Crime

A former Abbeville County pastor has been arrested and charged with forging more than $1,400 worth of checks over a 20-day period in October.

A Westminster man was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing a postal van from the Clemson University campus and then burning it.

Victim refuses to hand over purse

No one injured

Lavonia police have a woman behind bars charged with multiple counts of identity fraud across several jurisdictions.

Most victims of identity theft don’t realize their information has been stolen or compromised until it’s too late.

Sheriff Randy Shirley said the scam involves a number from the western United States.

A woman involved in a fatal car crash Friday morning has now been charged with a felony.

Sheriff flying out Thursday to bring suspect back

Kenneth McGill pleaded guilty in Anderson County General Sessions Court on Monday to manufacturing methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine. Judge Lawton McIntosh sentenced McGill to 13 years in prison.

Brandon Gosnell of Pelzer faces seven additional charges related to a chase and shooting Saturday.

Law officers say a 20-year-old Pelzer man was shot Saturday afternoon by an Anderson County sheriff’s deputy after a chase that ended when pursuers forced a stolen truck off the road.

Judge: "one of the most heinous things I've ever seen."

Anderson man was beaten with lumber, died later of head injuries.

Anderson police investigators have charged a man with selling drugs out of a hotel room.