Thursday, April 11, 2013
Eric Lee Graham was arrested for murder of Amber Daniel, Chris Porcoro.
A third arrest has been made in connection with the 2011 murders of Amber Daniel and Chris Porcoro. Greenville County Sheriff's deputies said Thursday that 29-year-old Eric Lee Graham of Columbia has been charged with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime. On April 3, 2011, Porcoro and Daniel were found shot to death inside a duplex at 2004 East Lee Road after the authorities responded to a fire call there. As uniformed deputies began to arrive and securei the scene, responding fire department personnel found the two victims, who had been shot. The fire was believed to have been set purposefully following the murder. Scott Lowe, 24, and Manuel Nicolas Granados, 18, were arrested in February. …
Monday, April 1, 2013
SLED released its 2011 crime database on Monday.
Violent crimes have declined slightly in Greenville County. In 2011, Greenville saw nine fewer murders and 18 fewer rapes than in the previous year. The county did see an increase in robberies, bucking a statewide trend, with 79 more robberies occurring in 2011 when compared to 2010. South Carolina saw a 21 percent jump in murders and a 7 percent increase in rapes in 2011, bucking a downward trend of the past generation. The other two violent crime categories tracked by state officials, and released Monday for the 2011 calendar year — aggravated assaults and robberies — fell from 2010 to 2011. In total, violent crimes across the state fell slightly, according to the report, "Crime in South Carolina 2011," produced annually by the State Law…
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Shirley Rogers pleads guilty to federal charges.
The woman who discovered Gary and Helen Wells brutally stabbed to death in their Terramont Drive home last October pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal fraud charges. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said Shirley Rogers, 52, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of fradultently using another person's debit card without permission and one count of using another person's name and personal identification number to complete the debit card fraud. Judge G. Ross Anderson will sentence Rogers at a later date. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, during and before September 2012, Rogers had been employed as a housekeeper for a family in Greenville, later confirmed to be the Gary and Helen Wells. Near the end of August, 2012…
Monday, February 18, 2013
Four suspects are being held on charges stemming from the December murder, robbery of Joseph Crite.
Greenville County Sheriff's deputies said Monday they have arrested four people in connection with a December 2012 murder and robbery that occurred in southern Greenville County. On February 15, investigators from the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office charged four suspects for the robbing, kidnapping and killing of Joseph Crite, 51, who was shot several times inside his apartment at 1 Lanford Drive, located about five miles west of Mauldin in the Gantt community in southern Greenville County. The GCSO said 17-year old Mercedes Nykisha Adams, 19-year old Muniashia Harper, 19-year old Brandon Dashun Adams and 22-year old Michael Antonio Anderson were arrested and charged with murder as well as criminal conspiracy. In addition to the …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Scott Lowe, of Taylors, arrested for murder of Amber Daniel, Chris Porcoro.
The Greenville County Sheriff's Office confirmed Thursday it had made a second arrest in the 2011 murders of Amber Daniel and Chris Porcoro. Laura Campbell, spokesperson for the GCSO, confirmed Scott Lowe, 24 has been charged with murder. The announcement comes just two days after the arrest of Manuel Nicolas Granados, 18, who was reportedly linked to a firearm in North Carolina that investigators later determined to be the murder weapon. While Granados' arrest warrant indicates his own statements put him at the scene of the crime, and the investigation links him to the murder weapon, the warrant for the arrest of Lowe specifically identifies Lowe as the shooter. On April 3, 2011, Porcoro and Daniel were found shot to death inside a …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Manuel Nicolas Granados taken into custody after being tied to the murder weapon.
An arrest has been made in connection with the 2011 murders of Christopher Porcoro and Amber Daniel, the Greenville County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday. On April 3, 2011, Porcoro and Daniel were found shot to death inside a duplex at 2004 East Lee Road after the authorities responded to a fire call there. As uniformed deputies began to arrive and securei the scene, responding fire department personnel found the two victims, who had been shot. The fire was believed to have been set purposefully following the murder. Manuel Nicolas Granados, 18, of Swannanoa, North Carolina, was arrested at 1 p.m. Tuesday by the Greenville County Sheriff's Office in connection with the slayings. He is charged with murder. According to the GCSO, …
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Third murder in the past two weeks in the same general area happened at a White Horse Road apartment complex near Mauldin, deputies said.
UPDATE: A man shot Saturday night at an apartment complex a few miles frm Mauldin has been identified as Edward Goldsmith, 47, of Greenville, said Jeff Fowler, a Greenville County deputy coroner. Fowler said Goldsmith died at 10:50 p.m. while at Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greenville News reported. Original story: Southern Greenville County has become a deadly place in the past two weeks. An unidentified man was shot to death late Saturday night at an apartment complex on White Horse Road less than five miles from Mauldin, Greenville County Sheriff's Master Deputy Laura Campbell said Sunday. Though none are related, this latest murder is the third in just the past two weeks, all of them in the same general vicinity in southern Greenville…
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Fatal shooting happened early Sunday morning at a bar on the outskirts of Mauldin.
Greenville County Sheriff’s Office Investigators have arrested and charged 47-year-old David Adam Young of Greenville in the early Sunday shooting death of an unidentified person at a bar on the outskirts of Mauldin. The shooting happened around 5:30 a.m. at Bobby T's nightclub, located at 330 White Horse Road, said Deputy Jonathan Smith. Deputies found the victim lying outside the bar, reports said, and witnesses said the alleged shooter drove off in a blue Toyota. After a brief vehicle chase with authorities, Young was apprehended and positively identified as the alleged shooter, an arrest warrant said. Young was charged with murder, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Young has also been charged with failure to stop for …
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Home invasion ends in bloodshed.
Greenville County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a shooting death in the Berea area that occurred during a home invasion. At approximately 8 p.m. Tuesday, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office received a call from 28 Lora Lane stating that shots had been fired at apartment A. When deputies arrived, they found 28-year-old Alali Shakoor Perkins Sr. in the driveway of the home. The incident reportedly began when two unidentified black males, approximately 30-years-old, armed with guns arrived at the Berea home. One of the suspects dressed in all dark clothing and a ski mask forced his way into the residence as the second suspect held another victim at gunpoint in the driveway. Perkins struggled with one of the suspects as he was …
Friday, October 26, 2012
Greenville County Sheriff's Office confirms an arrest has been made in the stabbing deaths of Gary and Helen Wells.
Patch.com will be on hand at 1 p.m. today to report on the Greenville County Sheriff's Office's arrest in the murders of an elderly couple that rocked a quiet Eastside community earlier this month. The Greenville County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in connection with the murders of Gary and Helen Wells. "Yes, an arrest has been made, but at this time additional information is not going to be released due to there still being an ongoing investigation," said Jonathan Smith, public information officer for the GCSO. Gary Wells, 78 and Helen Wells, 77, were found dead Oct. 3 morning in their 10 Terramont Drive home on the Eastside when the housekeeper couldn't get anyone to come to the door. She asked a next door neighbor to help, who …
Brian Johnson
8:39 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
It's because of people like this I have my CWP, and always carry my gun. Young people today have no respect for human life. more ›