Guilty plea details emerge in Jones case with mental health findings
Dr. Donna Schwartz-Watts testified Jones shows significant mental illness including schizophrenia, with brain injuries from a 2011 mugging and a later suicide attempt. She described his pretrial behavior such as hearing voices, seeing ghosts, and convulsing during a bond hearing, while noting police pursuit and arrest in Batesburg.
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Remembering Sandy Rogers
Master Cpl. Sandy Rogers, a 28 year veteran of Aiken Public Safety, was killed in the line of duty. The court heard testimony about her decades of service, her role as a field training officer and instructor, and her community outreach including the Book Bag Program. Her colleagues recalled her as a protective mothering figure to troubled youth and the first female officer killed in South Carolina. The sentencing hearing drew family, partners and more than a dozen officers.
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Community mourns Aiken officer Rogers in tragedy plea remarks
Thurmond comments on plea deal while Aiken Public Safety praises community support. Richmond County authorities charge a suspect with murder and feticide in the death of Cayce Vice and Rogers. Rogers’s death marks the second Aiken officer killed in two months. Master Public Safety Officer Scott Richardson died December 21, 2011, after a traffic stop. Teddy Kulmala covers the story for the Aiken Standard.
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