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MERRIWETHER – Citizens doing their part to stop the rash of burglaries paid off after a Richmond County man was taken into custody by an armed homeowner Wednesday afternoon. Jamie Tyler, of Garrett Road, (Left) said he saw the man the Sheriff’s Office was hunting run from behind a shed in his yard and pulled his Glock 9 mm pistol and ordered the man to the ground. “I had my gun on him and yelled at him to get down, get down, or I’ll put you down.” When the suspect turned around and saw the gun pointed at him he...

WALHALLA — The Oconee County Sheriff’s Department incident report lists Donnie Murphy as the victim, but it appears the suspect arrested for the burglary of Murphy’s house might have gotten the worst end of the deal. Sheriff’s deputies responded Sunday afternoon to a burglary call at 163 Murphy Drive in Walhalla and learned that Murphy had shot a burglar in the buttocks. Kirby Alan Ridley was later brought into custody on burglary charges at a Ranger Road home in Walhalla and sent to Oconee Medical Center for treatment of his wound. The report summary states Murphy told officers he was...

A Green Pond man was apparently on alert when several subjects unlawfully gained entry into his home early Monday morning. The Turkey Hill Lane resident reportedly shot at the individuals as they were entering the residence through a bedroom window and one of the suspects was apparently shot.   According to Colleton Sheriff George Malone, the homeowner made contact with law enforcement at approximately 9:30 a.m. Uniform Patrol Deputies, Sheriff’s Office Canine Units and the tracking team responded, setting up a perimeter around the area. One witness reportedly witness told authorities that the three suspects had come out of a wooded...

Prosecutors have decided not to charge a man who shot his roommate three times. Authorities say 25-year-old Joseph Harriott threw 24-year-old Brian Sessoms out of his Summerville home New Year's Day after Sessoms hit his 16-year-old girlfriend, then warned him he would shoot if he broke back in the home. Police say Sessoms climbed back into the house through a window on the second floor, and Harriott shot him as he came down the stairs. Prosecutors say Harriott then tried to treat Sessoms' wound to the stomach, but Sessoms kept fighting. Harriott shot his roommate two more times. Prosecutor Scarlett...

Deputies are investigating a series of home invasions that happened this morning, one of which led to the shooting death of a suspect, according to a press release from the Darlington County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded the first call at a residence on Pan Road just north of Darlington about 1:45 a.m. They were told five black men dressed in black and armed with weapons were seen kicking in the front door of the residence. The suspects abruptly left in a vehicle, however. The second call came in about 2 a.m. at a residence on Selena Drive, farther north of...

Police say the suspect in an attempted robbery was shot and killed by one of his intended victims. Police say two men tried to rob a group of people inside a home on Berry Lane in the Lydia Community of Darlington County Sunday night. They say one of the people in the home shot and killed one of the suspects. The other suspect, 17-year old Demario Hickmon from Bishopville, is charged with burglary and armed robbery. Police say no charges will be filed against the person who shot the other suspect.

GREENVILLE, SC (AP) - Authorities say a 70-year-old man shot and killed an intruder in his home Tuesday night. Greenville County Master Deputy Michael Hildebrand says William Willis suffered several cuts to his arms as he scuffled with the intruder. Willis' wife woke him up when she heard a noise in the home and Willis got a gun before going to investigate. Deputies say Willis found a man in his living room and they began to fight. Investigators say the intruder was shot several times in the chest, while Willis was cut with a knife several times on the arm....

ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. An Orangeburg man shot during the February home invasion of a World War II veteran was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he entered a guilty plea Tuesday. Christopher Aiken, 24, of 2088 Muriel Street, was originally charged with first-degree burglary, a charge that after plea negotiations was reduced to second-degree burglary. "I'm going to commit you to the state Department of Corrections for a period of 15 years," Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein said as Aiken held his head down. The guilty plea came after two days of negotiations and reconsiderations surrounding the plea. Initially,...

39-year-old Kenny Cantwell of Hilton Head was shot early this morning when he broke into a home he mistook as his own. Beaufort County Sheriff's deputies proactively patrolling the area night clubs first made contact with an intoxicated Cantwell at Hilton Head Plaza just after 2:30 am this morning. While inebriated, Cantwell was not disorderly at the time. Deputies offered to assist Cantwell by securing him a taxi to transport him to his nearby home at 24 Compass Point Rd. in the Point Comfort neighborhood. Cantwell agreed to the offer and left without incident in the taxi several minutes later....

A newspaper delivery driver thwarted the carjacking of his van near Red Top on Monday while his 7-year-old daughter was asleep inside, then fired a gun after the robber left the van, the Charleston County Sheriff's Office said. James E. Duke Jr., 44, of Charleston suffered only a bruised shoulder in the 2 a.m. encounter that began in a parking lot at 3586 Savannah Highway, a sheriff's report states. His daughter was not injured. The robber was not hit. Duke reported jumping into the open rear doors of the van as the man started to drive off, deputies said. As...

