Police solve cold case

Men charged in six-year-old murder investigation

JULY 21, 2010 10:05 a.m. (0)

Greenville County Sheriff’s investigators say they’ve solved a 6-year-old murder case.

Two men were charged in connection with the shooting death of Curtis Deion Harmon on Aug. 29, 2004.

Michael Edward Hockaday, 33, of 6 B Bentwood Dr., Greenville; and Garcia Zenas Wilson, 31, of 607 Emily Lane, Piedmont, were both charged with murder, according to arrest warrants.  Continue reading...

 

Wanted:

Money, revenge and embarrassment prompt calls about county’s most wanted

AUGUST 26, 2010 10:36 a.m. (0)

“Is he worth some money?” the voice on the other end of the phone asked Tony Lee, the coordinator of Crime Stoppers of Greenville County.

“He” was Steven Edward Janes, a 49-year-old Greenville man Lee had put on the organization’s “Most Wanted” list four days earlier.

Janes had racked up 19 charges stemming back to the beginning of April, when he began working as a handyman for a Greenville woman. He is accused of taking jewelry, electronics and money from her home. And police say he broke into another Greenville home in May and made off with more than $2,400 in money and jewelry.  Continue reading...

 

County Council notes

From the Sept. 7 meeting

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 10:35 a.m. (0)

Greenville County Council approved a $10,993.20 request from Councilwoman Lottie Gibson to pay for furniture at the Phoenix Academy lobby on the consent agenda during a short meeting Tuesday night.

The expenditure qualifies under Council District Expense – Part II Community Requests account definition, according to documents accompanying the request.

Council also learned the sheriff’s department has been awarded a $225,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to install the first part of an upgrade to sheriff’s helicopter infrared imaging system. The FLIR system allows the helicopter to produce an infrared image of objects on the ground, transmit them to ground commanders instantly so that the commanders see what the helicopter sees in real time.  Continue reading...

 

Sheriff forms crimes against children unit

Unit will investigate all sexual assaults against children, child abuse and child neglect cases

AUGUST 18, 2011 11:11 a.m. (0)

Investigating a crime with a child victim is different than investigating a crime where the victim is an adult.

A young child might not understand the questions an investigator would normally ask an adult.

They may not know the words to describe what happened to them.  Continue reading...

 

New Year’s DUI arrests increase here

Sheriff's office makes 29 arrests over the weekend

JANUARY 5, 2012 1:32 p.m. (0)

Greenville County Sheriff’s deputies were out in full force over the New Year’s weekend to find people who partook in too much holiday fun.

And find them they did.

From Wednesday through Sunday, the Sheriff’s Office’s traffic division made 29 arrests for driving under the influence, according to spokesman Zack Hinton. That’s up from 18 DUI arrests during the same period last year.  Continue reading...

 

Deputy cleared for duty after fatal shooting

Sheriff's department concludes report of May 30 shooting

JUNE 7, 2012 10:15 a.m. (0)

Nine days after fatally shooting a suspect who was allegedly threatening to stab a woman, Master Deputy Steven Epps was returned to full duty by Greenville County Sheriff Steve Loftis on May 30, after an investigation showed that the deputy had “followed policy 100 percent.”

Epps shot David Scott Hampton, 56, five times after Hampton made “stabbing motions” toward the victim while holding her captive in a red Toyota Prius, Loftis said Monday.  Continue reading...