Staff reports     5/22/2012 3:17 PM   

North Augusta Public Safety has identified an accused gunman involved in an shooting yesterday morning at a North Augusta apartment building. Brandon Keith Ingram, 22, of Lawrence Street in Aiken, is wanted for attempted murder, according to Lt. Tim ...

    5/22/2012 1:35 AM   

These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 18-20. 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     5/21/2012 3:29 PM   

North Augusta Public Safety responded to a shooting incident that occurred on the 300 block of East Martintown Road at the Breckenridge II apartments this morning at 2:30 a.m., according to Lt. Tim Thornton. George Drumgold, 33 years-old of Augusta, ...

    5/20/2012 11:49 PM   

An Aiken man reported on Friday that he was the victim of a strong-armed robbery after someone drove off with $150 of his cash when he was trying to purchase a car stereo from them, according to a police report. He met the individual near Bee Lane an ...

By KAREN DAILY   Staff writer   5/18/2012 11:50 PM   

Autopsy reports show a 64-year-old Aiken man shot and killed his ex-wife at her home Thursday morning and then turned a weapon on himself during an incident in which he exchanged gunfire with local law enforcement officers. Preliminary findings show ...

    5/18/2012 11:49 PM   

A Roses Run resident reported that her purse was stolen from her vehicle while she returned to her apartment briefly for something she forgot. She identified a possible suspect. A Colleton Avenue resident asked that a woman who has been soliciting mo ...

    5/18/2012 11:49 PM   

These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 17. 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 ...

Staff reports     5/18/2012 11:44 AM   

Five Aiken Public Safety officers and two Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputies will be off the streets while an investigation is conducted into the Thursday fatal shooting of a murder suspect. Aiken Public Safety Director Charles Barranco said at a ...

    5/18/2012 12:10 AM   

A break-in was reported Wednesday evening on Weston Street after the resident said she left her home for about an hour and a half. The woman said around 50 people had gathered in the street near her home when she left. When she returned to her reside ...

Staff reports     5/17/2012 10:00 PM   

Jeffrey Richardson, 59, of Graniteville, was charged in a one-count indictment with theft of government funds for defrauding the Department of Energy at the Savannah River Site. The maximum penalty that Richardson can receive is 10 years of imprisonm ...

    5/17/2012 10:00 PM   

These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 16. 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 ...

By STAFF REPORTS     5/17/2012 11:15 AM   

Local police have shot a suspect this morning following a domestic call at 221 Cherry Hills Drive. Police responded to a 911 call at 10:17 a.m. According to witnesses, at around 10:30 a.m., officials with the Aiken Department of Public Safety and the ...

By ANNA DOLIANITIS   Staff writer   5/16/2012 11:25 PM   

-- Felicia Steelman, 27, of Augusta, was sentenced to six months in prison under South Carolina's enhancement laws for shoplifting third or subsequent offense. She was charged in May 2010 for stealing items from the North Augusta Bi-Lo. --Ab ...

    5/16/2012 11:25 PM   

These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for May 15. 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 ...

By ANNA DOLIANITIS   Staff writer   5/16/2012 9:24 PM   

A 19-year-old North Augusta man pleaded guilty to attempted murder Wednesday and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting a man in the neck outside a downtown North Augusta gas station in 2011. David Lee Johnson, of Seaborn Drive in North Aug ...

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 ...