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  • Shootout at Cuz’s Corner

    (An earlier report in The Voice erroneously named Alexander Rhoring as a suspect who was arrested and charged with Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill. That information is not correct and The Voice regrets that error.)

    WINNSBORO – Winnsboro Public Safety officers were called to Cuz’s Corner service station on S. Congress Street on Tuesday, July 28 about 7 p.m. to investigate shots fired.

    At this time, according to WDPS Chief John Seibles, no arrests have been made.

    A witness told officers that two cars – a black one and a white one – drove past the station, shooting at each other.

    A review of the store’s video showed two vehicles traveling on Calhoun Street from Vanderhorst Street. The first vehicle, which was a dark color, pulled into the parking lot near the trash dumpsters. The second (light colored) vehicle continued on Calhoun Street to Congress. As the vehicles passed each other, gunshots were exchanged, according to the report.

    After officers found no victim at the station, central dispatch advised them that EMS had been dispatched to an address on Westgate Drive in reference to a gun hot victim.

    According to officers, that victim was located at a Columbia Hospital where he told medical personnel that he suffered from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot.

    After officers met the gunshot victim at the home on Westgate Drive, he led them to a black handgun with an extended magazine under a doghouse in the back yard, according to authorities. He was then taken to the Winnsboro Police Department for questioning.

    The investigation is on going.

    This story was updated on July 31, 2020 at 1:11 p.m.

  • Victim in burned Jeep identified

    WINNSBORO – The victim in a vehicle fire that occurred last week off Hwy. 34 in Blair has been identified as Yakiem Romel Breeland of Columbia, SC.

    After receiving a tip about a vehicle on fire at about 11 p.m. Sunday, July 5, the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office discovered a white Jeep Grand Cherokee fully engulfed in flames between Possum Branch Road and Zion Hopewell Church Road, about 150 yards off the roadway.

    After the fire was extinguished, officers discovered a body in the back seat of the car. The body was so badly burned that the gender and race could not initially be determined, according to officers’ report. 

    The arson/death case remains under investigation by the Fairfield County Coroner’s Office and the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office.

  • Pauling wanted for attempted murder

    WINNSBORO – A Winnsboro man is wanted for attempted murder after allegedly firing multiple gun shots at another man who was standing in his front yard with his daughter and a woman on Friday, June 3.

    After a dispute with his daughter, the daughter called her mother to come get her, according to the incident report. After the mother drove up, the report stated that another (red) car also drove up to the house on Smalltown Road in Winnsboro.

    Virgel Alvester Pauling, 26, reportedly got out of the red car and got into a physical altercation with the father, 47, officials said. The father reported to deputies that as he had the subject in a choke hold, the women came at him with a bat and a crowbar. He released the subject who then went to the red car, retrieved a gun and fired two shots at the father and six or seven shots into the father’s truck that was parked in the yard near his residence, the incident report states.

    The father told deputies that one of the females, age 39, picked up some of the spent shell casings and left the property with Pauling. Deputies reported finding several spent casings in and around the victim’s truck.

    There is a warrant for Pauling’s arrest. The incident is under investigation by the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office.

    Pauling was charged on April 17, 2020 with three counts of grand larceny, one count of first degree burglary and two counts of second degree burglary.

  • Body found inside burned out car in Blair

    WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an arson/death investigation after a body, burned beyond recognition, was discovered about 11 p.m. on July 5 inside a burned out vehicle off Highway 34 in Blair.

    When Fairfield County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at a hunt club property located between Possum Branch Road and Zion Hopewell Church Road off State Highway 34 East, they discovered a 2017 white Jeep Grand Cherokee located approximately 150 yards off the roadway fully engulfed in flames.

    Once firefighters extinguished the fire, deputies found a body in the back seat of the burned out Jeep. The body was so badly burned that the gender and race could not be determined, according to the report.

    The crime is being investigated by the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, SLED and the Fairfield County Coroner’s office.

    This is a developing story that will be updated as information becomes available.

  • Sheriff seeks missing Winnsboro woman

    **UPDATE: Ms. Gladney has been located.

    WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information as to the whereabouts of Rachel Kathleen Gladney, 36. Gladney is a black female with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing black tights and a purple shirt about 12:50 p.m. on June 27, near Columbia Road in Winnsboro.

    If you have any information please contact the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office @ (803) 635-4141.

  • Oops! Pot alarm brings deputies

    WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Angelo A. Noce, 37, on Thursday, May 7 after responding to an alarm call at Noce’s residence, 230 Doty Road Extension in Winnsboro.

    Noce

    Upon arrival, deputies found a window that had been broken during a possible attempted burglary. Following standard protocol for alarm responses, deputies checked the exterior of the residence and observed, through the broken window, marijuana plants growing in buckets.

    After obtaining a search warrant for the residence, deputies seized an elaborate marijuana growing operation. Including marijuana plants, a ventilation system, heating and cooling systems, chemicals and grow lights.

    Noce was arrested for Manufacturing Marijuana.

  • Sheriff seeks help IDing suspect

    FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office seeks the public’s assistance in identifying a burglary suspect.

    An unknown individual broke into a residence in the Monticello area of Fairfield County near SC 215 and Lake View Circle on Friday, April 17 between 10 and 11 a.m. An image of the suspect was captured on a surveillance camera.

