Columbia
Occupier, perv ‘Chico the Mexican,’ caught
After meeting a pal at Occupy Columbia and bouncing between Aiken and Columbia, “Chico the Mexican” tried to get out of dodge all together. He caught a Greyhound bus bound for Texas where U.S. Marshals caught up with and apprehended the creep.
Bar theft video going viral on YouTube
It plays out like one of those videos you’d see on those reality cop shows. Watch as an unidentified girl rummages through purses, taking multiple items in between dancing and being hit on, until she finds what she’s looking for and takes off.
Suspicious DUI suspect leads police to a home invasion murder victim
Highway patrolmen are taught to follow their instincts when investigating a case. When they did just that during a recent traffic stop, they were led to a more gruesome scene.
Where is Horry County detention center escapee? Here in Columbia?
A man who was locked up in Horry County has escaped from prison after posing as another inmate who’d been released on prison kicking off a area-wide search for the man.
Drug, knife-stuffed Bible mailed to jail
A woman thought she was being awfully clever when she used two Bibles to conceal drugs and a knife into an inmate, but something went wrong when the package was returned to the post office, alerting officials and eventually police.
What’s your life worth? One man thinks his safety is worth a whopping $60
A local man staged his own kidnapping in hopes of getting ransom money from his mother to help pay for drugs. Sad part is, the poor guy only asked for a measly $60.
Midlands school’s bank account info stolen, used to write fake checks
Somehow a man has gotten a hold of a Midlands school’s bank account information and is using it to write fraudulent checks for expensive items then returning them for cash.
Man breaks into 12 homes over 10 days, taking $50k in money, goods
Police have arrested one man for a multitude of home break-ins throughout Irmo and charged him with stealing thousands of dollars worth of cash, coins and jewelry.
After another contraband bust, some ideas to help combat the problem
Sneaking contraband into local prison systems shouldn’t be any sort of breaking news by now. There’ve been several incidents in the past few months where a botched delivery led to …
Here comes the bride…barreling down the road…wasted drunk
A happy, blushing bride spent her evening as many newlyweds do: celebrating her big day with friends. But, this particular bride ended hers as few do, in the big house.
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