Cayce Department of Public Safety Director
Cayce Department of Public Safety crews were on the scene of a structure fire in the 2700 block of Brookcliff Road, in Cayce, around 5 p.m. Thursday. Brookcliff is in the Riverland Park neighborhood, off of 12th Street Extension. According to a department report, the resident of the home, and his dog, made it out […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the pedestrian who was killed due to being struck by a vehicle on Wednesday at approximately 5 a.m. in the 1900 block of Airport Boulevard in Cayce. According to Fisher, Mr. Robert S. Householder III, 43, of Ridge Spring was walking across the road when he was struck […]
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The City of Cayce’s 1936 fire truck was put back on the streets Wednesday. The old engine is being driven from the Cayce Historical Museum to the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. It will be on display for the duration of the South Carolina State Firefighters’ Association 2021 Convention. The fire truck, which was restored in […]
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A driver was wounded by gunfire Thursday in Cayce.The Cayce Department of Public Safety is investigating a driver-involved shooting. A driver left 12th Street in Cayce and drove onto I-77 North at about 10 p.m., Thursday. Cayce Police said another driver pulled up beside him and fired. At least four bullets were fired into the […]
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A woman was rescued from the Congaree River near the Blossom Street Bridge, Friday afternoon. She transported to a local hospital. The rescue was a combined effort between the Cayce Department of Public Safety, the City of Columbia Police and Fire Departments and the City of West Columbia Police and Fire Departments. The Cayce Department […]
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The Cayce Department of Public Safety issued a statement Tuesday morning, asking for help to find one-year boy named “Khazi.” The child was found safe according to a Cayce DPS post before 5 a.m. Tuesday. The searched for the child was focused in the area of Cayce Cove Apartments, at 215 Spencer Place Cayce. Khazi […]
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The man accused of stealing a car in Cayce with a two-year-old girl inside has been found and charged. Cayce Department of Public Safety Director Byron Snellgrove announced Wednesday the arrest of Shyheem Malik Phillips. Phillips is charged with vehicle theft and kidnapping. Snellgrove said he stole the car from a motel in Cayce. There was […]
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On February 10, 2020, six-year-old Faye Marie Swetlik went missing from her home in the Churchill Heights neighborhood of Cayce. Her body was found later and Coty Scott Taylor was found to be responsible for her death. He committed suicide, police said. As the anniversary of the day the Springdale Elementary student went missing approaches, those closest […]
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