WINNSBORO – A Fairfield man was arrested Feb. 10 for the illegal trafficking and distribution of methamphetamine. After a six month’s investigation of drug trafficking in the Mitford community, a search warrant executed by the narcotics unit of the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office at the home of Thomas Reid Powers III, in Great Falls (in […]
Fairfield man arrested on illegal trafficking and distribution of methamphetamine
February 12, 2021 By
Sheriff contacts SLED to investigate hate mail
February 12, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is looking into the source of hate mail that has been mailed to several residents in the Dawkins community. Three of those letters (with envelopes) have been turned in to the Sheriff’s Office. The white letter-size envelopes are addressed (resident’s name and address) by hand, but there is […]
Jenkinsville man arrested for murder of Andrew Trapp
November 16, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Cortez Javar Whitener, 20, of Jenkinsville has been arrested for the murder of Andrew Marquise Trapp. Whitener was arrested last week, on Nov. 13, and a statement was released to the public Monday afternoon after The Voice requested information about the arrest earlier in the day. Deputies responded to a shooting incident at […]
Fairfield candidates have their say
October 8, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – A virtual candidate forum organized by Nocola Hemphill for the SC Democratic Black Caucus, Fairfield Chapter, was held Oct. 1, and attended by two write-in candidates for county council, an unopposed candidate for the school board and the county’s incumbent sheriff Will Montgomery. The two-hour forum was moderated by Hemphill, attorney Natasha Pauling […]
Suspicious death investigation
September 14, 2020 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office has released a report that it is currently conducting a suspicious death investigation after deputies were called to a residence on Douglas 1 Rd in the Winnsboro area of Fairfield County. On Sunday, September 13, 2020 shortly after noon, deputies found Melissa McClain, 43 of Douglas 1 […]
Shootout at Cuz’s Corner
July 30, 2020 By
(An earlier report in The Voice erroneously named Alexander Rhoring as a suspect who was arrested and charged with Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill. That information is not correct and The Voice regrets that error.) WINNSBORO – Winnsboro Public Safety officers were called to Cuz’s Corner service station on S. Congress Street on […]
Quilts donated for comfort
July 30, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – In the Time of Corona, comfort can be found in homemade quilts – thanks to Donna Royson. An avid quilter, Royson has donated quilts to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office for some of the county’s most vulnerable citizens – children and the elderly. “I hope and pray that these small quilts bring comfort […]
Victim in burned Jeep identified
July 10, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – The victim in a vehicle fire that occurred last week off Hwy. 34 in Blair has been identified as Yakiem Romel Breeland of Columbia, SC. After receiving a tip about a vehicle on fire at about 11 p.m. Sunday, July 5, the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office discovered a white Jeep Grand Cherokee fully […]
Pauling wanted for attempted murder
July 9, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – A Winnsboro man is wanted for attempted murder after allegedly firing multiple gun shots at another man who was standing in his front yard with his daughter and a woman on Friday, June 3. After a dispute with his daughter, the daughter called her mother to come get her, according to the incident […]
Body found inside burned out car in Blair
July 6, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an arson/death investigation after a body, burned beyond recognition, was discovered about 11 p.m. on July 5 inside a burned out vehicle off Highway 34 in Blair. When Fairfield County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at a hunt club property located between Possum Branch Road and Zion Hopewell […]
