Police blotter reports multiple local incidents in Aiken area
A man named Aman was stabbed six times at a Richland Avenue phone booth after claiming his wife attacked him to obtain their tax refund. Aiken County jail inmate accuses a male officer of assault while handcuffed. A fire on Edgefield Highway was ruled accidental causing $10,000 damage. An armed robbery occurred on Pine Log Road near Storm Branch Road. Reports also cover illegal phone line hooking, burglaries on Out back Way and Mt Ebal Road, a car break-in on Cross roads Drive, a Redds Branch Road burglary, and four flags stolen from a church lot. Investigation ongoing by Aiken Public Safety and Sheriff’s Office.
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Aman
Richland Avenue
Aiken
Aiken County Detention Center
Edgefield Highway
Eunice Stevens
Beech Island
Pine Log
Storm Branch Road
Reb
Pot Bell Circle
Aiken County
Crossroads Drive
Graniteville
Redds Branch Road
Tory Trail Road
Gran
Conference recipients swap toe tag name tags
At a Saturday women’s conference Karen Papouchado and others lacked name tags. Sue Townsend, the Aiken County coroner, provided them with toe tags ordinarily used for the deceased and they wrote their names on them.
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Karen Papouchado
Sue Townsend
Aiken County
South Carolina Troopers Call for Higher Pay Across State
Lawmakers led by Rep Roland Smith push for competitive salaries to retain troopers. Entry level SC troopers earn 23060 while nearby states pay 26000 to 25660. Georgia pays 20010 and NC and VA exceed SC. SCTA and Senate leaders push timeline from March through July for a possible pay raise.
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Roland Smith
Langley
South Carolina
Smith
Southeast
Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Senate
Robert G. Woods, IV
SCTA
Donald Holland
Association
Children urged to buckle up in preschool safety demo
In Mitze Negley’s pre school class at Child's Play, Tri Development Center staff used a raw egg in a Jeep to show what happens to an unrestrained passenger. They compared it to a restrained rider and urged children to tell parents to buckle up. A related incident noted a DUI charge after an 8 month old was thrown from a vehicle.
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Olas
Mitze Negley
Jones Bowen
Tri-Development Center
Bowen
Courtney Stevens
Deborah Everson
Ms. Everson
Old Friar Road
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Cook-out Turns Violent as Stabbing Occurs
A Monetta home cook-out ended in a stabbing after a dispute between Connie Ottis’s uncle Donald James and Cedric Lamont Franklin. James, struck in the stomach, walked to a nearby deputy during a traffic stop, then was taken to the Medical College of Georgia. Franklin was arrested for assault and battery with intent to kill.
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Monetta
Connie Ottis
Bussey Road
Donald James
Bussey Rd
Cedric Lamont Franklin
Lexington
Ms. Ottis
Franklin
Michael Frank
Aiken County
Bluff High wins regional SAT title led by Will Furtick
Will Furtick, senior at Silver Bluff High School, tops Region VI in statewide SAT competition held Jan 30 in Jackson. SBHS earned first place and citizens celebrated with an impromptu morning party. next event set for Feb 27 at Bishop England High against Mullins and Pelton High. Principal Gayle Gulick lauds recognition of academic achievement.
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Gayle Gulick
SBHS
Aiken County Career Center to Host Board Dedication
The Aiken County Career and Technology Center on Hwy 1 in Langley hosts a 6 p.m. dedication and open house with board members as guests. Afterward the board meets at 7:30 p.m. at 1000 Brookhaven Dr to handle routine matters, with public comments from Rev. William Thompson and Doug Wilson on school campus changes and curriculum.
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Aiken County
Brookhaven Dr
William Thompson
Salley
Corbett Middie
Busbee
Doug Wilson
Aiken
Hospice care stamp event at Aiken Center for the Arts
The Aiken Center for the Arts hosts a reception Wednesday for a new US postage stamp commemorating hospice care. The event features a first day cover, a poster reproduction for St Josephs Hospital and Hitchcock Home Health and Hospice, and runs from 12:30 to 2:30 with refreshments.
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Aiken Center For the Arts
Hospice Care
Center For the Arts
White House
Hitchcock Hospice
Michelle Westcott
St. Joseph's Hospital
Hitchcock Home Health and Hospice
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Uate
Georgia Patrol
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
House
Holland
Gray Koonce
Ginny Southwods
Child's Play
Ivanda Hammond
Tri Development
A.C
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