STAFF REPORTS     5/16/2012 10:14 AM   

Two people have been arrested and charged following a bust of a methamphetamine lab made by the Aiken County Sheriff's office. Following a tip officers received on Sunday of possible meth activity at 241 Wexford Mills Drive in Wagener, investigators ...

    5/15/2012 9:48 PM   

These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 14. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released. Although those listed have been arrested and charged, that ...

    5/15/2012 9:48 PM   

A vehicle was reported as stolen from Pendleton Street in Aiken. The tan 1995 Isuzu Rodeo has South Carolina license plate HKF189. The vehicle was reported as stolen after midnight and 6:15 a.m. Tuesday. A kitchen cook-top was reportedly stolen ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/15/2012 12:26 AM   

Aiken Public Safety officers said they hope to have more information today about an early morning shooting at Churchill Commons that left one man dead and sent another man to the hospital. William E. Holmes Jr., 24, of 2607 Roses Run, was found dead ...

    5/14/2012 8:57 PM   

A car break-in was reported at a Charleston Row Boulevard address on Monday. The victim said her center console had been emptied. Change was reported as stolen. An Aiken man reported that he was threatened by a motorist while he was at the inter ...

By ANNA DOLIANITIS   Staff writer   5/14/2012 8:57 PM   

The final man awaiting trial in the 2008 torture and murder of Frederick Tucker accepted a plea deal on Monday, shortly before his trial was set to begin, and received a 22-year sentence. Ronald Grooms, 26, of Irmo, was charged with murder but was al ...

    5/14/2012 8:57 PM   

These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 11-13. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released. Although those listed have been arrested and charged, th ...

Staff reports     5/14/2012 1:45 PM   

A body discovered last week on Old Double Springs Rd in Aiken County SC has been identified as 50-year-old Melody K. Baughman, according to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton. Baughman was reported missing in April by her son. During the time of her di ...

Staff reports     5/14/2012 7:16 AM   

One man was killed and another wounded during an early morning shooting at Churchill Commons Apartments (map). Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton identified the victim as William Holmes Jr., 24, of Beaufort. Holmes is a former USC Aiken student and w ...

    5/13/2012 11:50 PM   

An Aiken man reported Friday that he was a victim of an armed robbery while on Edgefield Avenue at Greenville Street, according to a police report. He said a black male wearing jeans, a black shirt and a red hat put a gun to his head and demanded mon ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/11/2012 11:53 PM   

Look closely at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver David Ragan's Ford tonight as he takes to the Darlington Raceway track in the Bojangles' Southern 500. Two decals honoring fallen Aiken Public Safety officers Scotty Richardson and Sandy Rogers will be ...

    5/11/2012 9:40 PM   

A Bradby Lane resident was charged with cable theft this week. She was served a warrant and transported to the Aiken County detention center. An Aiken man reported that his prescription medication was stolen from his vehicle on Thursday. The vic ...

    5/11/2012 9:39 PM   

These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 10. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released. Although those listed have been arrested and charged, that ...

    5/10/2012 8:53 PM   

These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 9. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released. Although those listed have been arrested and charged, that d ...

    5/10/2012 8:53 PM   

An Aiken woman reported her purse as stolen while she was in the City of Aiken. The victim said she doesn't remember from where the purse may have been taken. Work release crews reportedly found suspicious material in a trash bag at the landfill ...

By ANNA DOLIANITIS   Staff writer   5/10/2012 8:53 PM   

-- Arthur Flemming, 19, of Hickory Ridge Road in Aiken, pleaded guilty to burglary second degree nonviolent and was sentenced to seven years, suspended upon the service of 90 days and two years probation for an April burglary of an Ashwood Drive home ...

Staff reports     5/10/2012 10:02 AM   

Two men in a vehicle that reportedly avoided a traffic checkpoint on Columbia Highway Tuesday morning have been arrested on drug charges. Luis J. Gonzalez, 34, is charged with drug possession and distribution. Jose M. Martinez, 26, is charged with dr ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/9/2012 11:37 PM   

A week-long methamphetamine investigation resulted in the arrest of six area residents reportedly involved with manufacturing and trafficking the drugs in Aiken County. On May 3, investigators responded to the Barn Owl Road residence where they confi ...

    5/9/2012 11:12 PM   

Aiken Public Safety is investigating an Aiken man's claims that his bank account was breached without his authorization. The victim said his wallet was previously stolen and his ATM card was inside. Aiken Public Safety is investigating allegati ...

    5/9/2012 11:12 PM   

These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 8. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released. Although those listed have been arrested and charged, that d ...