Aiken County Blotter Reports Shoplifting and Vehicle Thefts
Law enforcement logged a series of thefts and burglary incidents across Aiken County. Items stolen include $1,630 in fishing gear from a North Augusta boat, $4,825 in tools and electronics from a Pine Log car, $3,200 in stereo equipment from a Wagener garage, and $2,550 from a Belvedere cash box. Also stolen were a Cobra radar detector, $600 in guns plus electronics and parts, several medicines from Aiken Regional ER, a purse with $34, and a rock damage case on York Street. An employee was charged in a shoplifting scheme at an Aiken supermarket, with two women also charged, while Target thefts at a construction site totaled $10,800 worth of gear. Police identified a white man, 30 to 35, as a suspect in the Brookhaven Drive incident.
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Brookhaven Drive
Whiskey Road
Georgia Lottery Winning Numbers Report
Georgia lottery results show Cash 3 Midday 3 7 1 and Cash 3 Evening 1 0 0. Cash 4 draws 6 1 2 1 and Fantasy 5 numbers 5 15 19 20 27 for Wednesday.
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Fantasy
North Augusta cops reward kids for bike safety awareness
North Augusta Public Safety officers began issuing citations to children observing bike safety during National Bicycle Safety Month. Winners receive coupons for ice cream bowling or food, with a June 1 bicycle rodeo and splashdown offering bike drawings and free registrations.
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Northside Lanes
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North Augusta Video
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Memorial service honors babies lost in past year at Aiken cemetery
Families gathered Wednesday at Aiken Memorial Gardens for a baby loss memorial service led by Kathy Cole of Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Children’s statues surrounded a grave marked In memory of our precious endings, with words of hope from clergy and music by David Smith. Attendees shared stories and placed flowers near the infant plots as local officials attended.
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Aiken
Kathy Cole
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
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Kingdom of
Goa
David Smith
Women’s Life Care Center
Ricky Satcher
ARMC
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Jim
Burglary Suspects Nabbed After Bloodhound Trail
ADPS Bloodhound Tracking Team traced footprints from a failed break in at the Closet Collection on Laurens Street to Jeffrey Hilton Jimerson and Chris Basket, arrested within hours. Police say a third burglar wore different shoes. both suspects were identified and detained after the downtown break-in attempt.
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ADPS
Laurens Street
Jeffrey Hilton Jimerson
York Street
Chris Basket
Edgefield Avenue
Rob
Bery
Pete Frommer
Richland Avenue
Fairfield Street
Croft House
Frommer
Public warns of EMS scam in Aiken County warnings
County Administrator William Shepherd and EMS Director Richard Powell cautioned Wednesday that individuals solicit money claiming to fund Aiken County EMS. They state EMS is not involved in fund raising and urge calling 911 if fraud suspected. Rescue squads conduct separate drives but are not linked to the warning.
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Aiken County
William Shepherd
EMS
Richard T. Powell
911
Emergency Medical Services Agency
Aiken
Ing
Aiken Rescue Squad
Belvedere
North Augusta
Aiken Rescue
Belvedere-North Augusta Rescue
Drug plea yields 90 day term for Lexington man
Circuit Judge Thomas W. Cooper sentenced Odell Kneece Jr, 69, to 90 days in jail on weekends with six months probation on an initial plea to marijuana distribution after prosecutors dropped illegal liquor and other charges. A still, whiskey and marijuana plants were seized in the New Holland area during the raid.
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Thomas W. Cooper
Lexington County
Odell Kneece Jr
Kneece
New Holland
Regions Bank declares 27 cent quarterly dividend
Regions Financial Corporation announced a quarterly cash dividend of 27 cents a share, marking the 116th consecutive quarter Regions has paid a cash dividend. A bank spokesman noted the milestone reflects sustained shareholder returns.
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Regions Financial Corporation
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