Officer-involved taking pictures in Aiken County results in arrest of native girl; SLED referred to as to research

Mar. 7—The Aiken County Sheriff’s Workplace has referred to as SLED to research a Tuesday morning officer-involved taking pictures that led to to the arrest of a neighborhood girl.

Brittany Norton, 29, of Warrenville, was taken into custody after a visitors cease incident , in keeping with a media launch from the Aiken County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Round 10:09 a.m., Deputy Christopher Williams with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Workplace stopped a black Nissan Pathfinder close to the intersection of Howlandville Highway close to Cemetery Highway, in keeping with a media launch from the Aiken County Sheriff’s Workplace.

It was reported {that a} shot was fired by the deputy at a car pushed by Norton and struck her car, the discharge mentioned.

Norton drove away from the visitors cease and was pursued on the 200 block of Schley Road, the discharge mentioned.

Norton was taken to the Aiken County detention middle and is predicted to be charged with failure to cease for a blue gentle and possession of a schedule IV substance, the report mentioned.

Nobody was injured and the case is being dealt with by SLED.

Williams, a member of the sheriff’s workplace since December 2021, has been positioned on administrative go away whereas SLED conducts the investigation.