You or a responsible adult should always accompany children ages 12 and under when trick-or-treating.

- Ensure costumes fit well, are flame retardant, and never obscure visibility.
- Have your trick-or-treater wear reflective clothing and/or carry a light or glowstick.
- Children over the age of 12 who are responsible enough to go without you, should stay in groups, follow an agreed upon route, and watch for cars.
- Check our website, www.gsco.org , for registered offenders residing in the area.
- Teach your children to never enter any home without you or without your permissions and only approach homes that are well-lit.
- Remind your children to stay in well-lit areas, never take shortcuts, and never go into isolated areas.
- Let your children know to tell you or a trusted adult if they see anything weird or unusual.
- Teach children to bring treats home before eating them. Eat only factory-wrapped treats unless you know the giver well.
- Teach your children to say NO and GET AWAY from any person or situation making them feel scared, uncomfortable, or confused; even if it means yelling, kicking, attracting attention or any other means of resisting. Trust their feeling, and be sure to tell a trusted adult.

At approximately 10:20 pm the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. team was called to respond to the residence. Sheriff’s Office negotiators also responded. Negotiators were able to speak via telephone to the suspect and through conversation learned that the suspect had shot one victim inside the home. Deputies also learned during that time that multiple adults and children were inside the home being held by the armed suspect. Once the negotiators and S.W.A.T. team members determined that the suspect did not intend on ending the situation peacefully measures were taken to forcibly enter the home to save the hostage victims.

Shortly after midnight the S.W.A.T. team breached the doors of the residence and immediately started taking fire from the suspect. Entry team members began to return fire which resulted in a brief exchange of gunfire between the suspect and deputies. During the encounter with the suspect, two deputies were shot by the suspect. Two other deputies were able to fire at the suspect subsequently eliminating the threat. The two deputies as well as the suspect were transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Ultimately, five victims to include two children were rescued from the home. One unknown male was found deceased in the home; believed to have been shot by the suspect when he initially entered the home. Three of the five victims sustained injuries during the incident that required transport to the hospital. It is unknown at this time the nature of the injuries or how the injuries occurred.

The gunshot wounds sustained by the two deputies are not life-threatening. Per Sheriff’s Office Policy, the two deputies who shot the suspect have been placed on administrative duty pending the Sheriff’s Office internal investigation in addition to the investigation currently being conducted by SLED.

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On Thursday, April 28th from 11:00AM to 3:00PM, representatives from the Greenville, Anderson, Pickens and Oconee County Sheriff’s Office will be at the Spinx, located at 498 The Parkway in Greer to sell tickets for the upcoming Spinx Concert Series, to be held Thursday, May 19th and Friday, May 20th at the Peace Center Amphitheatre in downtown Greenville.

Proceeds from the ticket sales will benefit Honor Flight Upstate SC., which is a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring our World War II veterans. The organization raises funds for the Honor Flight program that flies World War II veterans to Washington, DC to view the World War II Memorial built in their honor.

The Greenville County Sheriff’s have placed a detainment hold on Hughes pending his bond hearing in Laurens County. After Hughes is arraigned in Laurens County and notifies Greenville of a possible release, GCSO deputies will go to Laurens County and pick Hughes up and bring him to the Greenville County Detention Center where he will be served with the warrants and await a bond hearing.

Cherokee County

Becky Jo Henderson: H&E Scrap Metal

Terry Lyvonne Henderson: H&E Scrap Metal

Kevin Ray Johnston: Cole's Scrap Metal

Robert Earl Peterson: Cole's Scrap Metal

Property Damage: $65,700
Property Stolen: $228,800
Property Recovered: $14,000

Total Damage/Stolen Property: $249,500

This is an average of about $2915 in property losses per incident of metal theft.

There were 101 incidents in Cherokee County in 2010 involving scrap metal.
- 40 AC Unit/Heat Pumps, Stolen or Damaged
-16 Catalytic Converters Stolen
- 42 Copper Thefts
- 3 Vehicles Scrapped

46 Residences
23 Commercial/Business
5 Churches
10 Construction Sites
1 Cell Tower
16 Vehicles

Spartanburg County

A&J Recycling

Angela Jane Emory: A&J Recycling

Linc Shannon Moss: A&J Recycling

Freeman Core Supply

Kevin Lee Freeman: Freeman Core Supply

Gary Wayne Butler Jr.: Freeman Core Supply

Greer Metals

Michael Leon Turner: Greer Metals

Viki J. Murphy: Greer Metals

Little Man’s Auto Parts & Wrecker

Frank Ivey: Little Mans Auto Parts & Wrecker

Wayne Marquis Holland: Little Mans Auto Parts & Wrecker

David Ivey: Little Mans Auto Parts & Wrecker

Vickers Auto Parts

Maynard Vickers: Vickers Auto Parts

Dennis Vickers: Vickers Auto Parts

Tony Hizia Bourini: A-1 Auto Parts

Stephen E. Bishop: Kar Parts

Samuel David Minton: Minton's Wrecker Service

Billy Ray Smith: Smith's Recycling

Property Damage: $1.7 Million
Property Stolen: $2.3 Million
Property Recovered: $89,000
Total Damage/Stolen Property: $4 Million

This is an average of about $4000 in property losses per incident of metal theft.

There were 1,009 incidents in Spartanburg County in 2010 involving scrap metal.

439 AC Unit/Heat Pumps, Stolen or Damaged
29 Catalytic Converts
274 Copper Thefts
23 Vehicles Scrapped
243 Other Metal Theft Incidents

520 Residences
235 Commercial/Businesses
30 Churches
40 Construction Sites
27 Cell Towers
9 Restaurants
8 Department/Discount Stores
7 Drugstore/Dr. Office
133 Other

Laurens County

Michael Thompson Jr

Randolph Bean

Gregory Collier

William Wilson Sr

William Wilson III

There were 144 cases in Laurens County in 2010 relating to non-ferrous materials.

Union County

Oliver Ray

Samantha Abee

Rena Martin

There were 122 incidents in Union County in 2010 involving scrap metal.

- 26 AC Unit/Heat Pumps, Stolen or Damaged
- 9 Catalytic Converters stolen
-31 Copper Thefts
- 46 Scrap Metal
- 3 Power Meters
- 4 Headstone/Grave Vases
- 2 Vehicle Parts
- 1 Radio Broadcast Transmitter Valued of $25,000

Travis Watson        Assault and Battery H&Agg

Matthew Owens        Possession of Methamphetemine

Jeremy Mitchell        Forgery

Patricia Roberts    Burglary 2nd

Anthony Arrington    Burglary 3rd