🌱 Patch AM: How a Mauldin red-light stop led to 25 years in prison

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Mauldin red-light stop led to 25 years in prison
• How are Flock cameras really being used by Mauldin police?

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: A heavy thunderstorm, with a high of 91 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Sunny spells with a t-storm, temps: high: 91, low: 70.
• Sunday: Warm with lots of sun, with a high of 92 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• SC: Driver asleep at red light leads to drug conviction (wyff4.com) — A Greenville County man has been sentenced to 25 years in state prison after Mauldin police found methamphetamine and other drugs in his car when he was discovered asleep at a red light in 2021. Jurors convicted him on trafficking and possession charges, and he was also ordered to pay a $50,000 fine, underscoring the serious consequences of drug offenses in and around Mauldin.
   

• SC: Flock cameras spark debate over privacy and crime-solving (wyff4.com) — Mauldin residents should know their police department is part of a wider Upstate debate over Flock license plate cameras, after an officer was fired for allegedly misusing the system to track an ex-partner's car. The article details how these cameras have helped solve serious crimes quickly while also raising major privacy and oversight concerns across the region and country.
   

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Wednesday September 2
• The Grateful Brothers Poe Mill Music Residency →
  Poe Mill Music, 904 Pinckney St, Greenville
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Other local events

Tuesday August 25
• PTA Meeting
  Washington Center Greenville, SC 29607
  9:00 am
Wednesday August 26
• FCA - Auditorium
  J. L. Mann High Academy Greenville, SC 29607
  8:00 am
Thursday August 27
• Back to School Vaccine Clinic
  Washington Center Greenville Co Health Dept, 352 Halton Rd, Greenville, SC 29607\
• NCFC's Parent Cafe
  Sterling School 's Vegas Room
  5:30 pm
Friday August 28
• College Colors Day
  Washington Center Greenville, SC 29607

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• Team Lions PAWS & Think
  Hillcrest Middle Cafeteria
  8:30 am
Saturday August 22
• 2026 NPHC Greek Cookout →
  Reedy Fork/Rocky Creek Community Park, 931 S Garrison Rd, Simpsonville
  4:00 pm
Monday August 24
• Volleyball vs. Northwest
  Ruldolph G. Gordon School at Jones Mill Simpsonville, SC 29681
  6:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Lunch & Learn Series Presented by Prisma Health
  Simpsonville Area Chamber of Commerce 105-A West Curtis Street Simpsonville, SC 29681
  11:45 am
• Scouts of America speak to parents
  Ruldolph G. Gordon School at Jones Mill Simpsonville, SC 29681
  6:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Leadership Simpsonville
  Simpsonville Area Chamber of Commerce 100 W Trade St, Simpsonville, SC 29681

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🗞 Nearby News

Simpsonville

• Featured home: Highgrove Estates (greenvillejournal.com)
• Greenville Technical College cuts ribbon for welding program (independentmail.com)
• HSRZ Preview 2026: Hillcrest Rams (wspa.com)

Greenville

• Drive rally past Winston-Salem (wspa.com)
• UPDATE: Brace for quarter-sized hail with thunderstorms in Greenville and Spartanburg counties (islandpacket.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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