Police and Fire

The Greer Police Department will bring smiles to more than 300 children in need on Saturday morning at Greer’s Cannon Center with their annual Christmas toy drive.  The department has been putting the toy drive on for over twenty years now, providing toys for children (ages newborn-12-years-old).  

Residents near the Glassy Mountain Fire Department could soon see lower insurance rates.    

The department was recently notified its Fire Protection Classification has gone from an ISO Class 5 to Class 4 effective in February of 2014.  

The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help in locating a Greenville man who is wanted for a crime he committed in 2004. Baltazer B. Diego, 30, of 112 Loom Street, Greenville is wanted for assault with the intent to commit criminal sexual conduct first degree.

(Note:  All information contained in the following blotter was taken directly from the official incident reports filed by the Greer Police Department or The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office or The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office.  All suspects are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.)

Seventh Judicial Circuit Solicitor Barry Barnette has been named the recipient of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Victim Advocate Association’s Solicitor of the Year Award.  Bridget Daly Musteata, the Law enforcement Victim Advocate for the Duncan Police Department, nominated Barnette for the award based on: his notoriety as a violent crime p

Shane Young, 30, pleaded guilty Tuesday morning in a Greenville County courtroom to killing a Greer man and shooting several others in a hostage and standoff situation that occurred in October of 2012.  

(Note: All information contained in the following blotter was taken directly from the official incident reports filed by the Greer Police Department, The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office or The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. All suspects are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.)

The Board of Commissioners of the Glassy Mountain Fire Service Area has announced that Robert J. Staples has been named Chief of the Glassy Mountain Fire Department (GMFD) effective Dec. 9, 2013.