Archive | June, 2011

Student Loan Fraud Case in Greer

On 6/29, a fraud report was filed by Amaziah Drummond stating that he had applied online for some student loans and received a phone call from an individual who identified himself with the Federal Loan Office. Drummond said the man insisted he qualified for a loan of $5000 and that he needed to wire the [...]

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Final Subject From Manhunt In Hartford Section In Custody

The final suspect from this morning’s manhunt in the Hartford Section of Newberry County is now in custody. Jeremy Coker, 20, was apprehended off O’dell Ruff Road around 3:30 pm this day. It was determined that Coker unlawfully entered a home on O’dell Ruff Road and attempted to make a phone call. The home’s owner [...]

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Man Who Shot at FBI Agents Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

A Kansas City, Kan., man who shot at FBI agents has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. Nicholas Henry, 28, Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to kill an FBI agent and one count of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. [...]

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Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges

A corrections officer for MCI-Norfolk pleaded guilty today for his role in attempting to smuggle heroin into the facility for distribution and use by inmates. RONALD P. MCGINN, JR., 40, of Bridgwater, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute. At today’s plea hearing, the prosecutor told the Court that McGINN, a corrections [...]

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73 Year Old Male Beaten to Death in Greenville County

On Friday, June 24th, at approximately 2:42 P.M., deputies responded to Alice Street after receiving a call concerning a deceased male at that address. Upon arrival, deputies found a 73 year old, white male, deceased on the back porch of the residence. Investigators observed that the male, later identified as Charles Crowder, appeared to have [...]

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Mother Arrested After Children Found Wandering in the Road

On Wednesday, June 22nd, and again on Thursday, June 23rd, Deputies were called out by concerned citizens who found young boys wandering close to the roadway near their home. When deputies responded on Tuesday, a citizen had observed a 4 year old boy run into the roadway. The little boy could not tell the deputy [...]

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Meth Lab Busted in Dorchester County

On Friday, the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office seized an operational methamphetamine laboratory on Coronet Street in the Meadow Run subdivision in the Kightsville area of Dorchester County. The Metro Narcotics Unit received a tip of the lab around 7 P.M. and went to the residence to investigate. Detectives knocked on the front door to speak [...]

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JULY 4TH GIVEAWAY! ARE YOU OUR BIGGEST FAN?

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Investment Banker Pleads Guilty to Embezzling From Elderly Customers

A former employee of PNC Investments has pleaded guilty in United States District court to two counts bank fraud for executing a scheme and artifice to defraud PNC Bank and its customers announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. According to court records, between October 24, 2006 and June [...]

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Homicide Suspect Apprehended by El Paso Area Law Enforcement

Brian Anthony Engleton, 43, of El Paso was arrested on Friday, June 17, by the El Paso Police Department (EPPD) and the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force without incident on Dyer Street. Engleton was sought for the alleged murder of his wife by the EPPD. The previous day, Engleton was engaged in a physical confrontation [...]

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