Public Safety

William Cody Perritt will spend up to 26 years in prison after entering an Alford plea in the shooting death of his girlfriend. The plea came today in South Carolina, just days before Perritt was scheduled to stand trial. In an Alford plea, the defendant does not admit guilt, but acknowledges a jury would likely convict based on the evidence. He entered the Alford plea to a charge...

 • Dustin Lloyd Long had previously run from deputies when they were attacked by a dog at the residence he shared with Shelia Todd. A man wanted for sexually abusing a child  was attempting to hide behind a rack of clothes when he was arrested Thursday, along with the woman who allegedly helped him hide. Dustin Lloyd Long, 30, Evergreen and Shelia Marie Todd, 36, both of Macedonia...

Three Superior Court cases resulted in jail time for defendants last week. Special Superior Court Judge Quinton McGee handed down the sentences during the April 28 session of court. Jacqueline Spivey, 68, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver narcotics, conspiracy to sell and deliver, possession of drugs in a detention center, and attaining the status of habitual felon. The Gillard Road woman was...