Veterans targeted by scams in new AARP effort
AARP South Carolina and the U S Postal Inspection Service launch Operation Protect Veterans to curb veteran scam victimization. A NORC Amerispeak survey of 1 355 people finds 16 percent of veterans lost money to fraudsters versus 8 percent of non veterans. The campaign will use ads social media brochures and a new aarp org Protect Veterans site to warn veterans and families about common schemes including benefits buyouts fake charitable giving fraudulent records requests VA phishing and bogus employment offers.
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Aiken High FFA Receives $300 Grant From Garden Club
The Country Gardeners Garden Club awarded $300 to Aiken High School FFA for horticulture and agricultural programs. Mackenzie Bushee and FFA members accepted the check from Karen Olsen Edwards. The grant supports the beamntfica lon project for Salvation Army Red Shield Family Shelter and Food Pantry on Park Avenue. Cindy Kubovic, staff photographer for the Aiken Stand.
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Aiken County crime blotter reports break-ins and more
A North Augusta business on Old Jackson Highway in Beech Island was broken into. Aiken woman reports firearm stolen from dresser. A 19-year-old Aiken woman says a man rubbed against her and followed her home from a Hampton Avenue store. A 53-year-old Aiken woman says her daughter assaulted her on Gand Springs Road. A 34-year-old Aiken woman reports a vehicle break-in on Richland Avenue. An officer charged a local man with disorderly conduct after finding him sleeping on the roadside.
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Police bookings at Darls C Gravar Detention Center
The list records bookings at Darls C Gravar Detention Center with names ages and charges. Not all may have served time as some bonded out. charges include unlawful alcohol concentration unlawful carrying of a pistol possession of cocaine base and burglary among others.
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