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Video from a shoplifting at a liquor store back in November 2020 has raised some questions about the investigation into that incident by the Greenville Police Department, documents obtained by WYFF News 4 reveal.The incident was reviewed by the department s Internal Affairs division, which recommended discipline. Greenville police Chief J.H. Thompson chose instead to use it as a lesson, according to those documents.Back on Nov. 23, 2020, police said Timothy Boykin and Dedravas Moore walked out of 19 Wine and Spirits off Verdae Boulevard in Greenville without paying for seven bottles of liquor, according to the store owner.Surveillance video obtained by WYFF News 4 shows the two men walking up to the front of the store, holding bottles. There seems to be an exchange of words with the store owner before they walk toward the door and run out. The owner chases them out with a baseball bat, according to the video. Police were dispatched to an armed robbery call. The two men were la
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A Greenville woman has been charged in the death of a woman who was jogging on Augusta Street early Saturday morning.
Veronica Dawn Tharp, 38, is charged with reckless homicide, hit and run with death and driving under suspension, according to warrants. She had been in custody since Saturday when she was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle.
Brittany Langley Lawson, 38, was walking with her dog, Chloe, on Augusta Street around 7:15 a.m. when a dark colored SUV ran off the roadway and crossed onto the sidewalk. The SUV struck Lawson and her dog.
Police received a 911 call at 7:19 a.m. about a collision in the area of Augusta Street and Oakcrest Court. When officers arrived, they found Lawson and a damaged 2002 Mercury Mountaineer. Police found a woman several blocks away who they believed to be involved in the collision, according to a news release.