WINNSBORO – Multiple brush fires were reported Saturday afternoon in the Jenkinsville area along Highways 215 and 213. Fairfield County Fire Chief Jason Pope said the fires, which were first reported a little after 2 p.m., consumed about 125 acres. Thirty emergency personnel were on scene as well as 11 fire and emergency units including […]
BW man arrested for grand larceny in Ridgeway
March 1, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – A Blythewood man has been charged with grand larceny, theft of alcohol valued at more than $60,000 from a beverage distributor on Highway 34 in Ridgeway. Neil Daniel McGoogan III was arrested on Feb. 15, 2018 after the management of the beverage distributor where McGoogan worked began looking into a large inventory loss, […]
FMS student arrested for threats to school
February 22, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office has charged a juvenile student at Fairfield Middle School for making threats to the school. The juvenile has been transported to the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). This is an ongoing investigation and more details will be available later. Sheriff Montgomery: “We have a great working […]
Father charged with incest
February 22, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – Complaints of incest dating back four years have resulted in a North Carolina man, 40, being extradited to Fairfield County last month to face charges of criminal sexual conduct. On April 29, 2014, the man’s adult daughter filed a report with the Stanley County, N.C. Sheriff’s Office in reference to her father’s sexual […]
Sheriff seeks ID from burglary
February 22, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office and Crime Stoppers need your help identifying an unknown black male suspect who burglarized a residence in Fairfield County. On Jan. 2, 2018, the suspect entered the residence located at 140 Sixth Street in Winnsboro. The suspect entered the residence by breaking out a back bedroom window with […]
Sheriff seeks information on arson
February 22, 2018 By
WINNSBORO -The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office and Crime Stoppers need your help identifying the suspect(s) who set fire to a residence in Fairfield County. On November 14, 2017, the residence at 4623 Reservoir Road was set on fire between 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. with minimal damage to the exterior. On December 2, 2017, the […]
Prostitution sting nets 16
February 22, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – An undercover prostitution sting conducted by a tri-county task force that included the Fairfield County and Richland County Sheriffs’ Departments at the Ramada Inn in Ridgeway last Friday and Saturday night netted 16 arrests for prostitution and/or possession of drugs and/or possession with intent to distribute. Using the Backpage website, undercover officers made […]
Taking the Plunge
February 22, 2018 By
LAKE WATEREE – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department took the plunge last weekend at Lake Wateree for a good cause. The Department’s fundraiser benefits Special Olympics and has raised over $3,000 so far.
Sheriff addresses school violence rumors
February 16, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Over the past 12 hours, there have been rumors of threats of violence toward multiple schools throughout South Carolina, to include a school in Fairfield County (Fairfield Central High School). The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office has been investigating these rumors since they have surfaced and have found no substantiated or credible threats thus […]
Shootout ends with attempted murder
February 15, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – A wild-west drive-by shoot ‘em up that occurred around 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5, on Columbia Road behind the Bi-Lo Shopping Center, ended with a gunshot victim and three arrests, two of them for attempted murder. According to the incident report, three men in a Buick Park Avenue on Highway 321 Bypass suspected […]
