Police blotter reports theft and violence incidents in local area
A man was struck with a pipe after a confrontation with a stranger in a black Monte Carlo tailgating along Richland Avenue. Burglary reports include two porcelain dolls stolen from Old Ridge Road home, a satellite receiver taken on Mockingbird Lane, and a gun stolen from Colleton Avenue SE. Vandals and thefts include a Minit Shop disturbance with a hot dog thrown, four stolen basset hound puppies, a car fire tied to a stolen vehicle from Richmond County, a pistol stolen from a Silver Bluff resident, auto break-ins on Dibble Road and Barnwell Avenue, and Dunbar Auto Sales burglarized for beer and soft drinks.
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Richland Avenue
Augusta
Old Ridge Road
North Augusta
Mockingbird Lane
Augusta Road
Gloverville
Shetland Drive
Jackson
Colleton Avenue
Sheriff
Old Aiken Road
Carolina Springs Road
Richmond County
Silver Blutt Road
Dibble Road
Southern Wholesalers
Barnwell Avenue
Dunbar
Hampton Avenue
Correction: Graham campaign event date at Newberry Hall
A correction notes a campaign event for Rep. Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, was scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at Newberry Hall. The Aiken Standard regrets the error.
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Lindsey Graham
R-S.c
Newberry Hall
Aiken
Fern Brooks Anticipates October Skies at School Setting
Fern Brooks of Aiken looks forward to seeing October Skies. The film’s action unfolds at Big Creek High School in War West Virginia where Mrs Brooks attends school. Ms Riley, a teacher in the film, is Brooks cousin.
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Fern Brooks
Aiken
Big Creek High School
War, W.va
Brooks
Ms. Riley
Glanton argues omitted phone records tainted murder trial
Convicted killer Chasaton Glanton told an Aiken a court that telephone evidence favoring his defense was not admitted at trial for the 1994 killing of John Reiner Sr. A judge said he would review trial transcript and have parties prepare an order for a possible new trial. Glanton noted that paging records and phone printouts could have cast doubt on Sparky Reiner’s testimony and the jury’s verdict.
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Chasako Glanton
Glanton
James W. Johnson Jr
Aiken
John Reiner Sr
Sparky Reiner
Chavados Miles
Avery
Miles
Reiner
Einer
Regina Poteat
Johnson
Ms. Poteat
Bell- South
J. Benjamin Aplin
Evience
Amy Shumpert
Aiken officer tops Columbia police academy grads
Ben Harm of Aiken led 49 graduates at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy nine week program with a 38.8 score on six tests and received the JP Strom Award named for the late chief of the SC Law Enforcement Division. Harm lauds the academy’s tough training and values public safety support from city officials.
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Columbia
Aiken
Ben Harm
Harm
JP Strom
South Carolina
South Carolina Crimial Justice Academy
ADPS
Pete Frommer
Stommer
USC Aiken
Joe Harm
Ann Harm
Elizabeth
Aiken man charged after assault at home
Glenn Johnson, 34, of 768 Henry Street, assaulted an Aiken resident Monday night. After a staged non starting vehicle key gesture, he fled but was tracked by bloodhounds on Two Notch Road. Johnson later admitted entering the home, beating the victim, and was charged with burglary and assault and battery. The victim received multiple head injuries and was treated and released.
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Aiken
Glenn Johnson
Henry Street
Johnson
Aiken Public Safety
Two Notch Road
Michael Frank
Ously
Hicks appoints two lawyers for Willie Hicks appeal
John Delgado and Courtney Crook have been named as counsel for Willie Hicks, the 1983 knifing death defendant sentenced to die in 1996. The state Supreme Court rejected Hicks's bid to overturn the 1996 verdict by a 4 to 1 vote. A stay of execution was granted on January 21 to permit post conviction relief proceedings.
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John Delgado
Courtney Crook
Willie Hicks
Hicks
A.C. Hagan
State Supreme Court
Two court cases see relief pleas in South Carolina
A Winston woman Carolyn Abney, 28, who pled to manslaughter for the Sept 2 1995 stabbing death of Danny McKinney, lost a bid to reopen her case after a post conviction relief appeal to the Aiken County Court of Common Pleas. In a separate relief plea, Roosevelt Bryant, appealing an earlier armed robbery conviction tied to the College Acres Zippy Mart killings, testified that he was framed and that false testimony misled the jury.
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Winston
Carolyn Abney
Aiken
Icts
Abney
Danny McKinney
Johnson
Roosevelt Bryant
Bryant
College Acres
Charles
Mary Holoway
Holoway
Incumbents Return in North Augusta City Council Race
Incumbents Carolyn Capers Baggott Ken McDowell and Kent Sullivan were reelected to the North Augusta City Council in an uncontested race. Turnout was light as the February Republican primary effectively decided the election with Sullivan leading, followed by McDowell and Baggott. challenger Henry Dukes had opposed them then but failed.
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Carolyn Capers Baggott
Ken McDowell
Kent Sullivan
North Augusta
Sullivan
McDowell
Baggot
Henry Dukes
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Smith-Hazel Center
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Wilson Dandy
Scott Webster
J.P. Strom
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Sharon Taylor
Scott B. Hunter
Editorial
Scescape
Ken Communications Inc
Rutland Drive
Alken
8.C
Mage To Aiken
Tam-l'am
N.A
Klaces
Windsor
Washington Ra
Alkent
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