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Tuesday, March 12, 2013  The former chief of a volunteer fire department in Florence County has pleaded guilty to taking more than $200,000 from the department.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  A 45-year-old man has been arrested and charged with a series of church burglaries in Kershaw County.

Monday, September 17, 2012  Authorities say a Varnville woman who told people she was running a raffle to raise money for a cancer victim was actually using the cash to pay for her recent divorce.

Friday, August 03, 2012  According to a report from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, detectives arrested a 25-year-old West Columbia man on charges that the man fatally shot a 72-year-old Gilbert man on July 28 at the 72-year-old man’s home on Juniper Springs Road near Gilbert.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  The former director of a nonprofit organization in Spartanburg has been accused of taking more than $40,000 for her own use.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011  The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says a former state employee and former state trooper worked together to defraud the state out of more than $500,000.