Author: ABC Columbia Staff

5 UPS employees arrested for stealing guns from incoming packages

LEXINGTON, S.C. – A gun theft ring at a midlands UPS hub was busted last week by Lexington County deputies. The guns were stolen from incoming packages at the shipping company’s hub in West Columbia. Tre’von Williams, 19 (LCSD) Kenyon Peters, 18 (LCSD) Dishon Kinney, 18 (LCSD) Byron Burke, 19, Jalen Green, 19, Dishon Kinney, 18, Kenyon Peters, 18, and…

Well-known Orangeburg repairman murdered while helping with refrigerator

ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO) – A man well-known around the Orangeburg community was murdered Tuesday while helping someone inspect a refrigerator. According to the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office, the unnamed victim had gone with an acquaintance to a home on Irvin Street late Tuesday night to possibly help repair the appliance. Witnesses inside the home told investigators the victim had a…

Arrest made in deadly afternoon shooting at Columbia apartment complex

Courtesy:ASGDC COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Columbia Police arrested a suspect in a deadly afternoon shooting at an apartment complex Tuesday. Leona Toatley, 19, was arrested and will face a murder charge in the domestic shooting death of a male acquaintance. Police responded to the Gable Oaks Apartments on Colleton Street. Police say they plan to release more information Wednesday. Categories:…