Beech Island robbery foiled by store owner's shot
Four masked gunmen robbed Todd's Food Store in Beech Island at about 3 49 PM. The owner fired a single shot, a window shattered, and the suspects fled in a stolen white Chevrolet Blazer. Investigators found the vehicle behind an abandoned Swamp Road home. No injuries reported. description limited to four black males 18 to 30 in dark clothing. Police seek tips at 800 922 9709.
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Beech Island
Sheriff's Office
Todd’s
Sand Bar Ferry Road
Michael Frank
Olt
Spea
Frank
Richmond County
Swamp Road
South Carolina
Aiken County Emergency Medical Services
University
Stacey Prince
Aiken County
Reopening at Infield Sports Bar Faces Protest, Court Ruling
Patricia and John Booth celebrate the grand reopening of Infield Sports Bar & Grill at 719 North Main Street New Ellenton after a five and a half month delay while a protest led to a temporary license lapse. A South Carolina Administrative Law Court ruled in favor of issuing the license, though the protest by Bishop William Frazier focused on potential noise traffic and youth temptations. The bar reopened with a noon event featuring barbecue and music as they resume operations and thank supporters.
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New Ellenton
Infield Sports Bar & Girl
Patricia
John Booth
North Main Street
William Frazier
Lora
Our Righteousness Church
Old Whiskey Road
Department of Revenue
South Carolina
Administrative Law Court
Frazier
Columbia
Pavia
Infield Sports Bar
Danny Brazell
Complaint against Frommer is dropped by state ethics panel
A complaint filed by Benjamin Miller of Aiken Paint & Body Shop against Aiken Public Safety Director Pete Frommer was dismissed by the State Ethics Commission on May 26. The commission found no probable cause that Frommer violated state law after review of a bid process involving Beason Paint and Body and an at fault wreck incident.
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State Ethics Commission
Aiken Public Safety
Pete Frommer
State Commission
Benjamin Miller
Aiken Paint & Body Shop Inc
York Street
Aiken
Frommer
Aiken Paint & Body
Crack- 1 Beason
Beason Paint and Body
Beason
Aiken Public
Miller
Pedde Named Executive of the Year at SRS Banquet
Pedde named Executive of the Year by Savannah River Site NMA chapter at a banquet held at Aiken Technical College. Bernard named Manager of the Year. Awards presented by Billy Condon praise Pedde leadership since 2001 and site evolution toward safer, more efficient operations amid contract changes. Bernard cited for infrastructure oversight and successful negotiations with Washington Group and others.
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Bob Pedde
Savannah River
Savannah River Site
National Management Assocition
Pedde
Jack Bernard
Bernard
NMA
Aiken Technical College
Washington Savannah River Company
SRS
Billy Condon
Pedde Was
Local in Brief Assault Battery and Drug Busts Reported
Aiken County arrest reports detail Cheryl A. Warren of North Augusta charged with assault and battery after allegedly striking and choking a woman on June 11 at an Ashley Circle home in Belvedere. William E. Frashner Jr. faces methamphetamine manufacturing and sawed-off shotgun possession charges after a Thursday search warrant at 635 Ashley Circle. Angela A. Salley, 41, of Carriage Hills Place, was jailed for distributing crack cocaine to an undercover agent in October 2004. A Belvedere man was arrested during a separate search seizure of chemicals and a sawed-off shotgun. The highway patrol received a $127,250 grant from NHTSA for radar equipment to boost median barrier enforcement across 13 counties, with 73 troopers assigned June 1 to Sept 1.
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Norn
Augusta
Ashley Circle
Aiken County
Cheryl A. Warren
Lake Hartwell Drive
Belvedere
William E. Frashner Jr
Frashuer
Te Aiken County Detention Center
Aiken
Ine Aiken County
South Carolina
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Karen
Aikenstandard
Brazell
Wrily
John and
Patricia Booth
Yonn Mooreners
Infield Sports Bar & Gru
Sve Vive
Lice
Defense Prosams
Tennessee Valley Authority
Berard
Washington
Condon
SRC
Veade
Man
Highway Patrol
Panzerbarien
Floyds Green
Silver Bluff Ed
Floy
Indor
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