Aiken County Sheriff

• Animal Proposal Still in Talks Aiken County Sheriff Would Take Over Agency

AIKEN - Animal control still isn't under control of the sheriff. But pit bulls are still OK in Aiken County. More than a year since an advisory board recommended that the sheriff take over animal control enforcement, it's still being debated by county council members.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• July 25, 2007

• Sellers, Former Aiken County Sheriff, Dies

AIKEN - Former Aiken County Sheriff Howard Sellers, who is credited with professionalizing the department during his tenure from 1993 to 2003, died Wednesday, friends said. Mr. Sellers left the position in January 2003 for a job at a U.S. Department of Homeland Security training facility in Anniston, Ala., but he maintained close ties with friends and fellow law enforcement officials in the Aiken area.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• August 05, 2005

• David Johnson; Robert W. Johnson, Iv, By and Through His Guardian Ad Litem, Michelle Johnson; Nicole Wilson, By and Through Her Guardian Ad Litem, Vicki Woodward; Amanda Vickers, By and Through Her Guardian Ad Litem, Donna Vickers; David Clarke, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. City of Aiken; Truxton Umstead; C.W. Clark, Defendants-Appellants, and J.C. Busbee, Individually as Public Safety Officers With the City of Aiken; Rodney Mills; Craig Burgess; H.v. Morrison; Mike Durell; Bob Besley; Karl Odenthal, Individually as Public Safety Officers With the City of Aiken; Jody Rowland, Individually as a Deputy With the Aiken County Sheriff'S Department, Defendants., 278 F.3d 333 (4th Cir. 2002)

ARGUED: Andrew Frederick Lindemann, Davidson, Morrison & Lindemann, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellants. John Christopher Mills, J. Christo...

• Federal Circuits

• Animal Proposal Still in Talks Aiken County Sheriff Would Take Over Agency

AIKEN - Animal control still isn't under control of the sheriff. But pit bulls are still OK in Aiken County. More than a year after an advisory board recommended that the sheriff take over animal control enforcement, it's still debated by county council members.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• July 25, 2007

• Police: Robbery Suspect Tries to Flee On Lawnmower

AIKEN, S.C. - Police in South Carolina say a man attempted a slow getaway by lawnmower after robbing a convenience store. Aiken County sheriff's deputies told The Aiken Standard the man left the store on a riding lawnmower Thursday morning but didn't get far before he was arrested.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• November 19, 2010

• Across the Area

Sheriff raises reward for gun Aiken County Sheriff Mike Hunt has increased the reward he is offering for the return of his stolen service pistol to $500.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• October 19, 2005

• A Man of the People ; Sheriff Makes Difference by Leading by Example

Mike Hunt counts himself among the lucky. It doesn't take much time with the Aiken County sheriff to realize he loves what he does.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• June 15, 2006

• Sheriff Shares the Credit Aiken County's Michael Hunt Won Top Sheriff Award in Trying Times

Aiken County's Michael Hunt is the Palmetto State's No. 1 sheriff for 2006. Don't take our word for it, or even the word of his Aiken- area constituents. The ranking was bestowed on him by the South Carolina Sheriff's Association. This is the best kind of honor for any professional person - to be singled out by one's peers for being the best at what they do. And there are few tougher professions than law enforcement.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• June 13, 2006

• Across the Area

Police search for suspect The Aiken County Sheriff's Office is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of a man suspected in several burglaries.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• March 14, 2006

• Aiken County Code Needs Teeth Give Sheriff Power and Resources to Police Animal Care Violations

It's been several months since the Aiken County Animal Control Advisory Board urged that the sheriff's department take control of animal code enforcement. It's about time the county council moved off the dime. The recommendation came after a Jackson woman lost her arm in an attack by a stray pack of pit bulls more than a year ago..

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• May 31, 2006