Press Releases

Columbia Police Department (CPD) officers arrested a suspect shortly after an overnight home burglary in the Shandon community. With the assistance of the CPD K-9 Team, 51-year-old Gregory B. Williams was…

Columbia Police Department (CPD) investigators have murder arrest warrants for the suspect wanted in connection with an apartment shooting earlier this month. Officers are searching for 31-year-old Sherrod Cantoine Joyner.…

Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Raekwon Cortez Ford, 24, of Columbia, pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm…

On behalf of the United States Attorney's Office - District of South Carolina: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced that Leonard Earl Mitchell, 30,…

** Mr. Campbell was located in good health on August 12, 2021 ** Investigators with the Columbia Police Department's (CPD) Special Victims Unit (SVU) are searching for a missing 62-year-old…

On behalf of the United States Attorney's Office - District of South Carolina    Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that two Columbia…

The Columbia Police Department (CPD) has arrested a 21-year-old male after an early morning shooting incident at a South Columbia business. Johnathan Alexander Amal Wise (DOB: 9/1999) is charged with…

Columbia Police Department (CPD) investigators have arrested two teenagers in connection with a fatal shooting on Two Notch Road last month. A 16-year-old male who turned himself in to CPD…

The Columbia Police Department's (CPD) Special Victims Unit (SVU) has arrested a Richland School District Two employee in connection with a criminal sexual conduct investigation. John Meredith Jennings turned himself…

The Columbia Police Department’s (CPD) Special Victims Unit (SVU) investigators have arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with a burglary and criminal sexual conduct investigation from last month.  Tamar Nance…