Author: Dick Mangrum

A man and his wife in Oconee got a call from someone they thought to be from Amazon.  They then were put on a line with someone who purported to be from the U-S Marshal’s service.  In the end, according to the county sheriff’s office, the scam victim lost nearly $50 thousand in a Bitcoin machine, along with $81 thousand […]

An Oconee woman was led to believe that her computer was infected by a virus.  In the end, a scammer duped her into buying gift cards and depositing money into Bitcoin machines. Her loss of $23,200 is highlighted in the latest round of scams investigated by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  “If you receive a message saying your computer has been […]

Things can become rambunctious in and around a major university; tonight, at the request of the police chief, the Clemson City Council will consider an addition to its excessive noise law. The proposed new language:  “Any sound measuring over 90 decibels that may be heard at a distance over 100 feet from the source of the sound, lasting more than […]

Vigils yesterday for a young deputy hospitalized from last week’s officer-involved shooting in the Port Bass Community of Oconee County.  As it has across the Upstate, the wounding of Lucas Watts has touched the church of one of his family members.  And it was at a cross at Earles Grove Baptist Church that people gathered at midafternoon yesterday for prayer.  […]

In the latest reported scam in which a criminal duped an Oconee resident out of money was reported to the county sheriff’s office on Friday. The victim deposited $ 4,500 into a Bitcoin ATM and was duped by someone who called and claimed to be “Sgt. Dale Evans” with the sheriff’s office.  The victim was threatened with a federal ar […]

Greenville sheriff’s investigators say they have warrants charging a 50-year old man with five instances of attempted murder in Oconee County.  They have identified Gregory Wayne Maxwell as the suspect and say he remains in custody at a hospital for injuries in this week’s shootout with Oconee deputies. Maxwell is also being accused of possession of a weapon during a […]

A man who escaped federal custody was spotted late yesterday morning in Sylva, North Carolina.  At the time, according to the FBI, an eyewitness saw Sean Christopher Williams late yesterday morning in the Jackson Plaza shopping area in Jackson County.  At the time of his escape, Williams was being transported from Laurel County, Kentucky to Greenville, Tennessee.  He escaped October […]

Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says that the Sheriff’s Office Deputy who was shot in the officer-involved shooting yesterday afternoon is in stable but critical condition today. “I have spoken with the family and with their permission, we are releasing the name and the condition of the Deputy who was shot yesterday,” says Sheriff Crenshaw. “He is Corporal Lucas Watts. […]

At least one Highlands car wash has closed to save water, as mandatory restrictions remain in place in the North Carolina mountain town.  We spoke this morning to the man who runs Oconee’s largest water distributor, Bob Faires of Seneca Light and Water.  The lack of rain is a concern, as Faires explained, but the situation locally has not reached […]