Deputies Arrest Darlington Man for Domestic Violence, Assault and Battery
On June 28 at 4:15 p.m., Darlington County Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies responded to residence on Pocket Rd. in Darlington after receiving a call that a man was actively assaulting a woman and a child in the residence. Once patrol deputies arrived, the suspect fled on foot into a wooded area. Deputies pursued the suspect and at 4:45 p.m. the suspect was taken into custody. Edward John Desmond, Jr., 45, of Darlington has been...
Special Victims Unit Arrests Man for Indecent Exposure
Darlington County Sheriff’s Special Victims Unit has charged a Hartsville man with five counts of indecent exposure for incidents dating back to April of 2016. Special Victims Unit Investigators allege that on April 19 and April 21 of 2016 and January 20 and June 14 of 2017 Stephen John Klausmeier, 60, of Hartsville exposed his genitals to five separate female victims at various businesses in and around Hartsville. Klausmeier...
Deputies investigating homicide
Darlington County Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies were dispatched at 8 a.m. to Old Florence Rd. in Darlington where they discovered a vehicle off the side of the road with a male driver deceased. The deceased had at least one gunshot wound. Darlington County Sheriff’s Investigators have charged Remon Anthony Cadet, 26, of Darlington with murder for the shooting death. Bond was denied for Cadet on June 19. Cadet is currently...
Deputy graduates Criminal Justice Academy
Columbia, SC – Darlington County Sheriff’s Deputy Treyvon Sellers successfully completed the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in Columbia on June 16. Deputy Sellers was the first uncertified deputy hired by Sheriff Tony Chavis and was sworn in February 1st. Deputy Sellers is currently in the South Carolina National Guard and previously served as a correctional officer at the W. Glenn Campbell Detention Center. “I am...
Welfare Check leads to discovery of meth waste
During the early afternoon of June 5, Darlington County Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Echo Acres Dr. in Darlington for a welfare check. While speaking with an individual at the residence Patrol Deputies saw several soft drink plastic bottles with black tape on the cap and a pink crystal substance inside the bottles. Agents with the Darlington County Sheriff’s Drug Enforcement Unit certified in...