Pickens County Man Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Material Charges

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Richard Douglas Wooten, III, 57, of Easley, S.C., on 10 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General’s Office, also a member of the state’s ICAC […]

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SDOC Releases Results from Participation in the Lead Testing In Schools & Child Care Centers Program

The School District of Oconee County is one of the first districts in South Carolina to participate in the voluntary Lead Testing in Schools and Child Care Centers Program. This DHEC program is authorized and funded under the EPA’s Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act and provides free water lead testing to schools and child care programs across […]

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South Carolina Sheriff’s Association Membership Program Letters Arrive in Mail across Oconee County

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has received calls from our citizens recently regarding letters that they have received in the mail from the South Carolina Sheriff’s Association. If you receive a letter from the Sheriff’s Association, it is not a scam. The letters from the Sheriff’s Association are part of their Spring Honorary Membership Program for potential new members or […]

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Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Arrests Walhalla Man on Multiple Drug Trafficking Charges

The execution of a search warrant Thursday by Narcotics Agents and the S.W.A.T. team of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office led to a seizure of multiple kinds of narcotics and the arrest of a Walhalla man. 31 year old James Franklin Gibson, of Coffee Road, had three outstanding arrest warrants. After the search warrant was executed, Narcotics Agents seized approximately […]

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