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Drugs, guns, blow torches found in Rock Hill home

A neighbor’s calls about a possible burglary led police to two suspects and a stash of drugs, pills, guns and blow torches they allegedly stored in a Rock Hill house on Sunday. 42 minutes ago

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Second Wells Fargo worker accused in Rock Hill bank embezzlement

A second Wells Fargo in Rock Hill employee has been accused of stealing money from the branch three weeks after a federal grand jury indicted her alleged co-conspirator in an embezzlement scheme, according to a federal indictment.
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York County Sheriff’s Office reaches settlement in wrongful death lawsuit

The York County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $90,000 to the family of a pedestrian struck and killed by a deputy’s patrol car to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.
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Rock Hill police investigate string of car break-ins

Rock Hill police are investigating a series of car break-ins.
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2nd arrest made in Chester Co. Burger King robbery

Police have made a second arrest in connection to last week’s armed robbery at a Chester County Burger King.
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Pregnant Rock Hill woman accused of using knife in argument with boyfriend

A pregnant Rock Hill mother was arrested Saturday after police say she attacked her boyfriend with a knife and glass while holding a child in her hands because he would not hand over his food stamp card.
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Marijuana plant found behind Rock Hill storage building

An officer with the York County’s Sheriff's Office found a marijuana plant this weekend behind a Rock Hill storage building.
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Police: Rock Hill man leaving prostitute’s trailer gets maced by woman

A Rock Hill man with “bloodshot red” eyes told police that a woman sprayed mace in his face after she refused to pick him up from a prostitute’s trailer on Sunday.
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York man with gun arrested after fight at Long Branch club

Police say a group of people bum rushed a drunk York man who pointed an empty shotgun at another man and threatened to “blow his head off” after an argument that started at the Long Branch in Rock Hill moved to a nearby gas station on Saturday.
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Police: York man assaulted girlfriend at Days Inn

A York man who police say flew into a violent rage Saturday and attacked his girlfriend, hitting her with a phone before choking her until she fell unconscious, was arrested after he went to the hospital to visit her and claimed she attacked him.
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York County probation officers offer ex-cons a helping hand

For more than a year, the state probation office in Rock Hill has been outfitting ex-convicts with donated suits, shoes and ties so they can be interview-ready when looking for work.