Burnettown News

Investigators said the North Carolina man accused of having sex with a 12-year-old Aiken County girl he seduced online faces a number of added sex charges and new allegations that he gave her drugs while visiting her in Aiken County, according to officials.

The Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputy who was handling the Sanford Nimmo child sex case investigation is out of a job.

It's the one Aiken County construction site Stephen Strohminger gets the most public inquiries about.

An Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested at his Burnettown home Friday morning for unlawful communication and was fired hours later from his position with the agency, officials said.

Aiken County Deputy Mark Patterson, who worked as an investigator in the juvenile division, has been fired by the Sheriff's Office for conduct off-duty. Burnettown Police Chief D. P. Smith tells News 12, on Thursday evening Patterson and his wife were exchanging text and voice messages.

He's 8 feet long and on the loose in Burnettown. Police Chief D. P. Smith says the alligator was spotted around 7:30 PM Wednesday night across from the Hooties on Highway 1 and Williamson Drive.

Andy and Sarah Walton of Aiken announce the birth of their daughter, Madison Grace Walton, born April 13, 2009, at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

Sheriff Hunt Please stop complaining about Sheriff Hunt and be glad he doesn't turn his head the other way when employees break departmental policies.

Man gets seven years in jail for robbery A 40-year-old Augusta man who broke into a woman's home in the middle of the night was convicted of several charges Tuesday.

Prosecutors say two 10-year-old boys who tried to trade marijuana to their Aiken County elementary school classmates for bubble gum or desserts won't face drug charges.

Family Court prosecutors will not pursue charges against two 10-year-old boys police say were caught at school in early February with more than three grams of marijuana that they tried to sell the drugs for ...

The two 10-year-old boys caught with pot at Jefferson Elementary School earlier this month will not face criminal charges.

They may face charges in family court. Two fourth-graders are in trouble in Aiken County after they tried to trade marijuana at school for money and treats.

Burnettetown authorities say two 10-year-olds are in trouble, after being caught with pot in school.

We have new information on the two 10-year-old kids who were busted trying to sell drugs to other students at an elementary school, according to investigators.

Police in Burnettown are trying to figure out where two 10-year-old boys found the marijuana they tried to trade to their South Carolina elementary school classmates for bubble gum or small pies.

A pair of elementary students in South Carolina are in trouble with the law for allegedly trying to sell drugs at school.

February 6, 2009 AIKEN CTY, SC--Two 10 year old boys have been charged with trying to sell marijuana at Jefferson Elementary School in Aiken County.

Police in Burnettown made an unusual drug bust: two fourth graders trying to sell pot at Jefferson Elementary.

Dale Usry of the Burnettown Police Department examined the assortment of cans and bottles lining the table, noting similarities on the labels of the alcohol energy drinks and the non-alcohol versions.