3/1/2012 - Superbike Murder Press Release
During a 10:00 AM Press Conference this morning (Thursday, March 01, 2012) Sheriff Chuck Wright released an updated composite sketch of a person of interest in the investigation of the murder of four...
View Article3/1/2012 - Sheriff's Office Releases New Sketch in Superbike Homicide...
During a 10:00 AM Press Conference this morning (Thursday, March 01, 2012) Sheriff Chuck Wright released an updated composite sketch of a person of interest in the investigation of the murder of four...
View Article3/1/2012 - Authorities looking for convicted drug dealer
Authorities are searching for a Spartanburg man who failed to appear in court for his trafficking cocaine trial and was found guilty in his absence. Jesse Pinzon, 29, was found guilty of trafficking...
View Article3/4/2012 - Spartanburg Deputies searching for attempted murder suspect.
Investigators have worked through the weekend to collect the information necessary to identify the individual responsible for shooting Mr. Sanchez in the face early Saturday morning, March 3, 2012. The...
View Article3/10/2012 - Homicide at Westgate Apartments
INFORMATION NEEDED ON OVERNIGHT HOMICIDE CASE #12030517: About 2:01 AM this morning (Saturday, March 10, 2012) Deputies responded to the Westgate Apartments located at 430 E. Blackstock Road in...
View Article3/15/2012 - Investigators make arrest in hit-and-run Homicide.
Investigators assigned to the Sheriff's Office Violent Crimes Unit located and took into custody the individual believed to be responsible for running over a man just off of Skylyn Drive. Investigators...
View Article3/22/2012 - Traffic Team named National DUI Agency of the Year
The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit has been named the 2011 National DUI Enforcement Unit of the Year and Deputy Jason Kramer has been named the 2011 National DUI Enforcement Officer...
View Article4/09/2012 - Armed Robbery/ Shooting at Circle K
April 9, 2012 – Shortly after 2:00 AM this morning Deputies responded to a report of an Armed Robbery and a Shooting at the Circle K convenience store located at 1796 E. Blackstock Road. Upon arrival...
View Article4/22/2012 - Unsolved Homicide - Campobello Community
On Friday, April 13, 2012, about 4:00 PM the Campobello Police Department was notified of the discovery of a body in a wooded area near the intersection of Asheville Highway and Old Asheville Highway...
View Article5/30/2012 - Wanted for Attempted Murder
Marcelino Ramos Rivarra - Wanted on one count of Attempted Murder in the shooting of his estranged wife at Denny's on May 29, 2012. If anyone has any information as to where this suspect may be located...
View Article6/24/2012 - First Responders Memorial Plans Unveiled
Plans for the First Responders Memorial were unveiled Thursday morning before a crowd of law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical responders and families of those who died in the line...
View Article6/24/2012 - Sheriff's Office Investigatiing Double Homicide
About 4:00 AM on 06/23/2012, the Spartanburg County Communications Center received a 911 call from a passing motorist in reference to a suspicious vehi-cle parked in the 300 block of Blanchard Road....
View Article7/12/2012 - Arrests made in Sniper Shooting
Deputies have announced the arrest for Mattison Tyler Schomer and Bryan Marrion Holder on 3 counts of Attempted Murder in relationship to a shooting incident that occurred on July 2, 2012, at approx....
View Article08/17/2012 - Sheriff Wright responds to Rolling Thunder Critic
On Wednesday, August 15, 2012, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal gave a letter written to them the distinction of being classified as a "Special to the Herald-Journal" complete with a photo of the author...
View Article08/27/2012 - Sheriff's Office Releases Sketch of Rape Suspect
The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office has released a sketch of a man deputies say raped a woman at her apartment on Aug. 17. The suspect is described as black and in his early 20s. He is 5-feet,...
View Article9/4/2012 - Multiple Arrests made in Drug Roundup
This afternoon Sheriff Chuck Wright addressed the media in reference to a drug roundup that concludes an eight month investigation into the illegal sell of prescription drugs in Spartanburg County....
View Article9/5/2012 - Woman Arrested for Murder of Boyfriend
This morning deputies responded to a report of a shooting at 107 Rushmore Drive in the Inman community. Upon arrival they found a man, later identified as 38 year old, Steven Lee McDowell, lying in the...
View Article09/14/2012 - Skeletal remains identified as missing person
This afternoon hunters who were clearing some land around a deer stand discovered skeletal remains and notified the Sheriff's Office. Investigators from the Sheriff's Office and the Spartanburg Co unty...
View Article9/25/2012 - Arrest made in Serial Rapist Case
Sheriff Chuck Wright held a Press Conference at 9:00 AM this morning at the Sheriff's Office to discuss the arrest of the serial rapist that has targeted women in two counties. Overnight Investigators...
View Article10/08/2012 - Fire Investigated at Jail
On October 7, 2012 around 9:23 PM a fire was detected in a cell inside the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office Detention Center. The fire was quickly put out by detention center personnel. There was...
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