    If you recognize this individual, contact the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office at (803) 635-4141 or Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC (1-888-274-6372) or visit www.midlandscrimestoppers.com to email a tip. Your identity will be kept anonymous and, if your tip leads to an arrest, you could be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.00.

  • Murder suspects arrested

    • Smith
    • Trapp

    WINNSBORO – Two men have been arrested in connection with a murder and an attempted murder that occurred last weekend in Winnsboro.

    Rondell Trapp, 35, was arrested early Tuesday morning in Richland County by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. Neil Smith, Jr, 26, was arrested early Wednesday morning in Lexington County by Fairfield County Sheriff’s Deputies along with members of the Lexington County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).

    The two men are accused of shooting Juan J. Williams, 46, in the chest during an altercation at about 8 p.m. on Saturday in the 200 block of Birch Street according to incident reports. Williams was transported to Prisma Health Richland where he was pronounced dead.

    Trapp and Smith are also accused of shooting a second victim who was transported to Prisma Health Richland where he was treated for, what were believed to be, non-life threatening injuries.

    Both suspects are charged with one count murder, each, and one count of attempted murder, each, and are currently being held at the Fairfield County Detention Center where they are awaiting bond. 

    In a previous case, Trapp was acquitted last November of murdering R. J. Gadsen in October, 2015.

    Another suspect, Joseph James Turner, 23, was arrested following the Saturday incident and charged with disturbing the peace, according to reports, and has been released on bond.

    Second Shooting

    As officers were investigating the Birch Street shooting, another shooting occurred about 9 p.m. a few houses away in the 100 block of the same street.

    Broome

    There, deputies found Dydreekus D. McDaniel, 22, lying on the ground, with a gunshot wound in the upper abdomen, according to reports. He was transported to Prisma Health Richland where he was treated for, what was believed to be, non-life threatening injuries.

    A bystander stated that the person who fired the shots was driving a white crown Victoria with polka dots on the rear of the vehicle, according to the incident report.

    Shortly after the shooting occurred, the Winnsboro Department of Public Safety reported its officers had detained a vehicle that matched that description near a residence on Frazier Street in Winnsboro.

    An individual at that address, Shawn Alston Broom, 25, was arrested for attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime and taken to the Fairfield County Detention Center, where he remains.

    Both investigations are on-going.

  • Sheriff seeks suspects in convenience store burglaries

    FAIRFELD COUNTY – During the past several weeks, there have been several convenience store burglaries throughout Fairfield County, as well as several similar incidents in surrounding counties.

    During these incidents, one or two unknown individuals are forcing their way into these businesses by breaking glass windows or doors. Upon entry, they steal mostly cigarettes and sometimes other miscellaneous items. These incidents are most often occurring after midnight and into the early morning hours.

    The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance from the public to identify suspects in the below-listed incidents.

    Take note of the addresses, dates, and times. If you, or someone you know, has any type of home security footage (surveillance cameras, Ring doorbell cameras, etc.) that might have captured relevant video in these areas, contact the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office at (803) 635-4141 or Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC (888-274-6372) or visit www.midlandscrimestoppers.com to email a tip. Your identity will be kept anonymous and if your tip leads to an arrest, you could be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.00.

    • Pantry Express- 31 US 321 Bypass (beside Italian Garden Restaurant)- 02/07/2020 sometime after midnight.
    • Monticello EZ Mart- 3888 SC 215, Blair- 02/08/2020 between 1:30 – 1:50 a.m.
    • Citgo/MP Mart on US 321 Bypass (across from FCHS) 02/15/2020 between 3:30 -3:50 a.m.
    • Pantry Express- 799 Columbia Rd- 02/25/2020 between 2:30 – 3:15 a.m.

     If you have any information about these incidents, contact the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office at (803) 635-4141 or Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC (888-274-6372) or visit ww.midlandscrimestoppers.com to email a tip. Your identity will be kept anonymous and if your tip leads to an arrest, you could be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.00.

  • Mitford man arrested for armed robberies

    WINNSBORO – A suspect wanted for two armed robberies in Fairfield County has been arrested, Fairfield County Sheriff Will Montgomery has announced.

    Nycholas D Price, 27, of the Mitford area, has been charged with two counts of armed robbery and two counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime on Jan. 31, 2020, for twice robbing the Grand Central Truck Stop, located at the intersection of SC 200 and Interstate 77. The truck stop was robbed on Aug. 31, 2019 and again on Sept. 9, 2019.

    During the August incident, two masked individuals entered the store armed with a hammer and machete and before stealing money and fleeing. During the September incident, one masked individual entered the store armed with a machete, stole money and fled the scene.

    Since these incidents occurred, investigators have been following leads and were able to develop Nycholas Price as a suspect in both incidents.

    Surveillance Video

    Investigators have also identified two other suspects in this case and are asking for assistance from the public in locating them. Marquavius R Williams, 27, of Shirley Rd in Fort Lawn, is wanted for armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime for his role in the Aug. 31, 2019 incident. Breanna N McCurray, 26, of Frances Avenue in Great Falls, is also wanted for two counts of armed robbery.

    If anyone has information regarding this incident or the location of either of these two individuals, they are asked to contact the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office at (803) 635-4141 or Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC (888-274-6372) or visit www.midlandscrimestoppers.com to email a tip. The caller’s identity will be kept anonymous and, if your tip leads to an arrest, you could be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.00.