Police and Fire

(Note: All information contained in the following was taken directly from the official incident reports filed by the City of Greer Police Department. All suspects are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.)

Two Taylors residents have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery that occurred last week.

Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office arrested 18-year-old Khallil Amar Rajan Gardner and 34-year-old Roderick Demarrio Tate after a Super Mobile store was held up last Wednesday afternoon.

(Note: All information contained in the following was taken directly from the official incident reports filed by the City of Greer Police Department. All suspects are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.)

A Sunday afternoon carjacking in Greer led local authorities on a high-speed chase through Greenville and Pickens Counties.

Police say 29-year-old Ruben Russell Ruiz stole a Chevy Silverado at the QT in Greer before robbing an individual at knife point near Farrs Bridge and BlackBerry Valley Road in Greenville.

Rewards are being offered for information leading to the arrest of suspects involved in the W.E. Willis robbery and shooting last week.

A total of $27,000 is being offered, $25,000 coming from the family of W.E. Willis and $2,000 coming from the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office.

The U.S. Fire Service will honor a firefighter, who died in the line of duty, from South Carolina during the 37th National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018.

Wesley Eugene Sosebee, 39, died last Thursday after a motorcycle accident in Greer.

Police say a local grocery store owner was attacked and kidnapped, and his wife was shot Tuesday morning.

Greenville County Sheriff’s Office investigators say W.E. Willis was attacked by masked men at a store on Highway 414.