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Report: Suspects use "oldest trick in the book" to steal cartons of cigarettes

Report: Suspects use "oldest trick in the book" to steal cartons of cigarettes

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a group of  thieves who's using one of the oldest tricks in the book to steal cigarettes from a local store.

According to the report, deputies are searching for five suspects, two females and three males, they say used a distraction technique to aid them in theft of nine cartons of cigarettes from Pantry Express located on Saint Andrews Road in Lexington County.

On May 10, around 6 p.m. the group entered the store.

Campus police seek help to ID person of interest

Campus police seek help to ID person of interest

The University Of South Carolina Division Of Law Enforcement is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying a person of interest. 

Deputies arrest suspect who made himself at home while victims hid

Deputies arrest suspect who made himself at home while victims hid

Richland County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested a suspect they say made himself feel like he was at home during a burglary.

Sheriff Leon Lott stated that just after midnight on Wednesday, May 8, on Decker Boulevard an observant deputy on patrol located 26-year-old James Walker Brown III, and took him into custody without incident.

Deputies say Brown is accused of breaking into a home on Haymarket Road on Christmas Day.

Once inside the home, investigators say Brown rummaged through the refrigerator and kitchen cabinets eating food.