Police
Police: Son Of Sen. Rand Paul Arrested At North Carolina Airport
Police say U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s son was arrested after a flight from Kentucky to North Carolina.
SC Teen Arrested After Weapons, Ammo Found In Car
Authorities in Easley have arrested a teenager after police found assorted weapons and ammunition inside a car on a high school campus.
Fairfield Deputies Looking For Winnsboro Officer That Shot Wife
Fairfield County deputies are looking for a Winnsboro police officer they say shot and wounded his estranged wife.
South Carolina Woman Leads Police On Chase While Drinking Tequila
Georgetown County sheriff’s deputies say a Murrells Inlet woman is in jail after leading them on a high speed chase and then getting out of her car drinking from a bottle of tequila.
Police: Woman Finds Ex-Boyfriend Living In Attic After Being Released From Jail
A Rock Hill woman says she found an old boyfriend living in the attic of her home after being released from jail recently.
Man Charged With Arson Found At Fire Eating Peanut Butter
Police in Columbia say it was easy to find the suspect in the burning of a pickup truck at a Columbia car dealership — he was sitting on another vehicle, eating from a jar of peanut butter as he watched the blaze.
Sheriff: Suspect Helped Search For Missing Teen
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says the man charged with kidnapping a missing 15-year-old girl pretended to help look for her.
Opinion: Big Cities’ People-in-Power Don’t Understand Crime And Murder
For America’s big cities: the people who are supposed to have, need to have, and claim to have all the answers simply don’t have a clue.
Small SC County Surpasses Murder Toll From Past 2 Years Combined
Authorities said they are less than half of the toll from a deadly six months in Lancaster County, which has seen 11 people killed by others in the first six months of 2012, more than all the homicides in 2010 and 2011 combined. The county is four times smaller than the state’s largest counties, but is on pace to have a homicide rate closer to South Carolina’s major cities.
Opinion: Obama Visits Bring Hefty Price Tag
The President’s visits often come with a hefty price tag for cities in both security costs and time misspent by police forces.
