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Deputies: Drugs, guns, cash found in Winnsboro home

Rob Dew,

Fairfield Co, S.C. (WOLO)– Deputies in Fairfield Co. say a search warrant uncovered large quantities of drugs, cash, and guns. Investigators say last Friday Timothy Weldon and Tawanda Young were in the home at the time of the search. According to deputies,  they are facing several charges related to the distribution of illegal drugs. Deputies say inside the home they…
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US Supreme Court will not hear Slager case

ABC Team,

File – Michael Slager in court (WCIV) Charleston, S.C. (WCIV)– The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the Michael Slager case. The former North Charleston police officer had petitioned the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his prison sentence. Slager shot and killed Walter Scott in April 2015. He pleaded guilty in 2017 to the federal charge of depriving…
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Jury begins deliberations in Timothy Jones Jr. murder trial

Jones was charged with the murders of his five children back in 2014
Tim Scott,

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) — The ball is in the jury’s court to determine if Timothy Jones Jr. is guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity in the death of his five children back in August 2014.  Both sides delivered closing statements that each went over an hour Monday afternoon, painting two different pictures of Timothy Jones Jr. and what went…
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Family of 7 lose everything in Newberry house fire, Sheriff’s department ask for community help

Alexis Frazier,

NEWBERRY COUNTY, SC (WOLO)-The Newberry County Sheriff’s department is helping one of their own after a house fire left two Midlands deputies and their five kids without a home. “All of their belongs were inside,” Newberry Sheriff Lee Foster said. “The only thing they had were the clothes on their back.” While Amanda Carter and Adam Tesenair were out with…