Arrest alleges attempted murder

A Westminster man has been arrested and charged with the attempted murder of his wife. Chief Dean Awalt says Scott Thomas Conquest was jailed yesterday in Walhalla, charged in an incident late Saturday night in the yard of a home on SC 24/the West-Oak Highway. Awalt says the victim in the incident was hospitalized for multiple injuries, and the police continue to investigate the circumstances. Conquest was first taken into custody by authorities in Stephens County, Georgia and released to the custody yesterday of the Westminster police.