From Court Documents A Hardy man is behind bars after making threats to his neighbors. Daniel Collins, 51, of Hwy. 175 in Hardy was arrested on Sept. 16 on seven felony charges. According to the Probable Cause Affidavit for the warrant, Sharp County Sheriff Department’s Lt. Bryce Trivitt met with Kenneth and Tammie Fowler, who had purchased property at 149 Fire Tower Road in Hardy. The couple relayed to Trivitt that on…
From court documents A Sharp County man was taken into custody this morning, Sept. 17, after a child under the age of 14 reported that he had raped her multiple occasions over the last two or three years. Michael Hirschler, 37, of Evening Shade has been charged with four counts of rape, a Class Y Felony, each punishable by life in prison. According to the Probable Cause Affidavit, Lt. Bryce Trivitt was contacted…
From Press Release and interview with Chief Monte Lane and court documents Earlier this afternoon, Cherokee Village Police Chief Monte Lane provided an update on the Wed. Sept. 10 fatal shooting in Cherokee Village and this evening, he provided the name of the person killed in the home invasion. Samuel West, 36, of 8 Wabbaseka Drive, near Katta Drive, where the incident took place, was the man who was shot and killed…
From Sheriff Shane Russell Sheriff Shane Russell said a man wanted for attempted murder in South Carolina was apprehended just after 1 p.m. today in Ozark Acres. The sheriff said his department was notified around 12:10 p.m. by the United States Marshals Service that 23-year-old Mickey Ahititt Naphoxay was wanted in Union, South Carolina, on an attempted murder charge from 2022. The Marshals advised the sheriff's department that the subject was believed…
Sending message to law enforcement to buy drugs ends badly for Salem man FROM COURT RECORDS In a bizarre case, officers with the Sixteenth Judicial District Drug Task Force, working with a confidential informant, learned a Salem man was seeking a ride to Hardy to buy an ounce of illegal drugs. The problem was that the man was utilizing instant messenger on Facebook to seek someone to drive him there and sent…
