The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was assisting the SC Highway Patrol with a safety check point, Feb. 9, at West Five Notch and Murrah Roads in North Augusta (Edgefield County) when a subject came through the check point without his driver’s license. The subject told law enforcement that he had left his license at home. […]
Contraband Found at Detention Center The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office located contraband in an inmate’s cell at the Edgefield County Detention Center, Sunday, Jan. 22. According to an incident report on the matter, a search of the inmate’s cell was conducted based on information the ECSO had obtained that led them to believe the inmate […]
David Walter Coon, 53, and Tim Wayne Wheeler, 55, each of Edgefield County, were both sentenced to 25 years for trafficking methamphetamine. Sentencing was at the Edgefield County Court House as a result of trials held this court session. Presided over by the Honorable John Hayes, Coon’s trial began the week of Jan. 8, and […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a break-in at a residence on the 100 block of Nicholson Rd. in Trenton, Dec. 19. According to an ECSO report on the incident, the homeowner returned home in the evening to find a basement window on the backside of his residence had been knocked out. Upon arriving […]
Beware of Scams An Edgefield County woman is out of $2000 after she became a victim to scam artists. According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report that was filed on the incident, the woman was contacted by someone who stated that her grandson been in an automobile the name Peter Walsh and said that […]
On Dec. 15, 2016, the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dameion Edwin Thomas (36-year-old) of Aiken, S.C., on 2 counts of murder in connection with the October 9, 2016, deaths of Charles and Andrea Deas of Edgefield. Mr. and Mrs. Deas were found deceased following a fire at 374 Marigold St. in Edgefield. Mr. Thomas […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was notified Dec. 6 of the suspected theft of 19 car batteries from a location on Mosely Drive in Trenton. According to the ECSO report on the incident, the property owner stated that unknown subjects had entered the property and taken the Delco batteries which were, in total, estimated to […]
Theft at Local Nursing Home The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a stolen golf cart at Forest View Manor in McCormick (Edgefield County), Nov. 28. According to an ECSO report on the incident, the golf cart was last known to have been on the property on Nov. 25. The golf cart […]
The third suspect in the armed robbery that occurred Nov.11 at Sportsman’s Corner has been captured. According to a spokesperson with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office who spoke to the Advertiser, Rashwan Hairstom was caught in Greensboro, NC, by the Greensboro Police Department, Tuesday, Nov. 29. The two other suspects in this crime, Khalid Edward […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a break-in at Sweetwater Baptist Church, Monday, Nov. 14. According to the ECSO report on the incident, unknown suspects gained entry into the church’s gym by using a side rear door. Once inside, they took from a closet a black Carvin sound system with two speakers valued at […]