FBI probes into Aiken traffic stop and search allegations
City officials confirm the FBI and a second external investigator will examine a 2014 traffic stop in which Elijah Pontoon and Lakeya Hicks allege an unconstitutional cavity search. Officers Chris Medlin Clark Smith Penny Shultz and Brian Hall face a federal lawsuit. three of four are on temporary reassignment.
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Aiken County
John Klimm
FBI Columbia Division
Chris Medlin
Penny Shultz
Clark Smith
Brian Hall
Smith
Aiken Department of Public Safety
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Lakeya Hicks
City of
Police Department
Charles Barranco
Medlin
Hicks
Horry Street
Richland Avenue
Aiken man sentenced for killing a puppy and related charges
James Xavier Quattlebaum, 25 of Kershaw Street, pleaded guilty to ill treatment of animals, unlawful conduct toward a child, second degree domestic violence and resisting arrest. He received five years for ill treatment, five years for unlawful conduct toward a child, three years for domestic violence and 10 years suspended to five with five years probation for resisting arrest. All sentences run concurrently with active five years and five years probation. Random drug screens, counseling and 100 hours of community service required.
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Kershaw Street
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AREA DEATHS LIST NAMES IN 6A FUNERAL NOTICE
Death notices list Harry Priester of Aiken Katherine Smith Toole of Beech Island and Norma Jean Oden Boatwright of Aiken among area deaths. Funeral details appear in the 6A edition brief.
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Katherine Smith Toole
Beech Island
Norma Jean Oden Boatwright
Aiken
Weather outlook with scattered rain chances
The forecast calls for a chance of rain with a high near 61 and a low around 46. A five day outlook is provided with typical cool, unsettled conditions and dry spells between showers.
Plea for protests after officer's probation ruling
Aiken NAACP president expresses dismay over a White former officer Justin Craven receiving probation for the February 2014 shooting death of 68 year old Ernest in Edgefield County. Howell calls for steps to prevent racially motivated police incidents and urges scrutiny of law enforcement and judiciary.
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Philip Howell
South Carolina
North Augusta
Man Arrested Tied To Missing Florida Priest Case
Aiken County deputies arrested 28 year old Steven James Murray of Jacksonville early Thursday on Nautilus and Crabtree streets. Murray is wanted in Florida for aggravated fleeing and eluding in the disappearance of 71 year old Rev. Rene Robert of the Diocese of St Augustine. Neighbors saw him and called 911. the blue 2012 Toyota Corolla with a Florida tag linked to the priest was recovered. The U.S. Marshals Office aided, with a tactical team, and the case prompts continued investigation.
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Aiken County
St. Johns County
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U.S. Marshal’s Office
Murray
Nautilus Street
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