Crime
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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Kohlhepp files reignite interest
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA — National and international interest in the Todd Kohlhepp serial killings case was reignited following the release of a portion of the case files on June 9 by the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Department. That renewed interest also ignited a new round of interest in Kohlhepp’s relationship with…
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Mother, son arrested after chase
NEWBERRY COUNTY — A mother and her son were arrested on multiple charges late Sunday night after they led police on a short chase. According to the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office, a car driven by Yvette Michelle Pratt, 37, of 1139 Copeland St. in Newberry, was stopped at a public…
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Authorities respond to a possible kidnapping
NEWBERRY — The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office and Newberry Police Department responded Saturday to Waffle House on S.C. 34 to help locate a possible kidnapping victim after getting a call from the Richmond County (Ga.) Sheriff’s Office. Officers and deputies found a 12-year-old girl inside the restaurant eating with two…
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Mail delivery of pot results in arrest
PROSPERITY — An Irmo man was charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana after he received a delivery of illegal drugs through the mail. Bond on Kenny Teray Basnight, 24, of 313 Doncaster Driver, was set at $10,000. He was released Nov. 23 after posting bond. “This is another…
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Deputy dragged by car, two in custody
NEWBERRY — A deputy with the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office is recovering from injuries he received last week when a driver stopped at a traffic safety checkpoint decided he wanted to flee, dragging the deputy a short distance before crashing the vehicle. When it was all over, deputies recovered marijuana,…
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Voluntary manslaughter charges filed
PROSPERITY — A weekend altercation between two men left one of them dead and the other charged with voluntary manslaughter, according to the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office. Allen Benjamin Osheilds, 42, of 4983 Bethel Church Road in Prosperity, turned himself in Wednesday morning at the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office. His…
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Arrest made in kidnapping, assault case
NEWBERRY — A 24-year-old Newberry man remained in jail on Tuesday in connection with the kidnapping and assault of an elderly woman a week ago. Anthony Maurice Wise, of 604 Green Meadow Drive, was charged with burglary, kidnapping, armed robbery, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and…
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North Carolina pair charged with drug possession
NEWBERRY COUNTY — Two North Carolina men were arrested last Wednesday following a traffic stop on S.C. 121 near Frye Road between Newberry and Whitmire. Jonathan Nathaniel Gayle, 18, of 311 Thompson Court in Indian Trail, N.C., was charged with carrying a pistol unlawfully and three counts of possession of…
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General Sessions guilty pleas heard
NEWBERRY COUNTY — Circuit Court Judge Robert Hood accepted the following guilty pleas during a recent session of General Sessions Court: • Nicholas Nelson, 37, of 220 Hidden Valley Road, Prosperity, assault and battery, third degree, 30 days in jail, suspended; time served. • Christopher Kentrell Gallman, 20, of 207…
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Arrests linked to meth
NEWBERRY COUNTY — The arrests of four people linked to a series of burglaries in Whitmire and Union County should serve as notice to anyone wanting to commit a crime that “if you mess with one, you mess with all.” Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster made that statement at a…
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Two men charged with stealing guns, discharging one
NEWBERRY COUNTY – Two Prosperity men are in custody after breaking into a home in one neighborhood and stealing weapons, then discharging a firearm in a different neighborhood. Charles Logan Higgins III, 20, of 370 Federal Lane in Prosperity, and Travarris Maurice Green, 18, of 349 Federal Lane in Prosperity,…
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Newberry City Police Log
NEWBERRY — The City of Newberry Police Department reported the following incidents and arrests: • Wilshaud Jaquan Johnson, 18, of 452 Hawkins Road, Newberry, and Kristopher Terrell Jeter, 17, of 1306 Second St., Newberry, were charged with drug/narcotics violations July 17 after the NPD received a tip that several subjects…
