Dillon County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital.

A Dillon man has been charged with cruelty to animals after six horses and a pony were rescued from his residence a week ago. Glenn Chestnut, 54, was arrested Tuesday night after a Dillon County sheriff’s deputy went to his residence at 514 New Circle Drive on May 20 and saw the seven animals in deplorable living conditions.

Six horses and a pony — some at the brink of death — are now in a safe place after authorities rescued them from a Dillon County residence Wednesday.

Dillon police have arrested a man in connection with a burglary at a local Radio Shack, Dillon Police Sgt. James Hayes said.

A Dillon man was arrested Tuesday after police said he exposed himself to a shopper, Florence Police Maj. Carlos Raines said.

Police are looking for the two suspects thought to be responsible for throwing a brick through the window of a local business, then stealing several items, Dillon Police Sgt. James Hayes said. A $500 reward is being offered to information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects.

A man was shot in the chest during a dispute late Friday afternoon in Dillon County.

A Dillon man is being treated in a local hospital after he was shot in the buttocks during a shootout Monday, Dillon Police Investigator James Hayes said.

More than 1,450 people in Dillon lost power Monday after a logging truck hit a power pole, according to Progress Energy officials.

The man convicted with involuntary manslaughter and keeping unconfined dangerous animals last Friday in Dillon sits behind bars at a Columbia evaluation facility for newly convicted inmates. Bentley Collins will serve the next five years in prison.

A Dillon man sentenced to five years in prison in connection with the 2006 dog mauling death of a 10-year-old-boy is appealing his sentence.
A jury convicted Bentley Collins on Jan. 30 of one count of involuntary manslaughter and three counts of keeping unconfined dangerous animals in connection with the death of Matthew Davis.

A Dillon man has been sentenced to five years in prison in connection with the 2006 dog mauling death of a 10-year-old-boy.

Bentley Collins was charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter and multiple counts of keeping unconfined dangerous animals in connection with the death of Matthew Davis.

Police have arrested two Dillon men in connection with a week-long rash of break-ins. Bobby Rippy, 38, and Michael Bourgoin, 45, both of Dillon are charged with burglary and larceny.

Jury deliberations are under way in the trial of a Dillon man for the 2006 dog mauling death of a 10-year-old-boy.
Bentley Collins faces one count of involuntary manslaughter and multiple charges of keeping unconfined dangerous animals in connection with the death of Matthew Davis.

Jury selection for the owner of six pit bull mixed dogs that police said killed a 10-year-old boy in November 2006 begins Monday. The Bentley Collins faces manslaughter and animal confinement charges in the death of Matthew Davis.