Hilton Head Island Crime

Crime, law and justice, and police blotter near Hilton Head Island, SC or anywhere in the US.

Recent Crime News

• Budget Plan Adds Police Officers, Gives More to Schools

  Thursday May 24 | via WLTX-TV Columbia 

  The state Senate approved a $6.6 billion spending plan Thursday that gives public workers a noticeable pay raise, distributes more money to public schools and hires more than 100 law enforcement officers.

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  Related Topix: North-Myrtle-Beach, SC, Hilton Head Island, SC

• SC Senate approves $6.6B spending plan for 2012-13

  Thursday May 24 | via WSOCTV 

  The South Carolina Senate approved a $6.6 billion spending plan Thursday that gives public workers a noticeable pay raise, distributes more money to public schools and hires more than 100 law enforcement officers.

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  Related Topix: North-Myrtle-Beach, SC, Hilton Head Island, SC

• Hilton Head park surveillance camera stolen

  Thursday May 24 | via WTOC-TV Savannah 

  The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect in connection with the theft of a security camera from a Hilton Head Island park.

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  Related Topix: Beaufort County, SC, Hilton Head Island, SC, Chevrolet Avalanche, Truck, Chevrolet

• Mascot 'kidnapping' not worth police inquiry

  Wednesday May 23 | via The Island Packet 

  The Bluffton Police Department, we're very confident, has more important work to do than tracking down and bringing to justice high school pranksters.

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• Responding Behind Closed Gates

  Wednesday May 23 | via Fire Chief 

  Hilton Head Island, S.C., is an internationally known vacation and resort destination that has more than 70% of its land mass behind gates in private communities known as plantations or planned unit developments.

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• Ga. man charged in Hilton Head hubcap theft

  Saturday May 19 | via The Island Packet 

  A 37-year-old Savannah man was arrested Thursday near Coligny Beach on Hilton Head Island after a witness told deputies he saw him steal hubcaps from a Toyota Tundra.

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  Related Topix: Hilton Head Island, SC, Beaufort County, SC

• Sheriff's Office: Slain man had warrant for stalking

  Thursday May 17 | via The Island Packet 

  A man found shot to death along with his slain girlfriend May 11 in a ditch in Hardeeville was being sought on a charge of stalking an ex-girlfriend, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.

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  Related Topix: Hardeeville, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Hilton Head Island, SC, Jasper County, SC, Bluffton, SC

• SC resort to streamline cell tower placement

  Tuesday May 15 | via ABC News 4 Charleston 

  Hilton Head Island is taking steps to streamline how new cell phone towers can be built on the resort island.

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  Related Topix: Hilton Head Island, SC, Folly Beach, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Drugs

• Slain couple found near Hardeeville car wreck died o...

  Monday May 14 | via The Island Packet 

  A slain couple found in a ditch near a wrecked vehicle in Hardeeville both died of gunshot wounds to the head, Jasper County Coroner Martin Sauls said Monday.

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  Related Topix: Hardeeville, SC, Jasper County, SC, Bluffton, SC

• Two bodies with gunshot wounds found along Hardeevil...

  Saturday May 12 | via The Island Packet 

  Two people -- including a 26-year-old Bluffton woman -- were found dead late Friday in a ditch outside a home on Purrysburg Road in Hardeeville, according to authorities.

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  Related Topix: Bluffton, SC, Hardeeville, SC, Hilton Head Island, SC

• Mosquito Control critical to public health, safety

  Thursday May 10 | via The Island Packet 

  Mosquitoes are more than pests, they are carriers of dangerous diseases. More than 1 million people die annually of malaria.

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  Related Topix: Beaufort County, SC

• Beaufort County residents to protest at Bank of Amer...

  Wednesday May 9 | via The Island Packet 

  Protests are expected today outside some Bank of America branches in Beaufort County starting at 11 a.m., according to local organizers.

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  Related Topix: Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services, Beaufort County, SC, Hilton Head Island, SC, Bluffton, SC

• IAFC Recognizes Fire Departments with Heart Safe Com...

  Tuesday May 8 | via Fire Rescue Magazine 

  Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue and Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue were honored.

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