Crime

Alleged stealing metal and gambling house

Arrests Allege Industrial Burglaries in Clinton w-update Friday, August 3, 2018 - WLBG on-line Two people were arrested by Clinton Public Safety yesterday in connection with an industrial burglary involving malicious damage and theft of items valued over $10,000. 18-year-old Dustin Scott Franklin...

"Mixed up with the wrong crowd"

CRIME & Law Enforcement Roundup - update about Socastee homicide CLINTON, SC (FOX Carolina) - The family of an Upstate man who the coroner said was found murdered in a burned out SUV near the coast is speaking out. According to WMBF, the Horry County Coroner identified one of two men found in...

Child porn possession is alleged

Spartanburg Co.-Enoree man accused of sex crime with minor, producing child porn ENOREE (FOX Carolina) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Friday that an Enoree man was arrested on twenty charges after a child porn investigation. Investigators said Jeremy Alexander Bennett,...

Woman killed on road; 2 men found stabbed

The coroner is investigating an accident where a female pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed in Laurens County this morning (July 24). The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. on Mordeci Mountain Road near Durbin Church Road about 3.5 miles south of Fountain Inn. Troopers say the 17 year...

Drug Charges & Child Porn Allegations

CRIME REPORT: Magistrate Arrested, Child Porn Is Alleged, Meth in County Jail Charge Is Made. Laurens County Magistrate Arrested for Alleged Marijuana Farm – all from WLBG on-line Thursday, July 19, 2018 This from our partners at WYFF TV An Upstate judge was arrested after a marijuana growing...

"This is a test for us all"

PHOTOS: Dozens of Laurens County residents attended a Sunday evening vigil for a 2-year-old beaten to death allegedly by his mother's boyfriend. "We don't want to see any child hurt," said Jack Logan, of Greenville, director of the organization, Put Down the Guns Young People. Sheriff Don Reynolds...

Man accused in woman's shooting death

As a community held a vigil for a dead 2-year-old and bond was denied to 2 people accused in the homicide, Laurens County was rocked Sunday by a second violent death. The victim has not yet been identified. Authorities identified the suspect as Anthony Cruz Garcia, 34, of 56 Tullyton Dr., Fountain...

Laurens County man is arrested: SC DOR

Owner of Business in Greenville County Arrested for More Than $54,000 in Unpaid Taxes Frederick Cox of Laurens County has been arrested by South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) Agents on an alleged 10 counts of failing to collect or pay Withholding Tax. Cox is the owner and operator of...

Attempted murder is among charges filed in Gray Court incident

CRIME REPORT -- Two suspects in custody after Laurens County chase, AND alleged stolen vehicle suspect caught LAURENS COUNTY, SC (FOX Carolina) - If you walk into the Exxon gas station in Gray Court, Lori Medlock is one of the store clerks who will ring you up and check you out. But on Thursday...

Attempted murder suspect is released on bond

Suspect with “Crazy Hair” Charged with Attempted Murder; also, a traffic fatality Friday, June 8, 2018 - WLBG AM Laurens Police charged a teen with Attempted Murder following a late Tuesday afternoon incident. Laurens police officers were dispatched to Augusta Street at 6:06 pm on a report of...