Check Unit helps merchants recover funds from bad checks
The Solicitior's Office Check Unit has streamlined restitution collection for Merchants in Aiken County. Since its inception the unit has dispersed 742000 in restitution to 530 victims across 4100 defendants with warrants totaling 1800. The program fronted the funds but requires check writers to pay face value plus fees, and letters from the unit motivate timely payment.
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Suspect sought in armed robbery case in Aiken County
An 18 year old white male, 6 foot 1, 162 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes, fled after an escape area for more than five hours. Cooper faces armed robbery and possession of a firearm during a violent crime. Contact Investigator Greg Save at the Aiken County Sheriff's Office or Crime Stoppers Midlands for tips, with anonymity and a cash reward of 50 to 1000 dollars.
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Energy policy ties up funds as ethanol hopes rise
The 2005 energy law earmarked 3.8 billion for renewables but most programs lack funding or requests. Officials tout billions spent on new energy tech, yet critics note limited impact on oil dependence. Ethanol momentum grows with political support and House actions to fund cellulosic projects, while White House resists new oil taxes to back the programs.
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Letter to editor earns elderly man Secret Service visit
Dan Tilli an 81 year old Bethlehem man who wrote a letter about Saddam Hussein's execution and "they hanged the wrong man" was visited by Secret Service agents who questioned him searched his apartment and took photos The agents determined he posed no threat after reviewing his longtime correspondence He had previously faced FBI attention for a letter advocating a civil war to unseat Bush
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Marine Honor Follows Local Hero Killed in Service
Aiken mourns Marine Matt Dillon who died in Iraq after serving in the South Carolina Army National Guard and the Marine Corps. The community honors him with a scholarship fund by the Aiken Marine Corps League and a plaque to be placed at the family home. Lane Dunagan recalls their shared school days and bond as Wardlaw classmates.
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