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County Council passes first reading of budget for upcoming fiscal year

At their most recent meeting Kersahaw county councilmen passing first reading by title only of the county budget for the fiscal year which begins in July. No budget figures were included in first reading but county administrator Vic Carpenter says those numbers will be supplied at second reading.  Carpenter said the budget will be balanced and will not include a tax increase.  Final passage of the budget is expected in early June.  The budget faces two more readings before becoming final.  The budget passed first reading with a unanimous vote.  

Second arrest in hit and run death in Elgin in March

A second person has been arrested in connection with the hit and run that took place earlier this year in Elgin and resulted in the death of a Kershaw County man.  According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol  26 year old Jesus Corona of Columbia is charged with being an accessory after the fact in the death of 50 year old Derk Lawrence Maricle of Elgin. Earlier this week 21 year old Joselyn Bonilla was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving a death and also driving without a license.  Investigators says Cabal helped destroy the 1999 Mitsubishi that Bonilla was driving when she hit Maricle early in the morning of March 1st.  According to investigators Bonilla fled the scene after hitting Maricle. Maricle was pronounced dead at the scene.

                                            

                                                               Jesus Corona Cabal

KCSO busts meth lab in Lugoff

Two men arrested Monday when narcotics investigators of the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office busted a meth lab on Cricket Hill Drive in Lugoff.  Arrested and charged were 40 year old Edward Conant and 24 year old Kenneth Miller. In addition officers discovered a quantity of methamphetamine and a meth lab.  Deputies also seized two firearms. Conant has arrests dating back to 1996 and Miller has arrests dating back to 2005.  Both are being charged with possession of methamphetamine and manufacturing methamphetamine.  Both were placed in the Kershaw County Detention Centre. 

                    

                                   Edward Conant                                              Kenneth Miller                         

 


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