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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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