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Halloween Safety Tips

Halloween is once again upon us. Sheriff Loftis would like to provide these basic safety tips so that your trick-or-treating experience is a not only a great adventure and safe night for you and your children. You or a responsible adult should always accompany children ages 12 and under when trick-or-treating. – Ensure costumes fit [...]

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Deputies Take Action During Hostage Situation & Stand-off in Greer

At approximately 9:30 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012 the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office received a disturbance call from Skyland Drive in Greer. A female complainant from inside the residence advised dispatchers that the suspect had arrived at the home. Shortly after the call was initiated the female complainant advised that the suspect had fired a weapon into [...]

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Anderson County PPP Violations

The individuals listed below are considered WANTED! If you have any information or know the whereabouts of these individuals, please contact (864) 260-2230.

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Anderson County Needs Help Identifying Thieves!

Anderson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a construction site in Piedmont after a mobile air compressor was stolen. The air compressor which is seen in the photos is built into a trailer and was valued at $20,000. The air compressor was sold on July 9th to MSM scrap yard, who did not identify the two [...]

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Three Arrested And Charged With Kidnapping After Gas Station Manager is Found

Anderson County deputies have arrested a woman, a man and a teenager in connection to the disappearance of 53-year-old Chandrakant “C.J.” Patel, manager of the Exxon gas station on Clemson Boulevard. Kyndra Leann Howell, 22, Jeremiah Christian Johnson, 29, and Zachary Demond Gantt, 17, are charged with kidnapping. Last Sunday, Patel told clerk Andrew Williams [...]

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Teenage Girl Shot During Anderson Home Invasion

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting death of a teenage girl late Sunday night during a home invasion. Deputies were called to a home on Burris Street just before midnight. According to an incident report obtained from the Sheriff’s Office, the 17-year-old was found lying on the driveway of the home with [...]

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One of Two Anderson Escaped Busted In Oconee!

Oconee County (May 29, 2012) Oconee County Sheriff’s office has captured Travis Foster, one of the two individuals who escaped from the Anderson county Detention Center Sunday night. After receiving a call about a suspicious male just outside of Seneca earlier this morning, Oconee County deputies responded to the area of Wells Highway and located [...]

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Standoff After Pursuit Leads Into Greenville and Anderson Counties

Earlier today at approximately 2:40 pm, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and South Carolina Highway Patrol were in pursuit of a dark in color Ford Explorer. The pursuit left Anderson County and entered into Greenville County. While in Greenville County the Sheriff’s Office did not become actively involved in the pursuit. However, our deputies were [...]

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Anderson Investigators Need Help In ID'ing Bank Robbers

Anderson County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to 306 Pearman Dairy Rd. Anderson, SC in reference to an armed robbery that had occurred at the South Carolina State Credit Union. Two Hispanic males, one armed with a black semi-automatic handgun walked inside the credit union and demanded money. After the suspects took an undisclosed amount of money [...]

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US Marshals Help Upstate Officers Capture 3 Murder Suspects

Operation Intercept (OPIN) the U.S. Marshals fugitive apprehension task force made up of Deputy U.S. Marshals and officers with the Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson County Sheriff’s Offices, Greenville City Police, SLED, alongside Deputy US Marshals from the Appalachian Fugitive Investigative Strike Team (AFIST) in Asheville, NC and Asheville Police, announce the location and apprehension [...]

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