Archive | August, 2011

Deputies Respond to Boiling Springs Shooting

Around 11:43 PM yesterday evening, Deputies responded to a report of a shooting at a residence on Cottage Mill Run in the Boiling Springs Community. Upon arrival, Deputies found a male who was deceased. Investigators from the Sheriff’s Office Violent Crime Task Force, Forensic Investigators, and Investigators from the Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office are on [...]

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High Speed Pursuit Of Drunk Driver Ends In Spartanburg County

A Boston, Mass. man received a 10-year prison sentence today for an alcohol-related wreck on I-85 that injured two passengers in his car. Anyelo Fernandez, 39, pleaded guilty to felony driving under the influence with great bodily injury, failure to stop for a blue light and siren with great bodily injury and child endangerment before [...]

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WANTED: Spartanburg Murder Suspects On The Run

On July 25, 2011 Deputies were called to Keats Drive in Spartanburg County, SC in reference to the discovery of a deceased person. Upon arrival Deputies found the body of Mr. DeAndre Fulton-Smith inside his apartment. Investigators began to search for a 2011 Toyota Camry with Texas license plates that had been rented by Mr. [...]

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Federal Agents Rescue Child Victim Used by Child Pornographer

Jeffrey Allan Mueller, age 38, of Douglas County, Colorado, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on August 16, 2011, where he was charged with production of child pornography and transportation of child pornography. The charges stem from Mueller using a minor child to produce child pornography. Mueller was arrested on July 26, [...]

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Columbia DMV Worker Arrested for Embezzling Over $300k

United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Wendy Gaskins, age 40, of West Columbia, pled guilty today in federal court in Columbia to theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(a)(1)(A). United States District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie accepted the plea and will impose a sentence [...]

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'Bad Hair Bandit' Apprehended After 4 State Robbery Spree

On Monday, August 15, 2011, the Placer County Sheriff’s office in California arrested Cynthia Van Holland, date of birth 12/24/1963, for bank robbery. Investigators on the FBI Safe Streets Task Forces in Seattle and Sacramento believe that Van Holland is the same person nicknamed the “Bad Hair Bandit,” who is responsible for up to 20 [...]

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Wanted Sex Offender Arrested in Denver

Raymond Vigil was arrested in Denver Colorado by the United States Marshals Service Fugitive Location Apprehension Group Task Force. Investigators believe Vigil had been living in the Denver, CO area since he had absconded 1 ½ years ago. Federal charges under the Adam Walsh act for fail to register as a sex offender are pending [...]

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U.S. Marshalls Hunt Down Florida Fugitive

A Florida man wanted by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Department in Gainsville, Florida was arrested by the United States Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department on August 19, 2011 in Savannah, Georgia. Anthony M. Mathis, 19, was being sought on a warrant by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Department for [...]

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Spartanburg SWAT Called To Barricaded Home

About 9:00 AM yesterday morning, Deputies attempted to serve a Spartanburg County Magistrate Court Bench Warrant on a charge of Open Container of Alcohol in a Motor Vehicle on an individual residing on Anchor Street in the Fairforest Community of Spartanburg County. While a Deputy was knocking on the door of the residence he heard [...]

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Spartanburg Man Arrested After Firing and Threatening Woman With Gun

Spartanburg Public Safety Officers responded to Bomar Avenue and Sunny Street in reference to a shots fired called. Officers received information that the subject and the vehicle left the scene before they arrived. The vehicle and the suspect were later located on Rosemary Road. On August 16, 2011, around 3:56pm, officers from the Spartanburg Public [...]

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