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  • FCSD, SLED silent on chase, shooting

    FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department is not commenting on a reported chase and subsequent crash involving two County Sheriff’s Department vehicles in pursuit of another vehicle, which ended with a shooting with injuries.

    The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday night, with the chase commencing on Highway 321 and ending in the vicinity of Highway 200 and Mobley Road.

    When The Voice requested an incident report, Major Brad Douglas of the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department referred The Voice to the S.C. Highway Patrol, saying he could not comment on it at this time.

    “We turned the investigation over to the Highway Patrol so it will be up to them to issue the incident report,” Douglas said.

    A spokesperson for the S.C. Highway Patrol referred The Voice to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) which had not, at press time, responded to a voicemail The Voice left on Monday.

    This is a developing story, and more information will be published as it becomes available. The investigation is being conducted by the S.C. Highway Department and SLED.

  • Sheriff seeks suspect in City Gas theft

    RIDGEWAY – At approximately 5:53 a.m. on Sunday, November 17, the individual pictured stole cash registers, money and cigarettes from City Gas Convenience Store in Ridgeway.  

    The suspect threw a brick through a glass door to gain entry and left in a white mini-van driven by another individual.

    The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individual pictured in the photograph below.

    If you recognize this individual or have any information regarding this burglary, you 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.

  • Deer hunter foils theft of his Polaris

    WINNSBORO – William Ladd of Winnsboro recently posted on his Facebook that he had one of the most interesting bow-hunts of his life about 7:30, Sunday evening.

    “I was sitting in the [deer] stand minding my own business when I heard my Polaris driving up behind me,” Ladd recalled. His first thought was that it was his wife Meg.

    The deer stand is on Ladd’s family property.

    He said he wondered why his wife would be driving into the woods where he was hunting.

    “Then I realized it wasn’t Meg, but someone I didn’t know driving my Polaris.”

    Ladd called out to the driver, a white male, who stopped the vehicle about a hundred feet from the deer stand and, startled, peered up into the stand at Ladd.

    “I yelled at him and he tried to race off but realized he had no exit, and probably thought he was about to get shot,” Ladd said. “That’s when I started videoing him and trying to figure out who he was and what he was trying to do. When I started climbing out of the tree he ran off through the woods. I raced back to the house to check on my family, then went back looking for him, but didn’t find him,” Ladd said.

    Ladd then called the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office who responded and later brought out a bloodhound to try and track the would-be thief.

    The investigation is ongoing. 

    “This guy had some nerve to try and steal our Polaris from the middle of our farm,” Ladd said, then quipped, “He better be glad he ran into me and not my wife, because she probably wouldn’t have asked so many questions.”

    Ladd confronts the suspect on his Polaris.

  • Sheriff seeks suspect in armed robbery

    A composite sketch of the suspect sought in Dollar General strong armed robbery on Sept. 25.

    BLAIR – At approximately 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, an unknown person assaulted an employee of Dollar General at the Salem Crossroads intersection in the Blair area of Fairfield County.

    The suspect forcibly stole a quantity of money that was being taken to the bank and then fled on foot in the direction of SC 215 South towards Jenkinsville. The suspect was wearing black sweatpants and a long-sleeve gray shirt.

    If you have any information about this incident, you are urged 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. 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.

    The Voice will update this story as more information becomes available.

  • Armed Robbery at Grand Central Truck Stop

    FAIRFIELD COUNTY -Two individuals wearing masks and armed with a hammer and what the Fairfield County Sheriff’s office believes to be a machete robbed the Grand Central Truck Stop on SC 200 at the intersection of I-77. The robbery occurred on Aug. 31.

    One of the individuals returned on Sept. 9 with the large knife and robbed the store a second time. A 4-door dark-colored vehicle is believed to have been used in the robbery according to a sheriff’s report.

    The Fairfield County Sheriff’s office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the two people. Anyone with information about the individuals or the incident 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. 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.

  • Bouknight charged for shooting into home

    WINNSBORO – After eluding authorities for 10 days, a Winnsboro man has been arrested on charges stemming from a shooting incident that occurred on Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Popular Street area of Winnsboro.

    Bouknight

    Charles Tyler Bouknight, 30, turned himself in to the Fairfield County Detention Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, according to Sheriff Will Montgomery.

    Bouknight was charged with four counts of attempted murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and discharging a firearm into a dwelling.

    Officers were called to a shots-fired incident in the 400 block of Popular Street, on Aug. 17. Upon arrival, deputies say they were told by witnesses that a man with a white ski mask had walked down Popular Street firing a handgun into a neighboring home, then got into the passenger side of a gray sedan and drove off.

    Witnesses also told officers that a person came out of the house that had been shot at and returned fire at the offender as he left the scene, according to the incident report.

    Officers reported observing damage to the home and to vehicles in the yard that appeared to have been caused by a firearm.

    While still on the scene, deputies received a report of a second shooting on Railroad Avenue, a few miles away.  There, they found a woman who said she had been in the residence [that was shot at] with another woman and a juvenile. She said the home belonged to her mother.

    Deputies reported that the woman said she was looking for the person who had shot into the home. Officers arrested the woman who they reported had firearms in her vehicle.

    Motivation for firing into the home has not been disclosed.

    Bouknight is currently awaiting a bond hearing at the Fairfield County Detention Center.

  • Sheriff seeks shooting suspect

    Bouknight

    WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a suspect involved in a recent shooting incident in the Poplar Street area of Winnsboro.

    Charles Bouknight, 30, is wanted for 4 counts of Attempted Murder, Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime and Discharging a Firearm into a Dwelling during an incident that occurred Saturday, Aug. 17th in the 400 block of Poplar Street.

    If anyone has information regarding his location or this incident, they are asked to contact the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office (803-635-4141) or Crimestoppers (1-888-CRIMESC or 1-888-274-6372). If anyone sees Bouknight, they are urged to immediately call 911.

  • Woman found dead along Hwy 200

    WINNSBORO – The body of a woman who appeared to have been stabbed was discovered along Highway 200 at about 8:40 on the morning of Wednesday, July 24, according to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department.

    Thelma Alejandra Villegas Rios, 21, of Charlotte, was reportedly found face down in a ditch next to Highway 200 in the area of Hook Road.  The body was discovered by a person mowing along the highway. A K-9 unit was brought to the scene and the surrounding area was searched, the report stated.

    The woman appeared to have been stabbed by a knife or sharp object in the right upper chest area. She also had a laceration to her right knee, according to officials.

    The victim was positively identified as the person who had recently been reported missing in the Charlotte area.

    The incident is being investigated by The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department, the Charlotte Mecklenberg Police Department and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).

    The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department is asking that anyone with information about the incident to contact them at 803-635-4141.

  • Man dies in apparent stabbing

    WINNSBORO – A Fairfield County man has died of injuries from what Sheriff’s officials say appears to be a stab wound.

    Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on Jewel Street off Highway 34 at 4:50 p.m., Tuesday, July 23. The caller said his brother was bleeding and did not know how it happened or where the blood was coming from, the report stated.

    When Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene, they reported EMS personnel were trying to locate the wound. EMS later notified deputies that the victim had a large laceration on the inside of his left thigh that appeared to be a stab wound.

    The man was pronounced dead by EMS personnel on scene, and Sheriff’s deputies notified the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division who arrived on scene according to the incident report.

    The incident is being investigated by SLED and the Fairfield Coroner’s office.

    More information will be posted on The Voice’s website as it becomes available.

  • Agency of the Year

    WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Sheriff Will Montgomery accepts award for his department being named Agency of the Year by the D.A.R.E. Association of South Carolina.