Police and Fire

The Tyger River Fire Department recently conducted a Smoke Alarm Blitz in the community, successfully installing 170 alarms in 50 different residential locations. The fire department teamed up with the American Red Cross to conduct the blitz.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol recently announced the graduation of 45 troopers from Highway Patrol Basic Classes 98 and 99. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley addressed the graduates, congratulating them.

Public drunkenness

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

Assault and Battery

A Greer woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison and five years of probation after she admitted to shooting her ex-boyfriend and holding him against his will.

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

Possession

Greer Fire Department responded to a house fire a little after 8 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 308 E. Bearden Street, Greer.

“We have ruled the fire undetermined,” said Scott Keeley, Deputy Chief / Fire Marshal.

The Greer Police Department is seeking assistance in identifying two subjects involved in a shoplifting that took place at Target within the city of Greer.

Around 10:58 p.m. on Aug. 22, two subjects, a white male and a white female entered the store, grabbed a Dyson Brand Vacuum Cleaner and fled into an older model van.