Marlboro county authorities are investigating a shootout at a Blenheim convenience store. It happened shortly after eleven Tuesday night at McArthur's Trax on North Main Street. The store's owner and customer didn't let the robber leave without a fight. In 21 years of business Billy McArthur never had to use the gun he keeps in his store. That was, until Tuesday night. "We were all in there and then all of a sudden someone busted in the door, with a gun in his hand and was talking about give me your money," said McArthur. Mcarthur says there were at least...

A man and woman who were shopping at the Wal-Mart on Two Notch Road say a would-be carjacker was not only unsuccessful on Saturday - he is now suffering from a gunshot wound. Harold Jeffcoat, 29, is the suspect. The victims say the man who tried to rob them came towards them as they were getting into their car and said, "Man, you know what time it is? Give me the keys!" Then they say Jeffcoat pushed his pistol into the man's stomach. That's when the woman acted. She opened the passenger door and got her pistol from the glove...

A would-be robber was foiled this week by an armed store clerk, according to Rock Hill Police. Around 9 p.m. Thursday, a person wearing all black clothing, a black ski mask and black gloves entered the Park Grocery store at 732 E. Main St. The person pulled out a small black gun and shouted, "Hold up! Hold up!" the report stated. The store clerk then crawled to the counter and got his own gun, the report stated. The clerk then pointed his gun at the masked person, who ran away. The clerk gave chase and fired as the would-be robber...

A Georgetown County man interrupted two burglars at his daughter's Andrews home, shot one of the men inside the home and held the other at gunpoint until police arrived, the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office said. The men, Ronald Chandler, 34, and Mark Kelvin Jayroe, 45, both of Andrews, are being held at the Georgetown County Detention Center on charges of first-degree burglary, according to a news release. Chandler was shot in the chest and was treated and released from Georgetown Memorial Hospital. The charges against the men stem from an incident just before 8 p.m. Thursday in the 500 block...

A Hopkins man shot one of two intruders at his home on Dry Branch Way early Friday in an exchange of gunfire that also left him wounded, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. Both intruders face charges, but homeowner Alonzo Williams, 29, won’t be charged, Sheriff’s Department spokesman Lt. Chris Cowan said Friday. “We believe he shot him because he was in fear of his life and he was inside his residence and he was protecting himself,” Cowan said. Both Williams and the wounded intruder, Gregory Weaver, 21, are being treated at Palmetto Health Richland for non-life-threatening injuries, Cowan...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - A man has shot to death a would-be robber, police in Myrtle Beach say. Officers responding to a call early Monday morning said the victim told them two men robbed him, shooting him in the thigh and toe. The victim told police he then pulled out his own handgun and shot at the men, striking one of the robbers. John Graham Jr., 19, of Myrtle Beach, died at the scene, Horry County Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said. The victim was taken to the hospital, but his injuries did not appear life-threatening, authorities said. Police continue to...

A man shot and killed two people he said were breaking into his Lyman home early Wednesday morning, investigators said. The shooting happened on Lawrence street at about 2:45 a.m. According to Spartanburg County Dispatchers, a man called to report that three people were trying to break into his home and that he had shot them. At least one of the intruders was dead, the man said. When investigators arrived at the home, the man told them he had heard intruders and fired his shotgun when they opened his bedroom door. The coroner was called to the home at about...

An investigation continues today after a Liberty woman shot a male intruder in her home Thursday afternoon, according to authorities. Doyle O’Brine "Brian" Teague, 39, of Liberty was shot at 236 Pinedale Road in Liberty around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, according to a news release from the Pickens County Coroner’s Office. After entering the Pinedale Road residence uninvited, Mr. Teague, who also is a Pinedale Road resident, was shot and killed after threatening bodily harm to the occupant, according to the news release.

(Columbia) August 16, 2006 - A break-in at a Richland County home ended with one of the suspected robbers being shot to death. The homeowner says a friend came through to help stop the crime, suffering a bullet wound. The homeowner tells WIS, "I'm sorry he had to get shot in the process but I'm really grateful 'cause my kids were in the house and everything." The man, who we'll call "Mark" showed us where he says two armed robbers hid, waiting for him to come home. Mark says the crooks snuck in through the fence and broke into his...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Police say a 25-year-old Conway man was shot and died during a home invasion. Investigators say Johnny W. Collier was the suspect in a home invasion and was killed at the scene early Saturday morning. Horry County police spokesman Sgt. Bob Carr says Collier went into a man's home and threatened the people there before running to a nearby home owned by the man's son. The names of the father and son were not released. Carr said both father and son fired at Collier and one of them was treated and released from a hospital for...