The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office says they are partnering with the Lee County and Florence County Sheriff’s Departments to investigate a deadly shooting that took place at a hotel on the 10000 block of Lynches River Road on October 16.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–A local organization is raising money to support the wife and son of a fallen Sumter County Deputy. Serve and Connect had raised more than $35,000 as of Friday morning to help the family of Corporal Andrew Gillette. Gillette was shot and killed in the line of duty Tuesday morning. Corporal Gillette will be laid to rest Sunday. …
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–A deadly officer involved shooting in Sumter county has left both the suspect and a deputy dead, say officials. The Sumter County Sheriff says Corporal Andrew Gillette died after being shot in the chest around 11:30 Tuesday morning. Sheriff Anthony Dennis says the suspect was fatally wounded. According to the Sumter County Coroner’s Office, 56 year old Terry…
SUMTER, SC (WOLO)– A Sumter Couple is behind bars accused of abusing their three month old. Both 22 year old Phillip Andrew Grate and 17 year old Ashlin Caples, the parents of the child, face an unlawful neglect of child charge. The Sheriff’s office tells ABC Columbia News that the three month old had two fractured leg bones and fractured ribs….
SUMTER, SC (WOLO)– A Sumter woman is accused of unlawful neglect of a child. Sumter deputies say the Sumter woman and her children tested positive for drugs. Investigators say Megan Watford’s children, ages 2 and 7, both tested positive for meth and amphetamines. She is charged with two counts of unlawful neglect of a child. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Sumter…
Deputies with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Department are searching for two men who allegedly broke into a gun shop early Friday morning stealing several guns valued at $20,000.
Steve Johnson SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A man is charged with unlawful neglect of a child or helpless person after allegedly scolding a toddler with hot water. Steve Johnson, 24, allegedly used scalding hot water from a shower wand to disciple the victim after the child defecated in his pants and in the shower, officials say. Officials say Johnson is the…
Daniel Dale Browder SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A 52-year-old Edgewater Drive man was arrested on drug charges after a traffic stop. A Sumter County deputy stopped Daniel Browder’s vehicle around 9 p.m. on June 19 on Starks Ferry Road for an expired tag, officials say. According to sheriff’s officials, Browder was able to provide a valid SC driver’s license,…
SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Several people are behind bars facing a variety of drugs and weapons charges following the Sumter County Sheriff’s Department’s continued efforts in ‘Operation Smackdown.’ For the past several weeks, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office and cooperating agencies have conducted a drug sting targeting drug activity in Sumter County, twenty-six arrest warrants were served and twelve people were arrested officials say….
SUMTER COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Deputies with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect wanted for breaking into a vehicle overnight. The suspect was caught on surveillance footage entering an unlocked vehicle during the night and taking some item before fleeing. Officials with the department say there has been a rash of vehicle break-ins…
