Crime & Courts - The Sumter Item (2024)

On July 8, 2022, 81-year-old Stephen Collins was found dead inside his Edgehill Road home with multiple gunshot wounds. Two years later, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man in …more

TURBEVILLE – An autopsy of a Turbeville man who was found dead inside an abandoned mobile home on Mickey Street on April 28 revealed that the man “died from blunt-force trauma to the …more

BY SHARRON HALEY
Clarendon contributor |7/5/24 01:59 PM

MANNING – A 27-year-old Sumter woman has been arrested in connection to the July 2 death of a 28-year-old Sumter man at a Ram Bay motel. Carrie Anastasia Woodberry is being held at the …more

BY SHARRON HALEY
Clarendon contributor |7/5/24 06:00 AM

SUMMERTON – A Summerton man was arrested on July 2 on more than a dozen drug charges. He was released a day later on a $42,500 personal recognizance bond. Jacquba Turner Green, 44 , was …more

BY SHARRON HALEY
Clarendon contributor |7/5/24 06:00 AM

A Texas man was taken into custody Tuesday morning in connection to a stolen vehicle out of a county over 80 miles from Sumter. On the morning of Tuesday, June 25, a Sumter County …more

A former Sumter police officer, who spent nearly three years on the force, is in custody after allegedly committing misconduct in the office for two years. Darren Lee McCain, 30, of …more

Sumter deputies are searching for a man considered to be armed and dangerous as of Wednesday morning, June 26. Sumter County Sheriff's Office has issued warrants for the arrest of 36-year-old …more

STAFF REPORT |6/26/24 06:00 AM

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office investigated a shooting involving a South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper and a dog. At around 11 a.m. on June 23, 2024, a deputy responded to a Wedgefield …more

MANNING – A 61-year-old Manning man has been charged with the June 18, 2024, alleged choking death of a 58-year-old Manning woman. According to the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office, …more

BY SHARRON HALEY
Clarendon contributor |6/20/24 06:00 AM

Saturday, June 1 was busy for Sumter County Sheriff’s Office after receiving a report of a vehicle submerged in water near Cain Mill Pond. A fisherman contacted local authorities to report …more

A second suspect in connection to the South Guignard Drive shooting has been placed in custody. Sumter Police Department continues its search for teenage suspect. In May, 32-year-old Tavares …more

Sumter's sheriff wants to remind county residents about a known phone scam that the office says is back and has become more sophisticated recently and may lead to people losing money. According …more

STAFF REPORT |6/10/24 02:40 PM

A 20-year-old man is wanted in connection to a burglary in the Pinewood area. Willie J.N. Green is wanted on charges of second-degree violent burglary and third-degree burglary, according to …more

Two South Carolina women face a slew of charges, including burglary and financial identity fraud, after being discovered living in an unoccupied Sumter residence. Megan Brooke Williamson, 36, of …more

On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 29, mere miles from the heart of downtown Sumter inside the Birnie HOPE Center on South Purdy Street, Sumter Mayor David Merchant and community stakeholders dove into a conversation on how to address and eradicate …more

John Latroy Robinson, 42, is being sought by the Sumter County Sheriff's Office in connection to a warrant issued for his arrest with charges of burglary, stalking and violation of permanent …more

STAFF REPORT |5/30/24 05:00 PM

In addition to a press release sent earlier on Wednesday, Sumter Police Department has identified a third suspect in the fatal shooting on South Guignard Drive. Fernando Quintez Adams, 20, of …more

Sumter police have arrested one man in connection to the fatal shooting from Monday, May 27. The investigation continues as officers search for a second suspect. Curtis Jefferson Jr., 19, of …more

Sumter County Coroner Robbie Baker released the name of the driver who was fatally shot at a South Guignard traffic light on Monday morning. Tavares K McFadden, 32, of Rembert, was pronounced …more

A Sumter man in is custody after calling law enforcement to confess that he fatally shot his wife. At 6:28 a.m. on Sunday, May 26, Freddie Samuel Fals, 61, of North Saint Paul Church Road, …more