. Saturday.
AAA gives Kershaw County the green light
Kershaw County residents were given a "green light" in the American Automobile Association's (AAA) "Green Light, Red Light" 2012 evaluation in the January/ February 2013 edition of Go Magazine.
Crime Report - Jan. 2, 2013
Two Lugoff fast food restaurant employees were videotaped "handling" a Camden woman's wallet containing $244.
Car crash kills one
A 55-year-old woman died at Kershaw Medical Center on Saturday evening after a single-car collision on U.S. 1 and Campbell Street in Camden. Michelle Ludy was trapped in the passenger side seat for an "extended amount of time" after her husband, Mike Ludy, ran their vehicle off the road and struck a tree near Rite Aid Pharmacy around 7:30 p.m., according to Kershaw County Coroner Johnny Fellers. Mike Ludy was treated for injuries at ...
Crime Report - Dec. 26, 2012
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies arrested two men on drug charges following a short high-speed car chase. According to a KCSO incident report, deputies arrested Justin Michael Sigman, 24, of Eskie Dixon Road, Elgin; and Jordan Bradford Simmons, 23, of Ridgeway Road, Lugoff. A deputy reported that he was patrolling an area on Wildwood Lane ...
Lugoff home destroyed in fire
The Lugoff Fire Department (LFD) responded to a residential fire in the area of Longtown Road at 25 Mile Creek around 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Man who shot at deputies arrested
A man who jumped out of a van and shot at four Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies Thursday night is now in jail. Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews said deputies arrested Ernest Maurice Allen, a.k.a., Ernest Pickett, 25, around 3:15 p.m. Friday in Lee County.
Arrest made in kidnapping, robbery
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) investigators arrested a man they said wielded a box cutter to force a man into his home, tying him up, beating and robbing and stealing his truck.
Asst. Solicitor Moak resigns amid allegations
Ron Moak, of Camden, an assistant solicitor with the 5th Circuit Solicitor's Office in Kershaw County, resigned Dec. 10 following several allegations. Solicitor Dan Johnson, through his director of communications, Nicole Holland, confirmed Moak's resignation.
One arrested, two sought in armed robbery
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) investigators arrested one man and are seeking two others in the armed robbery of an individual on Nov. 25.
Crime Report - Dec. 19, 2012
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is looking for a suspect after he assaulted and robbed a man in Kershaw County.
CPD officers at CES after Conn. shooting
Several Camden Police Department (CPD) officers appeared at Camden Elementary School (CES) Friday following news out of Newtown, Conn., of what is being considered the second-worst school-related shooting in American history.
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Second arrest in fatal accident
A second arrest was made in the case of a fatal hit-and-run in Elgin on March 1. 26-year-old Jesus Corona Cabal, of Columbia, was charged with accessory after the fact for helping the driver involved in the hit and run "destroy" the 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse that hit and killed Derk Lawrence Maricle of Lugoff, S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Brent Kelly said.
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.
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