Jillian Angela Schneider/CPD COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Columbia Police are looking for a missing woman and are seeking the public’s assistance. Jillian Angela Schneider, 35, was last seen on the morning of Tuesday, March 29, 2016 near Watermark Apartments, police say. A family member filed a missing persons report with CPD Thursday after not being able to reach Schneider since the weekend….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Officials with the Columbia Police Department say a man was struck and killed by a cement truck Thursday morning. The announcement made via Twitter, said the pedestrian was hit by the truck near the intersection of Main Street and Elmwood Avenue. According to a preliminary investigation, CPD officials say the pedestrian was utilizing the crosswalk at…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Columbia Police released these pictures of 3 men wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting death of a man on Harden St. in Five Points early Sunday. 22 year old Levi Happy of Prosperity was found unresponsive in a car in the Food Lion parking lot around 1:30am. Police are also looking for the two…
Officers with the Columbia Police Department handed out survey cars in Five Points Thursday. The cards give people a way to engage with officers and provide feedback on encounters with law enforcement officers with CPD.
Photo: SLED DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS PERSON? COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Authorities need the community’s assistance in identifying a man wanted for attempting to kidnap and assault a woman at a Marstellar Street home in February. The victim reported that a man approached her shortly before 9 a.m. on February 23, and allegedly grabbed her arm and verbally threatened her. The…
Columbia, S.C., (WOLO) — Columbia Police have arrested four men accused in a series of car thefts throughout the Capital City. Authorities believe the men are connected to a string of car thefts in the area. Police remind drivers not to leave their cars idling and unoccupied during the winter months. If you have any additional information concerning these or other…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook is looking for two persons of interests in connection to a string of car thefts throughout the city. Authorities say 27-year-old Chasity Henry and 35-year-old wanted Williams Taylor may have information about the crimes after multiple victims left keys in the ignition with the engines running. The crimes are said to have occurred in home…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Police Chief Skip Holbrook announced Tuesday that CPD are following new developments in the investigation of the shooting death of a 14-year-old teenager on Grand Street last July. On July 3, in the 4100 block of Grand Street, NaJeer Buggs was shot as he and another individual were walking home after playing basketball at a nearby park. Shortly after…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook announces that in an effort to keep drivers safe, a public safety checkpoint has been planned in the City of Columbia. Starting Friday evening, CPD’s Traffic Safety Unit will enhance patrols and DUI enforcement across the City and in South Columbia. The areas were selected based on traffic violations that have occurred…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO/AP) — A suspect wanted in connection to a murder in Texas has died following an exchange of gunfire at an apartment complex near the VA hospital Monday. Columbia Police spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons said at a news conference that the suspect fired at police just before noon Monday, and the officers fired back at an apartment complex several miles east…
