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Man’s death highlights gaps in restraint device policies across Upstate
A woman is suing an Upstate sheriff’s office, claiming her son died after being left in the WRAP, a full-body restraint used ...
Clerk of Court in Cherokee County pushing for new courthouse or expansion of existing site
Cherokee County Clerk of Court Brandy McBee says existing 1929 courthouse is too cramped. New courthouse or expansion of old ...
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Detention officer helped bring drugs into detention center, deputies say
THEY SAY SHE HELPED INMATES TRAFFIC, METH AND OTHER DRUGS INTO THE CHEROKEE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. THEY ALSO ARRESTED CHRISTOPHER SELLERS, BRADLEY WHITESIDES JUNIOR, AND LEONARD FINCH.
Deputies: Detention officer, inmates charged with smuggling drugs into Upstate jail
Officials said narcotics investigators were able to determine that two inmates were able to persuade a detention officer to ...
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Detention officer accused of bringing drugs into Cherokee County jail
CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA ... and furnishing contraband in a prison. The sheriff’s office also charged three inmates – Christopher Blake Sellars, Bradley Dean Whitesides Jr., and ...