Local Candidate’s Signs Stolen

Local Candidate’s Signs Stolen

The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Clerk of Court Sonny Reel that several of his campaign signs had been stolen.  Reel, who is seeking re-election to his position, advised law enforcement that the eleven signs that were located on private, residential property.  The locations of these signs included Columbia Road, Addison Street, Youngblood Road, Sheppard Drive, Bauskett Street, Augusta Road, Edgefield Road, and Sweetwater Road.  Reel further informed the ECSO that on Thursday, May 26, he was notified that several of the signs had been seen abandoned on the banks of a pond behind Gregory Lake Road.  Upon searching the location the following day, Reel informed law enforcement that he located nine of the signs on the bank of said pond and another two in a small water cove.  According to Reel, the signs appeared undamaged.