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S.C. Rep. Ted Vick charged with 2nd DUI in less than a year

...D-Chesterfield, was arrested about 11 p.m. Tuesday by the Bureau of Protective Services, according to Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Sherri Iacobelli.An officer saw Vick stumbling as he walked into a parking garage on the Statehouse...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-15/sc-rep-ted-vick-charged-2nd-d
Fallen officers honored at luncheon

...warrant. The most recent, more than 200 years later, happened when Master Cpl. Sandy Rogers, of the Aiken Department of Public Safety, was killed in January 2012.As the names of the most recent deaths were read, many officers in the crowd...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-15/fallen-officers-honored-lunch
3 charged with drug, weapons offenses after chase

...offenses Tuesday after leading police on a chase through downtown Aiken the previous day.According to the Aiken Department of Public Safety, Kentrell Brown, 21, of Augusta, was charged with trafficking crack cocaine, unlawful carrying of a pistol...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-30/3-charged-drug-weapons
North Augusta carjacking, assault reported

...Hartley's black 2006 Suzuki Forenza. Hartley was taken to Aiken Regional Medical Centers for treatment for injuries not believed to be life-threatening.The incident is under investigation by North Augusta Department of Public Safety.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-30/north-augusta-carjacki
Aiken authorities looking for Huddle House robber

...for an unidentified man who robbed the Huddle House at 3602 Richland Avenue on Monday.According to the Aiken Department of Public Safety, a man walked into the restaurant about 2:30 a.m., told employees he was armed, demanded money and fled...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-30/aiken-authorities-look
Three men arrested after police chase through Aiken

...facing an array of charges after leading police on a chase Monday through downtown Aiken, according to Aiken Department of Public Safety.About 5:11 p.m., an Aiken police officer spotted the men in a white Chevrolet Malibu driving away from...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-29/three-men-arrested-aft
Massive plant explosion rocks Texas town

WEST, Texas - A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco on Wednesday injured dozens of people and killed an unknown number of others.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-04-18/texas-fertilizer-plant-blast
No danger found in Aiken vehicle

...Expedition with two gas cans and an oxygen tank underneath it.The Aiken County Sheriff's Office, the Aiken Department of Public Safety, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the FBI closed down a portion of Whiskey Road and put Chukker...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-18/no-danger-found-aiken-
15 feared dead, 160 injured in Texas blast

WEST, Texas - Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-04-18/15-feared-dead-160-injured-t
Lawmakers weigh 'slowpoke driver' law

...If busted, the offender could be ticketed for impeding traffic flow.Hitchens, a former head of the state Department of Public Safety, wants to make it illegal, essentially, to drive in the left lane on all controlled access highways at all...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-02-26/lawmakers-weigh-slowpoke