Florence
CRIME & SAFETY
Deputies find nearly 3 kilos of cocaine during Florence County traffic stop, woman arrested
FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) - A Florida woman was arrested in the Pee Dee after being found with cocaine during a traffic stop on Wednesday. The Florence County Sheriff’s Office said deputies stopped Carmen Denise Garcia Roman, of Orlando, near the 163-mile marker of Interstate 95 for speeding. The agency...
Argument escalates into deadly shooting, Florence police say
FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) - Authorities are investigating a deadly shooting in part of the Pee Dee. Just before 3 p.m., the Florence Police Department said officers were at the scene on the 700 block of West Evans Street. FPD said when they arrived on the scene they were told that...
Bond denied for man accused of killing Pee Dee soldier
MARION COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — Three suspects faced a judge Tuesday morning in connection to a deadly shooting that happened two weeks ago in Mullins. Kenneth Lasane, Jr., 26, died in the shooting and was serving as a Specialist in the United States Army. Marion County Magistrate Cheryl Graham...
Local agencies find creative ways around issues installing license plate readers
FLORENCE COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Roadblocks are keeping some crime-fighting technology from being installed, but law enforcement agencies are finding creative ways around the issue. Nearly every agency in the Grand Strand and Pee Dee has special license plate reader cameras created by a company called FLOCK to help track...
Career Criminal Sentenced on More Insurance Fraud Charges in South Carolina
A South Carolina man with a long criminal history has pleaded guilty to multiple insurance fraud and identity fraud schemes that had netted him more than $139,000. Marcus Blair, of Florence, South Carolina, has been convicted 18 times previously and was using a contraband cellphone in prison to arrange further fraudulent acts when state investigators began zeroing in on him, the South Carolina Department of Insurance said in a bulletin.
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