Multiple incidents reported in Jackson and area blotter
Police blotter details a 51 year old Jackson woman arrested after overturning tables and throwing a knife at her son. Burglary and thefts reported on Main Street Warrenville, Tabernacle Road Salley, Silver Bluff Road and Oak Ridge Club Road with guns beer cash pills and an air conditioner stolen. A Beech Island man charged with resisting arrest after a stolen pickup pursuit. two suspects fled and were tracked. one fought officers with pepper spray. A sexual assault report in Warrenville under investigation and other burglaries including a mobile home and a campus bus scene with an air gun found. Amounts stolen include 1400 dollars from a car at Aiken Mall Cinemas.
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Jackson
Main Street
Warrenville
Aiken County Sheriff's Office
Green Street
Michael Frank
Sheriff's Office
Presley Cafe
Sulver ‘Bluff Road
Tabernacle Road
Salley
Justin Street
Toolbeck Road
Silver Bluff Road
Oak Ridge Club Road
Midland Valley High School
Smile
Greenville
Gentry Street
Graniteville
Aiken
Detention Center guard suspended over Mace escape
An Aiken County Detention Center guard watching inmate John Mace received a two day suspension without pay. Detention Administrator Lonnie McCarthy called the move an internal disciplinary action and did not name the guard. Mace escaped July 23 from Hampton Avenue jail, prompting a large manhunt before being recaptured.
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Aiken County
John ‘Travis Mace
Lonnie McCarthy
McCarthy
Mace
Hampton Avenue
Beech Island
Pine Log Road
US 278
North Augusta Splits Public Works And Public Utilities Posts
Kevin Blayton resigns as both director roles. city reinstates two separate posts. Tom Zeaser named public works director and starts work, handling sanitation recycling streets and drains. Utilities director search ongoing with no timetable.
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North Augusta
Kevin Blayton
City of
North Myrtle Beach
Blayton
Tom Zeaser
Charles Martin
Zeaser
Martin
Public Utilities
Developer and activist Riviere dies at 77 in Aiken
Marilynn H. Riviere, a pro developer linked to the Alley project, died at her Marion Street home. The longtime booster led Hitchcock Foundation and Aiken Preparatory School boards, directed the local animal shelter, and served on the Training Track, Green Boundary, and Driving clubs. Her move to Aiken began after a cocktail party in Mexico introduced her to the town and Aiken Prep.
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Marion Street
Aiken
Green Boundary Club
Aiken Driving Club
Home Depot on track to open by July 1999
Home Depot plans a 110,000 square foot store at Heritage Square with demolition of JB White to AJ's Books sites. Officials say construction may start early winter after fall demolition, despite hurricane delays and ongoing real estate negotiations. Judy Martin confirms a July 29 1999 opening target.
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Home Depot
Judy Martin
Mid South
Martin
Heritage Square
JB White
A.j.’S Books
Capt
Pete Frommer
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Teen faces psychiatric evaluation in kidnapping case
A 17 year old woman Kristen Ann Carolyn Thompson was ordered to undergo a state psychiatric evaluation after a Beech Island incident in which she and Nick Hall allegedly held Kris Chiera and his family at a mobile home while attempting to sell a baby. The judge halted a bond hearing to order the examination.
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Frank Eppes
Kristen Ann Carolyn Thompson
Miss Thompson
Aiken County
North Augusta
Tony
Karen Chiera
Barbara Morgan
Chiera
Nick Hall
Chieras
Beech Island
Ms. Morgan
Aiken
Carlyn Williams
Hall
Eppes
Georgia
Radioactive scare at North Augusta waste facility
A container labeled Radioactive was found at the North Augusta Materials Recovery Facility from a shipment from the Savannah River Site. It was determined not to be radioactive or hazardous after assessment by SRS RADPRO team, with SC DOE and GA EM officials involved. A site review of waste handling procedures is under way to prevent repeats.
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North Augusta
Savannah River
SRS
MRF
Charles Martin
Dean Campbell
Westinghouse Savannah River Corporation
South Carolina
Georgia
Campbell
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
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Jennifer Withrow
Miss Withrow
Patrick Webber
Webber
Scott Webster
Beatrice Nordman
Dominik
Trinity United Methodist Church
N.A
Riviere
By Lynne Katonak
Marilynn H. Riviere
By Thomas Smith
By Craig Gibbs
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