Boots & Badges set for Saturday

WINNSBORO – “It’s a competition that saves lives,” said Cpl. BeeBee Harris, with the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department. Boots & Badges is a chance to vote for the one of three Fairfield County emergency responder departments – Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Fire & Rescue or Law Enforcement.  To vote, one needs to donate blood. The […]

Help save lives at the Boots and Badges Blood Drive

“It’s a competition that saves lives,” said Cpl. BeeBee Harris, with the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department. Boots & Badges is a chance to vote for the one of three Fairfield County emergency responder departments – Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Fire & Rescue or Law Enforcement.  To vote, one needs to donate blood. The event will […]

Moonshine bust nets Blythewood man

WINNSBORO – While conducting a lawful search warrant at about 6 p.m., May 8, at a residence on West College Street in Winnsboro, officers from the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit, the Winnsboro Department of Public Safety and the Chester County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit, encountered numerous subjects in the front yard of the residence and […]

Passing the Torch

WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department, Winnsboro Department of Public Safety and other Fairfield County law enforcement agencies participated in the annual “County Line to County Line” S.C. Special Olympics Torch Run last Friday. Above, Winnsboro Police Chief John Seibles helps bring the torch down Congress Street to the courthouse, where it was passed to Sheriff […]

Missing person in Ridgeway

RIDGEWAY – On Monday, April 30, 2018, at approximately 5:00 PM, Randolph Wise walked away from his residence, 132 Jujube Drive, in the Ridgeway area near the Ridgeway Motel. Wise has several medical issues, including seizures and has a history of falling/tripping. He also may have mental impairment and may be acting irrationally. Wise was last […]

Protect & Serve

WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Sheriff Will Montgomery congratulates Deputy Oren Gadson on being promoted to Corporal. Gadson has worked in law enforcement for 24 years.

Woman, 19, arrested for ill treatment of animals

WINNSBORO – When a Fairfield County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a call on Monday, March 2 in reference to an injured dog at a home on Cherry Road, a person at the home, Erica Beasley, 19, stated that someone had stolen one of her five dogs and injured two of them. Beasley said she last […]

Woman, 31, charged with assaulting relative

WINNSBORO – The first call came in to dispatch about 1:30 a.m. on March 31. “It happened at Washington Highlite Club, Sharonda Richards cut Charlene Sanders with blade, driving blue Honda to FMH,” the caller stated. The second call came in about 20 minutes later from Sharonda Richards. She said there was a fight at […]

Tip-A-Cop

WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Sheriff’s Deputy Captain Dustin Padgett served lunch to Carlton Lyles at Banisters restaurant to help raise funds for Special Olympics. Deputy ‘waiters’ raised $1,131.

Fairfield Deputy fired after arrest

COLUMBIA – A Fairfield County Sheriff’s Deputy was relieved of his duties last week after he was charged with domestic violence 2nd degree and public disorderly conduct. Blake Justin Adams, 36, of Ridgeway, was arrested about 5 p.m. at 400 Princess Street in Columbia on Saturday, March 17, after he was allegedly involved in a […]

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