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RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — Two guards at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center (ASGDC) were arrested and are accused of supplying drugs to inmates. During a search of employee vehicles on August 21, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Bridgett Williams, 37, and 50-year-old Ashanti Rembert, 50, were found to be in possession of contraband. Around 6 p.m., deputies conducted an unscheduled vehicle search of all employees of the ASGDC during shift change as authorized by their posted signage. According to officials with the Richland County Sheriff's Department (RCSD), the search was a result of the uptick in drugs...

Now that South Carolina has officially become the 29th state to adopt Constitutional Carry (and the 28th to have the law formally take effect, since Louisiana's new statute doesn't kick in until July 4th), the state's few pro-gun control voices are ramping up their fearmongering. Everytown for Gun Safety's South Carolina chapter is already predicting the new law will lead to more violence and less safety, while the state's most politically powerful sheriff says he's turning to the Almighty to protect the state from Constitutional Carry's effects. "Law enforcement agencies in South Carolina are bracing for what could happen as...

The Richland County, South Carolina Sheriff's Department (that's them above) just obtained an armored personnel carrier, complete with a belt-fed, .50-cal turreted machine gun. Sheriff Leon Lott has charmingly named the vehicle "The Peacemaker," and insists that using a caliber of ammunition that even the U.S. military is reluctant to use against human targets (it's generally reserved for use against armored vehicles) will "save lives."