One arrested in Florence domestic violence incident
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Jermaine Leroy Pighte, 28, 404 Howard Street, Florence, is held by a Florence Police Cruiser following his arrest Friday morning, Oct. 16, 2009, along King Street near King Cadillac in Florence, SC.
FLORENCE—Police arrested a man following a domestic violence incident near King Cadillac on Evans Street in Florence Friday morning.
Florence Police Lt. James Rogers said an estranged husband attacked his wife about 8:30 a.m.
Jermaine Leroy Pighte, 28, 404 Howard Street, Florence, was charged with two counts of assault and battery with intent to kill, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office booking Website.
E-911 Dispatch received a called at 8:30 a.m. about an incident at a King Avenue home, he said.
A Florence man was arrested Friday after police said he cut, then beat his estranged wife a blunt object, Rodgers said.
The suspect’s estranged wife agreed to let him stay the night at the home she shared with two of her sisters because the suspect said he didn’t have any where else to go, Rodgers said.
At some point, one of the victim’s sisters got up from her bed to investigate a noise she’d heard and found the suspect in the victim’s bedroom attacking her.
Police said the suspect stabbed the victim with a knife and then beat her with a board or bat, Rodgers said.
The suspect also attacked the victim’s sister before fleeing the home.
He was arrested by police Friday morning.
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Ruby you are spot on. I recently purchased a home and I have always loved the King Ave. area yet I was afraid of how the neighborhood would turn out in 5 years or so. I really hope the whole neighborhood does not turn into the slums. Its sad that we have so many people who rent homes to others that are in horrible condition and not taken care of.
King Avenue is an anomaly. From downtown going west, near the old school, it starts out a bit run-down and trashy. Then as you go down, it turns into a nice, clean older neighborhood, where the owners obviously take pride in their homes. Then, once you pass Sunset, things start deteriorating again, with seedy rentals and overgrown lots. Who will eventually win this power struggle? Will those in the middle finally get out for fear of crime and their property values? Or will the trashiness be countered by owners standing their ground against the cancer. A similar struggle is going on on Gregg Avenue. But as long as you have low-mid price rental houses, you’ll have trouble.
Brings to mind the saying, “No good deed goes unpunished.“
It is too bad our past administrations didn’t take domestic violence seriously but I am glad to see all are embracing the fact now that it is wrong and dangerous.
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