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Ex-deputy faces assault, misconduct charges Found: 3 Months 4 Weeks 1 Day 12 Hours 32 Minutes ago The State - An Aiken County deputy was “released from employment” Tuesday, then arrested on charges he struck an 18-year-old New Ellenton man in the throat during a field interview Sunday, an Aiken County Sheriff’s Office news release said.Jeffrey S. Nation, 40, is charged with assault and battery and misconduct in office, the release said.The alleged assault occurred at Green and Jackson streets in New Ellenton, the release said.— Lee Higgins...
Aiken County volunteer firefighter charged with arson Found: 4 Months 1 Week 3 Days 4 Hours 31 Minutes ago The State - A firefighter accused of setting a series of fires in the Aiken County area has been arrested.Brandon W. Smith, 19, was arrested Thursday and charged with four counts of second-degree arson and malicious injury to real property, the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office said.Smith is a volunteer firefighter with the New Ellenton Fire Department, the sheriff’s office said.Authorities say Smith started fires at two homes under renovation July 8 and Aug. 8 and also started fires at an abandoned home in New Ellenton and in a wooded area.Contributing: Staff writers Rick Brundrett, Adam Beam and Dawn Hinshaw; The Associated Press...
Firefighter charged with setting magistrate's office fire, other ... Found: 4 Months 1 Week 3 Days 19 Hours 54 Minutes ago The State - The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the New Ellenton Police Department and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, arrested a 19-year-old firefighter Thursday night in connection with a series of suspicious fires, including one on July 24 that damaged the Aiken County Summary Court on North Main Street in New Ellenton.Brandon W. Smith of Florida Avenue, New Ellenton, is charged with four counts of arson–second degree and malicious injury to real property.A press release indicates Aiken County and New Ellenton authorities arrested Smith at about 7 p.m. during a traffic stop at Whiskey Road and Old Whiskey Road.In the most recent case, a fire was set Aug. 8 to a home under renovation on Gray Mare Hollow Road. On July 8, fire was set to another home under renovation on Chukker Creek Road. The suspect also is believed to be responsible for setting fire to an abandoned home on Fairlane Street in New Ellenton. ...
SC firefighter charged with starting fires Found: 4 Months 1 Week 3 Days 21 Hours 34 Minutes ago WISTV 10 News - A South Carolina firefighter has been arrested after authorities say he set a series of suspicious fires in the Aiken County area. ...
Officer cleared in chase that led to fatal crash Found: 4 Months 1 Week 6 Days 19 Hours 15 Minutes ago The State - Aiken Public Safety officials said its officer did not violate any internal policies and "acted properly"during a police pursuit this weekend on Silver Bluff Road when the driver being chased crashed into a tree and died.Brendan Ryan Wilson, 22, of 1207 Gray Mare Hollow Road, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash shortly after 3:30 a.m. Saturday. His death is the 21st fatal crash in Aiken County this year, said Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton.The pursuing officer, Chris Carter, who has been with the department for eight years, has been cleared to return to work and can report to his duties with the City's Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (HEAT) team today, said Carter's supervisor, Capt. Wendell Hall. Department officials said they have reviewed the in-car camera footage from Carter's car and determined that he acted properly and in accordance with national standards during the pursuit. Hall added that the officer attempted to get the driver to pull over, first by pulling up beside him before the chase began.Hall said the footage will show that Carter attempted to stop the Jeep on Whiskey Road near the Aiken Mall before 3:30 a.m., but the motorist continued south on Whiskey Road. The officer then pulled up beside the vehicle....
Aiken area postal worker pleads guilty to stealing mail Found: 4 Months 3 Weeks 6 Days 7 Hours 37 Minutes ago Times Democrat - Columbia, S.C. - United States Attorney W. WALTER WILKINS stated that DENISE LARAE KEY, age 43, of New Ellenton, pled guilty in federal court in Columbia to theft of mail by a postal employee. United States District Judge Margaret B. Seymour accepted the plea and will impose a sentence after a pre-sentence report is prepared and reviewed....
Postal worker pleads guilty to taking mail Found: 4 Months 4 Weeks 2 Days 4 Hours 58 Minutes ago WISTV 10 News - An Aiken County postal worker has pleaded guilty to pilfering money and gift cards from mail she opened. ...
Postal worker pleads guilty to federal theft charges Found: 5 Months 1 Day 7 Hours 12 Minutes ago The State - An Aiken County postal worker, accused of taking money and gift cards from mail she opened, has pleaded guilty in federal court to theft charges.U.S. Attorney Walter Wilkins said this morning that Denise Larae Key, 43, of New Ellenton, pleaded guilty in federal court in Columbia to theft of mail by a postal employee. U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour accepted the plea and will impose a sentence after a pre-sentence report is prepared and reviewed.Key worked at the New Ellenton post office as a mail clerk. Evidence presented showed that from November 2006 through November 2007, she routinely opened mail and took out checks, money orders, cash, and gift cards. After being confronted by agents, she stated she could not remember how many pieces of mail she opened or threw away because there were too many to recollect.
As for the gift cards, she then either transacted them or gave them to a relative. ...
Two killed in single-car accident Found: 5 Months 3 Weeks 3 Days 4 Hours 4 Minutes ago The State - Two people were killed in a single-car accident Tuesday in Aiken County.The accident happened at about 11:09 p.m. on S.C. 19, about a mile south of Aiken, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.Two passengers -- an 18-year-old New Ellenton woman and a 19-year-old Aiken woman -- were killed in the accident, according to reports.The driver of the 1998 Ford Crown Victoria involved in the accident was taken to an area hospital and was listed in stable condition, Highway Patrol officials said.Details were not available, and the accident remains under investigation....
