Georgetown County Standoff Ends Peacefully After Nearly Five Hours, Sheriff Says

Deputies: Situation that led to response at Columbia home over, officers clear scene

Suspect barricaded in a building in 1500 block of Horseshoe Drive in northeast Columbia.

Hours-long standoff in Harvest ends peacefully with surrender

A standoff in Harvest involving a barricaded man inside a home ended peacefully after nearly five hours.

Georgetown County standoff ends peacefully after nearly five hours, sheriff says

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- A person was taken into custody Monday night after a nearly five-hour standoff on Waverly Road in the Pawleys Island area, Sheriff Carter Weaver said. The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office issued a statement just before 7:30 p.m. saying a man barricaded himself in a residence on St. Christopher Circle. Deputies asked people to avoid the area. Neighbors told a News13 reporter that the incident began at about 1 p…

Sun Valley standoff with Washoe County SWAT ends in arrest

A standoff with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team ended in the arrest of a man today in Sun Valley.

Suspect Peacefully Detained After Nearly Five-Hour Standoff

A standoff situation unfolded in Georgetown County Monday night. The incident took place after a suspect barricaded himself inside a residence along St. Christopher Cr in a Pawleys Island community. The typically busy Waverly Road was closed off to traffic from Pettigru Drive to Martin Luther King Road as authorities worked the scene. SWAT and negotiation teams were on site as well as dozens of officials armed with rifles. After nearly five-hour…

Armed Standoff Ends Outside Sampson County Sheriff’s Office

CLINTON – An armed standoff outside the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office in Clinton has ended. Around 7:00am today (Tuesday), a man armed with a rifle entered the parking lot of the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies quickly confronted the individual, who made verbal threats indicating his intent to kill law enforcement officers, according to Sheriff’s […]