Coroner inquests set at Aiken County Judicial Center
Tomorrow evening two coroner inquests will be held in the small upstairs courtroom at the Aiken County Judicial Center. The shootings death of 40 year old James Edward McDonald died May 13 will be heard at 6 p.m. The drowning of 24 year old Dennis Black at Langley Pond on May 11 will be heard at 8 p.m. A six case Common Pleas docket will be tried or settled out of court at 9 a.m. Judge Marion H. Kinon will preside. A work release escape is reported at S and P Grading. Tony E. Wells 20, disappeared Friday about 8:30 p.m. from Lower Savannah Work Release Center. He is 5 feet 7 inches, 140 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. Direction and clothes unknown.
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Aiken County
Aiken County Judicial Center
James Edward McDonald
McDonald
Dennis Black
Langley Pond
Aiken County Court of Common Pleas
S&p
Tony E. Wells
Lower
Savannah
Woman Found Dead At Banks Mill Road Home
Authorities await test results on 58 year old Elizabeth Williams found dead Friday at her Banks Mill Road residence in Aiken County. Coroner Sue Townsend said the death could be natural.
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Elizabeth Williams
Banks Mill Road
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Police recover items stolen from Aiken home
Officials with the Aiken Department of Public Safety recovered knives, guns, and ammunition stolen from Dr. John Tucker’s Spring Drive home. Investigators expect warrants or arrests today as Frank Whitecotton said. An autopsy on 23 month old Jerry Ford Jr. showed no definite cause of death and toxicology results are pending.
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Aiken
Jerry Ford Jr
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Langley
Embarrassed Ward trucker on I 20 radio encounter
A Ward truck driver on I-20 West found himself speaking on a citizens band radio with a passerby who urged him to speed up. He declined, citing being over the limit and a barking radar detector. The caller revealed the highway patrol officer was behind him, causing his face to redden as the patrol passed.
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Ward
Citizens Band
Aiken County Moves Cautiously Against Porn Tapes
Law officers in Aiken County pursue a cautious push against pornography amid national calls to curb crime links. Sheriff Heath and Solicitor Harte discuss rulings while store owners weigh boycotts and potential sales losses. Some retailers claim little impact while others warn higher losses for adult tape operations. Public safety officials report no complaints yet but may crack down if complaints arise.
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Aiken County
Carrol Heath
Robert J. Harte
Harte
National Commission On Pornography
Heath
Aiken Mansion Hosts Day School Family On Winter Estate
The Aiken Day School uses the 1927 Haber sham House on Grace Avenue as its campus since 1966. The Georgian home, built for Kenneth B. Schley, blends library and living spaces into classrooms while preserving woodwork and sconces.
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Aiken Day School
Winter Colony
Grace Avenue
Aiken
Margaret Shealy
Shealy
Kenneth B. Schley
Essex Hunt
Scroggs and Ewing
Augusta
Southeast Compact faces split over waste site selection
Disagreement over data used to pick a regional low level nuclear waste site puts the eight state compact at risk as North Carolina and Alabama threaten to withdraw if either hosts the facility. South Carolina fears indefinite exile from the waste program as deadline pressure tightens. The eight states are Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Tennessee Alabama and Mississippi.
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Columbia
Southeast Compact Commission
Commission
Fred Braswell
Alabama
Nikki Setzler
South
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Mississippi
Auto Chases Stir North Augusta Police Race
A North Augusta man, James M. Sumerel, 17, faces assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature charges after a night chase from Aiken to North Augusta. He also is charged with driving under the influence and failing to stop for a blue light and siren. Two highway patrol vehicles were damaged as the suspect tried to run over a trooper. a second chase on Saluda Avenue remains under investigation.
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North Augusta
Aiken
James M. Sumerel
S.C. Highway Patrol
William H. Harvey
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Burger King
S.C
North
Harvey
Highway Patrol
U.S. 1
Roger Martin
Roger Edmonds
Saluda Avenue
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Pleasureland Video
Home Entertainment
Cindy Jones
J.H
Doc) Lawton
Aiken Mansion
American Landscape Architect
Habersham House
Aiken Horse
Ambrose Clark
O.N.T. Thread
Singer
George
Pete) Bostwick
Clark
Bostwicks
Bostwick
Aiken Zoning Board
By Phil Jones
Carolina
Compact Commission
Setzler
Fran Chapman
Department of Public Safety
Brent Court
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