Greenville sheriff's deputy dragged by car
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A Greenville County sheriff's deputy was hurt after he was dragged by a car while trying to serve a warrant.
Sheriff's spokesman Jonathan Smith told local media outlets that the deputy service minor injuries.
Smith said the officer and several others had gone to take a suspect into custody around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. They found the man in an apartment parking lot and he and another man jumped into a car.
Smith said a deputy broke a window in the car to try to stop the men from leaving but was dragged a short distance. The deputy was able to free himself.
Deputies are looking for the men and are working to identify the driver.
SLED investigates inmate's death at Bishopville prison
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the death of an inmate at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville.
Lee County Coroner Larry Logan told local media outlets that 27-year-old Victor Rogers was found dead in his cell Tuesday morning.
An autopsy was planned Wednesday in Newberry.
Corrections Department spokeswoman Stephanie Givens said she could not release any information about the investigation of Rogers' death.
Agency records show Rogers had been in prison since February 2013.
SLED spokesman Thom Berry said a crime scene unit was sent to the prison to help in the investigation.
Cat who vanished in South Carolina found in California
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A cat who vanished in South Carolina is going home after ending up in Southern California — two years later and nearly two thousand miles away.
Kevin the orange tabby flies out of Palm Springs Wednesday morning.
He disappeared from Anderson, South Carolina in 2013.
John Welsh of Riverside County Animal Services says Kevin turned up around March 5 inside a U-Haul trailer a woman had driven cross-country.
During a routine inspection in Blythe, the inspector heard meowing.
The driver said she didn't know Kevin was inside.
The dehydrated cat was taken to a shelter. His microchip helped track down his owner, Cheryl Walls — who jokes that Kevin has now seen more of the country than her.
Welsh says somebody must have cared for Kevin all these months. But who — and how Kevin got into the trailer — are mysteries.