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Crime / Public Safety
R. Darnell Rivera works the public-safety desk in Spartanburg and brings 15 years on the beat. Their reporting centers on I-85 and South Carolina Highway Patrol, with daily blotter and major-incident coverage as the core. Centers each story on the question Spartanburg readers actually have.
21 published stories
A 31-year-old California man was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump after authorities say he stormed a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents'\u2026
Two 18-year-old Florida men face disorderly conduct and criminal mischief charges after one drove a riding lawnmower through an Ocala Target store while the other filmed the stunt\u2026
A Massachusetts woman has been charged with two counts of murder after her children, ages 6 and 7, were found dead in their Wellesley home. The arrest followed\u2026
A robbery suspect being escorted under police guard inside a Chicago hospital emergency department opened fire Saturday morning, killing Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew, 38, and critically wounding\u2026
A seven-hour standoff on Spartanburg's Saxon Avenue ended early Saturday when a police K-9 tracked a barricaded suspect to a crawl space beneath a residential home, bringing a\u2026
Wilmington police identified Anthony Todd Lane, 47, as the victim and charged 35-year-old David Eugene Bryan Jr. with second-degree murder after a fatal stabbing near Independence Mall.
Online safety is a local public-safety issue. Most crime prevention conversations focus on physical spaces — but for Spartanburg families, a major safety risk now lives on phones,\u2026
Self-Monitored vs. Professional Alarm Systems — Which Is Right for Your Spartanburg Home? Choosing a home alarm system in Spartanburg involves more than picking a brand — it\u2026
Woman Charged with Murder After Calling 911 to Report Stabbing of Live-In Boyfriend on Logan Street Published April 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM | By M. Marvin Dobson,\u2026