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Rural towns feel impact as big city crime rises
In Orangeburg and surrounding counties, residents recount robberies and shootings once rare in rural areas. Officials cite drug gangs and stranger-to-stranger crimes spreading from urban centers, with FBI figures showing rural violence rising 500 percent over 25 years. Local sheriffs note shifts in crime nature.
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Ne River
Sa Ores
Donnermeyer
FBI
South Carolina
Orangeburg County
C.R. ‘‘Smitty
Smith Jr
Foster