Daily Archives: 09/23/2026
Pickens student killed in accident
PICKENS — The community is in mourning after a Pickens High School student lost his life in a utility terrain vehicle accident on Sunday.
Pickens County Coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as 16-year-old Cruz Evatt Ellenburg of Marietta.
Wilson said he and chief deputy coroner Marsha Alexander responded to the area of 244 Dalton Road for a motor vehicle accident.
“The collision involved a UTV that went off the roadway on private property and rolled over,” Wilson said in a release.
The driver was unrestrained and pronounced dead at the
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Two charged in Pickens drug investigation
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — More than a dozen charges have been filed against two people following a monthslong drug investigation by the Pickens Police Department.
A department release issued Thursday said the Pickens Police Department Special Operations Unit concluded a four-month
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Search ongoing for Pickens man in Idaho backcountry
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
VALLEY COUNTY, Idaho — Efforts to find a Pickens man whose car was found abandoned in
Idaho last month continue.
Solomon Wilkins, 27, was last seen leaving his home on Ponderosa Road in Pickens in his Toyota Corolla on the morning of Aug. 4.
The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office announced on Aug. 6 that Wilkins had been “located and identified at a location outside of Pickens County” and was no longer considered a missing person.
On Aug. 31, the Valley County Sheriff’s Office in Idaho issued
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Six Mile man charged with CSC with minor
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
OCONEE COUNTY — A Six Mile man was jailed last week after being charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.
Christian Taylor Moon, 25, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, according to an Oconee County Sheriff’s Office release issued the following day.
The release said the OCSO began an investigation on Sept. 2 after a Department of Social Services employee filed a report about “allegations made of inappropriate conduct toward a child by an adult male identified as Moon in August of this year,” the release said.
The investigation was turned over to a violent crimes investigator assigned to the Criminal Investigations Bureau, the release said.
Based on evidence obtained during the investigation, and after consultations with a judge, an arrest warrant was obtained against Moon.
The arrest warrant alleges Moon engaged in sexual battery by placing his hand under an article of clothing the child was wearing, the release said.
The incident is alleged to have occurred in the Fair Play area on Aug. 14, the release said.
The OCSO investigation continues, the release said.
“In order to preserve the integrity of the investigation, and that of the underage victim, the sheriff’s office will not release any information that could, either directly or indirectly, identify the minor victim,” the release said
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