A former correctional officer was sentenced to serve six years prison for introducing contraband to inmates.
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File ABC Columbia RICHLAND, SC (WOLO)– Richland County officials say they will spray for mosquitoes in Forest Acres and St. Andrews after routine tests confirm West Nile Virus activity in those areas. According to county officials, the presence of the virus was detected in two areas, but residents across the County are advised to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites…
Orangeburg, SC (WOLO)– Officials with the Department of Natural Resources say a boater was pronounced dead after an accident this weekend. Officials say six people were on a pontoon boat on Lake Marion Saturday when waves caused their 32 foot boat to overturn. Five were able to make it back to the surface, one was not. Officials have not released…
Courtesy: FAPD Forest Acres, S.C. (WOLO)–Forest Acres police are looking for a suspect in a recent robbery. Investigators say suspect can be seen in a a picture taken from an ATM’s security camera. Police say the man seen here is using a victim’s debit card to withdraw money. According to investigators the card was stolen during a robbery on June…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A patient at a state mental hospital in South Carolina has died after being at the bottom of a dogpile of several employees – something specifically prohibited in their training. The State newspaper reports three of the 13 employees involved in the death of 35-year-old William Avant in January had not been through training on physically…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)-One suspect caught on camera stealing from a local business has been caught, now deputies need help tracking down the other three suspects. Deondre Johnson, of Texas, is being extradited from Mississippi back to Richland County, according to deputies. Johnson and three other suspects were caught on camera stealing from a Best Buy in Richland county. Anyone…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- The driver killed in a crash Sunday morning has been identified. Anthony L. Harris, 46, of Mitchell Street in Columbia, SC died after a single vehicle crash on Superior Street near Rosewood Drive, according to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts. Harris was pronounced dead at Prisma Health Richland. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday(July,15,2019). The cause…
NEWBERRY COUNTY, SC(WOLO)-One person is dead after a head on collision in Newberry County Sunday afternoon. The wreck happened at 12:00p.m. on I-26 East near mile marker 63. Trooper Joe Hovis said the driver of a 2007 Honda was traveling down I-26 East on the left side of the road when the car crossed the grass median and struck a…
LADSON, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a 25-year-old South Carolina man faces murder charges in the fatal shooting of his father. The Post and Courier reports Robert Edward Millen was initially charged with two counts of attempted murder after shooting his father and a brother Monday. But the father, 54-year-old Bradley Millen, died later. Lt. Chris Brokaw of the Charleston…
