Field at Fox Creek High School Damaged The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to Fox Creek High School late Sunday night, Jan. 12, after receiving an anonymous phone call stating a vehicle was doing donuts and tearing up the school’s field. Upon arrival, deputies found a Jeep covered in fresh mud in the athletic field […]
On Monday, January 6, a resident on New Delaughter Drive contacted the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office to report his dog as being stolen. According to reports filed with the ECSO regarding this matter, the victim stated that a neighbor from a home on nearby Dock Drive had driven by his residence earlier in the day […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a burglary call Friday, Jan.3, at a residence on Briggs Avenue. According to a report filed with the ECSO, the back door of the home was pried open by unknown suspects, and a total of six guns were stolen. The firearms stolen included three shot guns of various […]
Pine Ridge Country Club Vandalized Pine Ridge Country Club was vandalized sometime between Monday night, Dec. 23, and Tuesday morning, Dec. 24, according to a report filed with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office. The report states that an employee arrived for work Tuesday morning to find where vandals had driven across one of the courses, […]
According to published reports, one person was stabbed during a fight in the parking lot of St. Edwards’ Catholic Church in the Edgefield County section of Murphy Village near the Aiken County line Friday, Dec. 27. The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office is investigating this incident. This is a developing story with few details available at […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was contacted on Monday, Dec. 16, by a contractor for the owners of a property on Ann Street in North Augusta (Edgefield County) regarding the theft of copper wire from an air conditioning unit on the premises. According to a report filed with the ECSO, an air conditioning unit on […]
A 58 year old Johnston man was arrested Sunday, Dec. 15, after he assaulted a 31 year old woman from Griffin, GA, at the drive thru of the McDonalds in Edgefield. According to a report filed with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, the woman stated she pulled into the drive thru ahead of the suspect, […]
A man who wished to sell his vehicle allowed a potential buyer to test drive his truck for a few days. However, a few days turned into three weeks and now the truck and the potential buyer are believed to have left town. According to a report filed with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, an […]
Nearly $2500 in Damages and Stolen Items in Auto Break In The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of an auto break in at Lick Fork Lake on Sunday, Nov. 24. According to the report filed with the ECSO, the victim in this incident parked her vehicle on Lick Fork Lake Road to […]
As The Advertiser was going to press Tuesday, we learned from a family member of the victim in this incident that around 7:30 that morning a Merriwether woman was in the back of her house getting ready for work and heard a knock on her back door. The relative related that the woman looked out […]