West Columbia Police Chief Marion Boyce
The ‘ping’ of the bat goes along with the dusting of pollen. A sure sign of spring in West Columbia is the opening of youth baseball. West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles was at the Wilson Howard Park baseball fields again this year to throw out the first pitch on the 2025 C-WC Diamond Youth Baseball […]
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The number of calls to the City of West Columbia Police Department dropped in February. The WCPD received 2,791 calls for service in February, which had only 28 days. It was the lowest Number of calls in the last year and the only month with fewer than 3,000 calls for the month. The WCPD made […]
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Detective Jeremy Amick was recognized at the March 2025 Regular West Columbia City Council Meeting by WCPD Chief Marion Boyce, Mayor Tem Miles, and West Columbia City Council as Officer of the Quarter. Detective Amick has worked to become a well-rounded investigator with a team-first mentality. He has come out after hours multiple times this […]
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Every month the West Columbia Police Department publishes statistics as it relates to crime and law enforcement. “It helps us see how we’re doing and what we need to pay attention to,” said West Columbia Police Chief Marion Boyce. “One of the things we focus on is response time. Our response time has been below six minutes for every month […]
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West Columbia Police officers responded to the Circle K gas station at 2600 Sunset Boulevard (near the I-26 off-ramp) at 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Officers were responding a report of a robbery. The officers were able to locate and detain the suspect, a 17-year-old Chester County resident. Following an investigation, the suspect was charged with […]
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Westbound traffic on Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia was reduced to one lane Wednesday afternoon. There were EMS vehicles, police cars and a firetruck on the scene of an accident near the Sunset Car Wash. A traffic light at Sunset and Hummingbird Drive remained red for a while and cars headed toward Columbia were backed […]
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West Columbia Police officers responded to a report of shots fired at the Bojangles at 12th Street and Augusta Road at around 5:30 p.m., Saturday. Two people were treated for non-life threatening injuries, related to the shots fired. Marterius Byrd, 18, was arrested Saturday evening on two counts of Attempted Murder and Possession of a […]
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West Columbia Police officers made two arrests related to car break-ins. West Columbia Police statistics reported 12 vehicle break-ins in West Columbia in November. In 11 of those force was not used to break in. A 17-year-old male was arrested early Tuesday morning after West Columbia Police officers responded to reports of auto theft and […]
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