Man wounded in shooting involving Lexington sheriff's deputy
IRMO, S.C. (AP) — A man has been shot and wounded by a Lexington County sheriff's deputy at a home in Irmo.
Sheriff's Maj. John Allard said officers were called to a home around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Sheriff Lewis McCarty said the man visiting the home was suicidal and had just been released from a hospital.
Allard said the details on the shooting were still under investigation. He did not know how many deputies were involved and how many may have fired. He also did not know if the man who was shot was armed. The man was undergoing surgery at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital in Columbia. There was no word on his condition.
No one else was hurt.
The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating.
Contractor arrested in series of home improvement scams
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Deputies have arrested a York man who they say took money to perform home and remodeling jobs, then left without doing the work.
The Herald of Rock Hill reports (http://bit.ly/1E3yCpM) 37-year-old Earl "Trey" Ocey Gulledge is charged with six counts of fraud and breach of trust.
According to a press release from the York County Sheriff's Office. Gulledge promised to do home and remodeling work for clients. But instead, he took the victims' money and never started or finished the job. Authorities say both cases totaled approximately $10,800.
Investigators also say Gulledge's remodeling and roofing business would also hire out sub-contractors to do work for him, but wouldn't pay the contractors for the work completed.
Gulledge is free on bond. It's not known if he has an attorney.
Audit: Anti-blight programs in 6 states, including SC, need more oversight
DETROIT (AP) — An audit says the U.S. Treasury Department needs better oversight of federally funded blight removal programs in six states including Michigan.
The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press report the audit from Special Inspector General Christy Romero reiterates concerns she offered in January. Romero says the Treasury Department should keep a closer eye on funds initially set aside for helping homeowners avoid foreclosure.
Mark McArdle, the department's chief homeownership preservation officer, says the suggestion that the department should manage day-to-day implementation of each state effort doesn't reflect how the program is supposed to work.
Romero's office has been auditing $372 million committed to anti-blight efforts. Michigan was approved for $175 million for blight removal, mostly in Detroit. Other approved programs are in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and South Carolina.