Tries to Hit Two Good Samaritans A twenty-seven year old North Augusta woman was charged with Criminal Domestic Violence of a High and Aggravated Nature, Tuesday, May 5, after she struck her boyfriend, a Johnston man, with her car. According to a report filed with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office on the incident, the woman […]
Two shots were heard coming from the Mims/Gary Street area of Edgefield, Tuesday afternoon, Apr. 28, around 5:30. Officers with the Edgefield City Police Department were dispatched to the area with instructions to be on the look out for a white truck with rims that was thought to have been involved in the shots being […]
Owner Charged with Unlawful Possession of Liquor A Johnston man had his moonshine still confiscated by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office after he was found to be in possession of an illegal distillery device. According to a report filed by the ECSO, an incident at Strom Thurmond High School earlier in the month led deputies […]
A Johnston man was stabbed in the chest Friday afternoon, Apr. 10, at the parking lot of the old industrial site on Star Road in Edgefield. The victim was transported to Georgia Regents Hospital in Augusta for treatment of his injuries. An Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson described those injuries as serious but said that […]
Vandalism and Assault on Watson Road The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported vandalism and assault at Watson Road in Trenton, Thursday, Apr. 2. According to an ECSO report, a resident of the neighborhood heard her miniature pony making “ a lot of commotion.” When she went outside to see what was happening, […]
April, 2, 2015 – A rental home at 410 Penn Street was raided by the Edgefield Police Department early Wednesday morning around 12:30. According to Chief of Police Ronnie Carter, who spoke to The Advertiser later that day regarding the incident, the department had received information that the occupants of the home were making methamphetamine at […]
March, 24, 2015 – The Edgefield Police Department and the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of shots fired at Gary Street Apartments, Monday evening, March 23, around 5:30. When they arrived, they discovered no one had been injured, and the suspect had fled the scene. A gun was recovered nearby that is […]
February 25, 2015 – Edward Terrell Chandler, 27, of Johnston, was arrested Tuesday morning, Feb. 24, for the sexual assault and kidnapping of an 82 year old Johnston woman. According to law enforcement, Chandler knocked on the door to the woman’s Lee Street home early Tuesday morning saying he needed help for his father. When the […]
Marco Wendell Harris, 32, of Aiken County, was killed early Sunday morning, Feb. 15, around 12:30 at Fox Terrace Apartments in North Augusta (Edgefield County) as a result of what the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office is currently calling a possible unintentional shooting. According to the ECSO, Marco Harris and his nephew, Ezekiel Harris, 21, also […]
Increased ECSO Presence Suspect Responds in Interview A former employee of Urban Outfitters was arrested by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, Friday, Jan. 30, for unlawfully carrying a pistol onto the property. According to an ECSO report filed on the matter, the ECSO was notified Friday of a man in the parking lot of the […]