Spartanburg Sheriff Wins Top Honor

Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright has been awarded the top honor of the year.

The South Carolina Sheriff’s Association chose Wright as Sheriff of the Year 2010 from 46 sheriffs statewide.

Wright will be honored at the SCSA annual conference banquet on July 14 at the Crown Plaza at Hilton Head, S.C.

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Tempe Police Officer Tells Story of Near-Death

A Tempe Police officer had a very close call Tuesday while responding to an apartment fire. He rushed into a burning apartment building, trying to save lives, when the roof collapsed around him.

Sgt. Dan Masters nearly lost his own life in the process. Masters ran into the burning building without any protective gear.

The last thing he remembers is the roof falling down, then waking up on the bottom floor.

“Your training kicks in but that was the first time that I thought I could die,” recalls Masters. Checking out the damage on Wednesday, he says, “I was reminded very clearly by the fire marshal how lucky I was.”

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Rome police officer a ‘Real Hero’

Rome PD Officer Donald Moore

The off-duty Rome Police officer that ended a potentially fatal rampage of a gunman at a New York Mills AT&T store Thursday is a graduate of Oneida High School.

Class of 2003 graduate Donald Moore was a customer at the store when 79-year-old Utica resident Abraham Dickan opened fire with a .357 magnum handgun. AT&T employee Seth Turk was shot once in the abdomen. After shots were fired, Moore used his personally-owned handgun to shoot and kill Dickan, Lt. Troy Little of the New York State Police said.

Dickan had six employees on his list to harm or kill, Little said. Police confirmed that the gunman had been previously banned from the store.

New York Mills Police Chief Robert Swenszkowski and Whitestown Police Chief Donald Wolanin were the first on the scene.

An autopsy will be done to discover how many shots were fired at Dickan and where he was hit. New York State Troopers are continuing to investigate the incident. It is unknown at this time how many shots Dickan fired.

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