Public Safety

The unofficial start of summer is also the beginning of the 100 Deadliest Days for teen drivers — and one of the most intensive highway safety campaigns of the year. An estimated 45 million Americans are expected to travel domestically this Memorial Day weekend with 87 percent of those people taking road trips, according to AAA. The State Highway Patrol is working to ensure residents and visitors to...

A fight between father and son led to injuries and charges May 19. Robert Myers II, 38, of 628 Lakeside Dr., Riegelwood, was arrested for simple assault on a female in the incident. He was released on a $2,500 unsecured bond. The sheriff’s office reported that Myers is alleged to have forced his way into a bedroom at the Lakeside Drive home just before midnight. Myer reportedly through...

Deputies and the Department of Social Services were called after a father allegedly left belt marks on his ten-year-old daughter. Michael Preston Smith, 38, of old Lumberton Road, was charged with two counts of misdemeanor child abuse and released on a$1,500 unsecured bond, according to detention center reports. Deputies were called to Columbus Regional May 18 after the victim’s grandmother discovered the girl, 10, was badly bruised. The...