Search for one missing SC teen ends as another begins
Deputies in one South Carolina county say they found a missing 13-year-old but said that a 15-year-old boy who ran from the area is now reported missing. Author: Christopher Buchanan Updated: 10:01 PM EDT May 8, 2021
OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. Authorities in a South Carolina county that first alerted residents in two states of a missing teen said on Saturday that she has been found safe. But now they re searching for another.
The search was first initiated by the Oconee County, South Carolina Sheriff s Office when a 13-year-old girl left her home sometime between 10 p.m. May 4 and 7 a.m. on May 5.
Former elementary school resource officer accused of taking part in sex trafficking conspiracy
John Towery was former resource officer at Fair-Oak Elementary School Share Updated: 5:37 PM EDT May 7, 2021
Former elementary school resource officer accused of taking part in sex trafficking conspiracy
John Towery was former resource officer at Fair-Oak Elementary School Share Updated: 5:37 PM EDT May 7, 2021
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Show Transcript A DEVELOPING STORY THIS AFTERNOON A FORMER SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER IS FREE ON BOND RIGHT NOW AFTER BEING FEDERALLY INDICTED WITH SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SEX TRAFFICKING OUR ISLAND. DEVLIN IS LIVE ON THE STORY IN OCONEE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON, ALAN GOOD EVENING. WHAT DO YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW? YEAH, GOOD EVENING, MICHAEL THE MAN ARRESTED JOHN TOWERY USED TO BE A RESOURCE OFFICER AT FAIR OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WESTMINSTER HERE IN OCONEE COUNTY. HE WAS FIRED BACK IN MARCH AND AT THE TIME
Missing South Carolina girl could be in Atlanta, deputies say
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(Oconee County Sheriff s Office)
ATLANTA - Deputies need your help finding a missing South Carolina teenager who may be in the metro Atlanta area.
Officials say 13-year-old Ariel Ray Underwood left her home on Goat Road in Oconee County, South Carolina sometime between 10 a.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Investigators told FOX 5 they believe Ariel could be in Atlanta or somewhere in DeKalb County.
The missing teenager is described as being 5-feet-2-inches tall with a weight of 128 pounds. She has black hair and hazel eyes. It is not known what she was wearing before she disappeared.
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents:
GARDENER FLEES: On April 20, deputies were dispatched to a home in the Triple Creek neighborhood in Bogart, where a man cutting grass reported he stopped near a home only to be confronted by a woman dressed in a pink top, pajama bottoms and holding a gun pointed at him. “You need to get the (expletive) out of here,” the woman said, according to the man. The man said he then hopped aboard his lawn mower and fled to his truck, where he called his supervisor. The 33-year-old Comer man, who has an infant child, told the deputy he thought he was going to be shot for cutting grass. A deputy questioned the woman, who was chatting with the garbage man, but she denied pointing a gun at the mower. She said she only went outside and told the man “to git” at which point he fled. The 76-year-old woman told the deputy she thought the man was part of a cartel and he was making noise on the mower to cover a potential bur
Plane carrying two people crashes in Oconee County, officials say
One person in plane was able to walk to the road to get help Share Updated: 6:10 PM EDT Apr 25, 2021 Katie Smithson
One person in plane was able to walk to the road to get help Share Updated: 6:10 PM EDT Apr 25, 2021
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Show Transcript THE CORONER’S OFFICE SAYS THEY WERE NOT CALLED BUT WE’VE REACHED OUT TO HIGHWAY PATROL FOR MORE INFORMATION. NOW TO OCONEE COUNTY WHERE TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER THEIR PLANE CRASHED. IT HAPPENED IN MOUNTAIN REST AROUND 11 THIS MORNING. OFFICIALS TELL US THE PLANE CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA NEAR TAYLOR CREEK ROAD. THE FAA SAYS IT WAS A SINGLE ENGINE KITFOX. HERE’S A PHOTO OF WHERE IT LANDED IN A CREEK. WE’RE TOLD TWO PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD. ONE WAS ABLE TO WALK TO THE STREET AND CALL FOR HELP BOTH WERE TAKEN TO