Northeast Columbia Crime Roundup
The following crimes were reported to deputies.
For more information, see the Richland County Sheriff's Office website.
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Thursday, March 7, 2013
GANGS: Unit Wins State Award
The unit is responsible for more than 300 educational presentations conducted in communities and schools, programs and mentoring over 1000 youth, conducting over 300 graffiti removals and investigating and closing multiple cases.
The Richland County Sheriff's Office Gang Unit was recently named the South Carolina Gang Investigations Association 2013 Unit of the Year. Read more about gangs in Richland County HERE. For more Northeast Columbia news, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or sign up for the free newsletter.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Deputies Search for 'Deadbeat' Parent
This man is wanted for failure to pay child support.
Quincy Jones, 42, is wanted for failing to pay more than $41,000 in child support, according to a sheriff's office press release. Jones has three outstanding warrants. His last known address was 5915 Conveyor Street. If you have any information about Jones' whereabouts, contact Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC. For more Northeast Columbia news, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or sign up for the free newsletter.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Boys' Self Defense Course Offered on Polo Road
The class will teach boys how to defend themselves against an aggressor.
A free self-defense class for boys ages 8 to 14 will be held at the Polo Road recreation center on Feb. 23 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. You must pre-register for the course at 803.446.8605. Sheriff's deputies will teach the boys how to protect themselves from an aggressor, a press release stated. Find additional information in the PDF attached to this story. For more Northeast Columbia news, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or sign up for the free newsletter.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Deputies Search for 'Deadbeat' Parent
Officials urge this man to turn himself in to the warrant division of the sheriff's office.
Deputies need your help in finding a man wanted for failure to pay child support. Torros Jiviens owes $36,000 in past due payments, a sheriff's office press release stated. If you know where Jiviens is, contact Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Sheriff: Bank Robbers Used Machine Guns
A group of masked gunmen walked into a Northeast Columbia bank Friday morning.
Update 7 p.m. Three men are in custody and one is dead after allegedly robbing a bank this morning with machine guns. Naim Strosman, Rashad Hall and Ozzie Carreker were arrested after fleeing the scene in a car. Two of the men were found walking down the interstate, Sheriff Leon Lott said in a press conference. For more details on this story, see the attached video. Update 2 p.m. Sheriff's deputies are searching for one or two gunmen wanted in connection with a Friday morning bank robbery. Four masked black males wearing hoodies and jeans went into a Wells Fargo on Two Notch Road and Parklane Road around 10:30 a.m. on Friday morning, presented guns and demanded money, a Richland County Sheriff's Office spokesman said. While inside, …
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Crime Blotter: Setting Suspicious Fires
The following blotter was provided to Patch by the Richland County Sheriff's Office.
For more information on this blotter, see the Richland County Sheriff's Office website.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
VIDEO: Suspect Sought in 3rd Zaxby's Robbery
This could be in connection to two earlier armed robberies at area Zaxby's.
For the third time in less than a month, a man pretended to place an order at an area Zaxby's before presenting a handgun and stealing money from the cash register, a sheriff's office press release stated. This time it was the restaurant on Sams Crossing Drive. Around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, a suspect was caught on surveillance attempting the same order-then-rob scheme at Zaxby's. The suspect is a black male wearing dark pants and a dark hoodie with a white t-shirt. He left in an older black Honda. It is unclear if the same man committed all three armed robberies. A $1,000 reward is being offered for information about these robberies. If you have any information, contact Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC.
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Man Arrested for Failure to Pay $40K in Child Support
The sheriff's office advises anyone wanted for failure to pay child support to turn themselves into the warrant division.
During a legal traffic stop, Ronald Nelson Bonnett was arrested and charged with failure to pay child support, and three counts of fraudulent checks. After pulling the car over at Fairfield and Buckner Roads, deputies learned that Bonnett, a passenger in the car, was wanted for failure to pay child support and writing fraudulent checks, a sheriff's office press release stated.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Slain Woman Threatened Before Death
A Northeast Columbia woman was shot and killed Monday morning.
Tacora Thomas, the woman slain in her home Monday morning, reported being threatened by her husband, Dexter Lee Boulware, just hours before he allegedly shot and killed her, The State reports. Around 10:30 Monday morning, sheriff's deputies responded to a shots fired call at 200 Thornfield Road, where Thomas had been shot multiple times in the upper body, according to a sheriff's office press release. She was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. Thomas had returned to her house with her mother when Boulware allegedly assaulted her. Boulware then fled to the nearby home of a relative. Boulware was out on bond from another arrest at the time of the shooting.
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jasmine
1:10 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
R.I.p ramel yu will be missed. & Keep ya head up shad. Everyone travels a different road. Ramel ya Journey may have ended but yu reach the end of the road n you have touched many lives including mines. Yu was sweet n nice n yu didn't deserve to die at 23. Shad I'm prayin for yu n ya family. I know it hurtd to loose a best friend/cousin n sit behind bars. ♥ yu more ›